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Business Torts: Unit 3
Business Torts: Unit 3
B U S I N E S S T O RT S
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
INTENTIONAL
An act by the defendant
TORT S
To recover for an
intentional tort, the An intention to cause the
injured person must consequences of the act
show three things:
Causation—the injury was
caused by the defendant’s act
or something set in motion
by the act
N E G L I G E N C E TO RT S
Duty of tortfeasor
To recover for a
negligence tort, the Breach of duty
injured party must show
all these elements: Breach was the cause
of injury
Actual damage or
injury
3 . 2 B U S I N E S S TO RT A N D P R O D U C T
LIABILITY
Case happened in Nghe An – Vietnam with a 13 year old boy charging phone
while using it. Who will have the responsibility?
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Negligence
• Use or condition of the product
• Design defect
• Failure to warn
T H E FA M O U S S N A I L
T H E F A M O U S F LY
PRODUCT LIABILITY 2
Interference with a
contract or economic
advantage occurs
when a business
relationship has been
formed, and a third
party causes a breach
of that business
relationship
CONFUSION
Similarity of products