PPT-Tort Law and Negligence Douglas Wilhelm Harder,

MMath Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Waterloo Outline This talk focuses on the liabilities of an engineer due to negligence Review criminal and regulatory law. 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.. Tort: . harm caused to a person or property for which the law provides a civil remedy. The branch of law that holds persons, private organizations, and governments responsible for damages and injuries . 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. M.Math. . LEL. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ece.uwaterloo.ca. dwharder@alumni.uwaterloo.ca. © 2013 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder. Some rights reserved.. NC State University Office of General Counsel. April 2010. COMMON CAUSES OF ACTION. (or what could we be sued for). Tort claims. Contract claims. Discrimination/Harassment claims. Section 1983 claims. M.Math. . LEL. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ece.uwaterloo.ca. dwharder@alumni.uwaterloo.ca. © 2013 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder. Some rights reserved.. M.Math. . LEL. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ece.uwaterloo.ca. dwharder@alumni.uwaterloo.ca. © 2013 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder. Some rights reserved.. 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.. Regulation Douglas Wilhelm Harder, M.Math . LEL Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ece.uwaterloo.ca dwharder@alumni.uwaterloo.ca © 2012 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder. Some rights reserved. 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. Harald Wilhelm has been Chief Financial Officer of Airbus since 1 June 2012 and he is a member of theAirbusExecutive Committee He held the role of AirbusCommercial AircraftCFO since 1 February 2008 Pr Volume 91, Number 1, November 1981 "You Can Call It Thucydides or You Can Call It Mustard Plaster, But It's All Proximate Cause Just The Same!" Guido Calabresit Yes, Jimmy was a legal realist who had Chapter 4. The Law of Torts. The law of torts is the concept of rights.. Under the law, people are entitled to certain rights simply because they are members of our society. . The Law of Torts. These rights include: .