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Re: Law school stuff?

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I have a friend studying law, and I asked them once what it meant (I think they were getting a book on it out of the library or something).

From what I can remember, I think Tort Law is to do with negligence or malpractice. It's a blanket term that covers all the rights to do with if someone has been negatively affected/sustained injury through someone else's actions, and would be invoked if anyone is brought to trail for damages. So, Tort Law would cover a situation where say I was walking down an aisle in a supermarket and slipped on a wet patch that hadn't been cleaned up. I (the plaintiff) would be then liable to bring the store (defendant) to court on negligence charges.

There's three types of torts, I think. Negligence is one, intentional is another (so that covers when one party intentionally causes harm to another, so fraud or assault), and I think the last one which I can't remember the proper name of is something to do with if the plaintiff is harmed even if the defendant wasn't negligent per se but was in possession of something dangerous (so if you get bitten by someone's dog).

Hope this helps! (although as I'm not a lawyer, maybe double check for accuracy) :D