Compare and contrast negligence and intentional torts

Compare and contrast negligence and intentional torts

During this Seminar, you will compare and contrast negligence and intentional torts. You will also review the elements required to maintain a negligence action and discuss how negligence is proven.

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Most personal injury lawsuits are based on claims of negligence. A negligent person is the one who fails to exercise a reasonable duty of care that another reasonable person would have in the same circumstances. The person here does not intent to commit the offence or cause harm but their actions result in harming others. Intentional torts are however quite different in that the defendant here intended to cause harm. In a court of law, it can be proven that in the case of intentional torts, the person willingly and knowingly caused harm to the other party.

To better understand the two types of tors, let’s look at an example. A woman walks into a grocery store and while selecting some groceries……………………

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