NAME THAT TORT Read the situation and provide the tort that is illustrated. Is t

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NAME THAT TORT Read the situation and provide the tort that is illustrated. Is the tort an intentional tort negligence, or strict liability? Tell me about the requirements and how/if those requirements are met in the examples provided and what if any defenses exist for that tort. 1. I have a small business in which I provide collection services for government agencies. I have a longstanding relationship with the City of Sheboygan in which I charge them a flat rate and do all of the City's collection work related to tax liens on properties in the city. You start a new collection business in town and believe you can provide the same service for a lower price. You approach the City Council and offer to provide the same services that I provide, but at a 10% discount. The City, eager to save taxpayer money, immediately starts sending business to you. Same facts as above, but this time the City is reluctant to divert the business to you. You realize that you might not get the business simply by using the discount, so you tell the City representatives that I'm getting old and not keeping up with technology. You convince them that a younger company with newer technology could make things easier for the City when collecting these debts. Based on what you tell the City about my company, the City transfers the business to you

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It is a case of defamation and an intentional tort. In this case, you is defaming intentionally to the city about I's business to grab his share for profit. I is sincerely doing his work but you provides discount to the city for the same business. But may be due to not up to the mark service, you was not able to garner public support and lost his customer base. But you started defaming I, that I was not able to cope up with the newer technology to carry on his business and you can do the same to provide better services at lesser rates than I. I may sue you for the defamation and claim for all the losses he met in his business due to bad mouthing by you.

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