Summary
A tort is a legal wrong for which the law allows a remedy in the form of money damages. There are three categories of torts: intentional torts, strict liability, and negligence.
Negligence is defined as the failure to exercise the standard of care required by law to protect others from an unreasonable risk of harm. There are four elements of negligence:
– Existence of a legal duty
– Failure to perform that duty
– Damages or injury to the claimant
– Proximate cause relationship
Contributory negligence means that if the injured person’s conduct falls below the standard of care required for his or her protection, and such conduct contributed to the injury, the injured person cannot collect damages. Under a comparative negligence law, the ...
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