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. Michael W. Pearson . and . Daniel S. Riley. © 2015. 978-1-4724-4563-6 (paperback) . 978-1-4724-4560-5 (hardback). Chapter . 3 . Types and Sources of Law. Foundations of Aviation Law. Chapter Objectives. 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 . Personal and Business Law. Mr. . Ulmer. The Spirit of the Law. One of the primary purposes of the law is to protect people from the wrongful acts of others. Protection is given…. by preventing or discouraging people from doing acts that may cause injury. CHAPTER 2. 1. List two felony crimes.. 2. List two misdemeanor crimes.. 3. List two of the defenses . to . crime.. 4. What is the difference between battery and assault? Explain both.. ANSWERS . TO BELL QUIZ . 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.. Meiners, Ringleb & Edwards. The Legal Environment of Business, . 12. th. Edition. Torts and the Legal System. Definition. The word . tort . derived from Latin . tortus. or “twisted”. Means “wrong” in French. 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.. Wrongs for which the wrongdoer can be sued.. A person who punches another person and injures them can be sued for the tort of . battery. A doctor that performs a surgery on a patient and amputates the wrong leg can be sued for the tort of . 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.. 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. Contract Law: Mistake 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 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: . Definition of Negligence. According to Winfield and . Jolowicz. “Negligence is the breach of a legal duty to take care which results in damage, undesired by the defendant to the plaintiff.”. Lord Wright states that “Negligence means more than headless or careless conduct, whether in commission or omission; it properly connotes the complex concept of duty, breach, and damage thereby suffered by the person to whom the duty was owed.”.