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1. Persons found to have committed a tort usually must pay a fine or serve time

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Question

1. Persons found to have committed a tort usually must pay a fine or serve time in jail. 2. In negligence, the four elements of negligence that need to be proved by a plaintiff are considered essential elements because any two are required in order to prove negligence 3. I n all defamation of character cases, one of the elements that the Plaintiff must prove is that the defendant knew that the statement was false. 4. A party can be liable for defamation for truthful statements if the statement hurts the plaintifs reputatiorn 5. Tort law is concerned with compensation to a person who has suffered personal injury and/or suffered loss or damages to their property or reputation. 6. The tort of slander is concerned with injury to a person's reputation or good name caused by false statements that are mainly spoken. 7. Trespass to land occurs only if the trespasser in some way interferes with the owner's actual simultaneous use of the land 8. Truth and privilege are defenses to defamation and if these defenses are proved by the defendant, then the defendant cannot be held responsible for defamation.

Explanation / Answer

ans 1=false

Generally, a tort happens when a person intentionally / negligently causes injury to another individual / to her property. It is a civil matter, which comes to the law court as a private case, as against a criminal one. If the petitioner is able to prove that the respondent has done a tort & that the former has faced damages as an outcome of it, then the law court can order the latter to compensate the petitioner for his losses. In a criminal lawsuit, by contrast, the respondent if convicted gives a penalty to the government / undergoes imprisonment .

ans 2=false

The U.S usually stipulates 4 components of a negligence activity- injury;duty ; immediate causativeness ;breach. A petitioner who makes a negligence accusation must prove each of the 4 elements of so as to win her case