A legal wrong committed against a person, his or her reputation, and the property of another, independent of contract, tort law.<\/p>\n
A wrong for which the law provides a civil remedy, and which is not a breach of contract (contracts are covered by a separate body of laws). A person who commits an act which is a tort is legally liable (responsible) to anyone injured by the act. “Civil remedy” means that the person doing the legal “wrong” must pay the victim money to make good her losses. (A few other civil remedies exist, which are less often used; for example, if A publishes a defamatory statement about B, A may be required to print a retraction.)<\/p>\n
A wrongful act or injury, committed by an entity or person against another person or another person\u2019s property, that may be pursued in civil court by the injured party. The purpose of tort law is to make amends to the injured party, primarily through monetary compensation or damages.<\/p>\n
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A legal wrong committed against a person, his or her reputation, and the property of another, independent of contract, tort law. A wrong for which the law provides a civil remedy, and which is not a breach of contract (contracts are covered by a separate body of laws). A person who commits an act which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-t"],"yoast_head":"\n