PPT-Business Torts and Product Liability

Chapter 7 Meiners Ringleb amp Edwards The Legal Environment of Business 12 th Edition Tort Law and Business There is no such thing as a business tort By definition these are . Law in Action . – Ch. 14. Tort. = a civil wrong; damage to property or a personal injury caused by another person. Unintentional Torts . = injuries that are the result of an accident or an action that was not intended to cause harm. Chapter 4. Torts: An Introduction. What is a Tort?. A civil wrong, not arising from a breach of contract or other agreement.. A breach of a legal duty that proximately causes harm or injury to another.. Chapter 18. Criminal Law v. Torts. Criminal Law: crime against the state. Civil Law: person commits a wrong, not always a violation of law. Plaintiff-the harmed individual, seeks a judgment against the defendant, the accused wrong doer.. Product Liability. 1. Learning Objectives. What factors determine whether a Seller’s or Lessor’s statement constitutes an express warranty or mere . puffery. ?. What implied warranties under the UCC?. Civil Law. Crimes vs. Torts. A crime is a “public” wrong committed against society (in addition to the specific victim). A tort is a “private” wrong committed against an individual. The same conduct can be both a tort and a crime. Introduction to Torts. Review: Criminal Law v. Civil Law. Criminal Law Civil Law. Plaintiff is the state (e.g., - Plaintiff is private party State v. Doe) (e.g., Doe v. Roe). Guilty or Not Guilty - Liable or Not Liable. Crimes vs. Torts. A crime is a “public” wrong committed against society (in addition to the specific victim). A tort is a “private” wrong committed against an individual. The same conduct can be both a tort and a crime. Introduction to Torts. Review: Criminal Law v. Civil Law. Criminal Law Civil Law. Plaintiff is the state (e.g., - Plaintiff is private party State v. Doe) (e.g., Doe v. Roe). Guilty or Not Guilty - Liable or Not Liable. External governance (corporate compliance). Prof. Amitai Aviram. Aviram@illinois.edu. University of Illinois College of Law. Copyright . ©. Amitai Aviram. All Rights Reserved. F18. External governance. The First Course. Fourteenth Edition. Miller. Chapter 6: Tort Law. §1: The Basis of Tort Law . (1 of 6). Tort: . A civil wrong, not arising from a breach of contract or other agreement or a breach of a legal duty, proximately causing another person harm or injury.. Chapter 5: Torts and Cyber Torts © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. Business Law Chapter 6: Personal Injury Laws Your neighbor Shana is using a multipurpose woodcutting machine in her basement hobby shop. Suddenly, because of a defect in the two-year old machine, a metal clamp from the machine breaks. The metal strikes Shana’s left eye, badly injuring it. The manufacturer had provided a one-year warranty against defects on the machine. “The people’s university”. -- Dr. Mark Keenum. MGT 3323. Entrepreneurship. Daniel T. Holt. Assistant Professor of Management. Administrative Issues. Financial Feasibility . Analyses—DUE TODAY. Brad Curry. Mark Medlyn. Number of product accidents estimated to be. 50 million per year. Cost of 50 billion dollars. Lawsuits filed as a result of faulty design (Ford Pinto gas tank–a 10.00 repair was turned down for cost ).