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Chapter 3 Nataley
Business law vocab terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Intentional torts | actions that deliberately hurt, embarrass, or scare people. |
| Confidetial | intended to be kept secret |
| Distress | extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. |
| Negligence | is a tort that results when one person carelessly injures another. |
| Reasonable | having sound judgment; fair and sensible |
| Proximate cause | also called legal cause, exists when the link between the negligent conduct and the injury is strong enough to be recognized by the law. |
| Foreseeable | able to be foreseen or predicted. |
| Contributory negligence | a defense against negligence whenever the defendant can show that the victim did something that helped cause his or her own injuries |
| Comparative negligence | a defense against negligence which is raised when the carelessness of each party is compared to the carelessness of the other party. |
| Assumption of risk | a defense against negligence that is raised when the plaintiff knew of the risk involved and still took the chance of being injuried |
| Strict liability | legal doctrine that says that some activities are so dangerous that liability will always follow any injury that results from those activities |
| Tort | private wrong committed by one person against another. |
| Tortfeasor | a person who commits a tort. |
| Compensate | give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense. |
| Objective | (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts |