Tort Essays

The starting point in this essay is to examine whether an employer is under a duty to discover whether an employee has a criminal record before employing them or whether there it is the responsibility of the prospective employee to

Intentional Tort is a purposeful act committed by a person against another person that results in harm. In this case it is a nursing assistant harming a patient. An example is a nurse put poison in the patient’s food to

Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts

Black’s Law Dictionary defines assault as “the threat or use of force on another that causes that person to have a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact.” This means that the tortfeasor does not have to make physical

Hamza Construction Ltd (‘HCL’) is doing some tunnel work for the MRT Circle line in the Bras Basah area. At about 11am one Friday morning, one of their workers excavated into some telephone and electricity cables. This affected a building

Nuisance where the defendant’s actions “materially affects the reasonable comfort and convenience of life of a class of plaintiff’s subjects” “any continuous activity or state of affairs causing a substantial and unreasonable interference with a [claimant’s] land or his use or enjoyment

Smith later complains to his surgeon about pain resulting from the surgery. His surgeon dismisses his complaints as not credible and eventually withdraws from the case. Smith is then treated by another surgeon, who determines that Smith developed complications from

WIRETIME, Inc. (WIRETIME) has committed defamation because WIRETIME wrote damaging words about BUGusa, Inc.’s (BUGusa) product. All four elements of defamation are present in this case. First, defamatory statements were made, a 3rd party became involved, the defamatory statement singled

The Acme Fireworks Company is entered in several contracts with different company to manufacture fireworks. Because the price per unit was agreed upon the contracts are created. The owner is considering changing the company from a sole proprietor to something

This assignment will explain the conditions of existing for a valid contract, elements and terms of contract, types of contracts and the terms of liability and negligence. A contract si an agreement between two or more parties, especially one that