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1、PARTIITorts,Crimes,andIntellectualPropertyCHAPTERIntentionalTorts5andNegligenceCHILDREN’STHRILLRIDEInthischildren’s“thrill”ride,thechildrenarestrappedinwiththeirfeetleftdangling.Thecargoesupa100-foottowerandthenfree-fallsdown,givingtheridersafeelingof
2、weightlessness.Operatorsofthrillridescarryliabilityinsurancetocoveranypossibleaccidentsthatmayoccur.LearningObjectivesChapterOutlineAfterstudyingthischapter,youshouldbeableto:IntroductiontoIntentionalTortsandNegligence1.Listanddescribeintentionaltorts
3、againstIntentionalTortspersons.CASE5.1WalmartStores,Inc.v.Cockrell2.ListandexplaintheelementsnecessarytoUnintentionalTorts(Negligence)provenegligence.CASE5.2Clancyv.Goad3.Describethebusiness-relatedtortsofETHICSOuch!McDonald’sCoffeeIsTooHot!disparagem
4、entandfraud.LANDMARKLAWPalsgrafv.TheLongIslandRailroad4.Describespecialnegligencedoctrines.Company5.Defineandapplythedoctrineofstrictliability.CASE5.3Jamesv.MeowMedia,Inc.SpecialNegligenceDoctrinesDefensesAgainstNegligenceCASE5.4Lilyav.TheGreaterGulfS
5、tateFair,Inc.StrictLiabilityCHAPTER5IntentionalTortsandNegligence85Negligenceisnotactionableunlessitinvolvestheinvasion“ofalegallyprotectedinterest,theviolationofaright.Proofofnegligenceintheair,sotospeak,willnotdo.”—ChiefJudgeCardozoPalsgrafv.LongIsl
6、andRailroadCo.,248N.Y.339,162N.E.99,1928N.Y.Lexis1269(1928)IntroductiontoIntentionalTortsandNegligenceTortistheFrenchwordfora“wrong.”Thelawprovidesremediestopersonsandtortbusinessesthatareinjuredbythetortuousactionsofothers.Undertortlaw,anAwrong.There
7、arethreecategoriesinjuredpartycanbringacivillawsuittoseekcompensationforawrongdonetotheoftorts:(1)intentionaltorts,(2)partyortotheparty’sproperty.Manytortshavetheiroriginincommonlaw.Theunintentionaltorts(negligence),courtsandlegislatureshaveextendedto
8、rtlawtoreflectchangesinmodernsoci-and(3)strictliability.ety.Mosttortsareeitherintentionaltortsorunintentionaltortssuchasnegligence.Thesearebasedontheconceptoffault.Inmanyjurisdictions,thelawrecognizesthedoctrineofstrictliability.Underthisdoctr
