BUSINESS TORTS LAW LESSON PLAN

 

Materials:

• Student lesson and lesson worksheet

Procedure:

Teachers:  since the concept of torts is new, use as many "real-life" examples when introducing the terminology to students.

 

Lesson Excerpt:

Terminology:

Tort:  a civil (private) wrong that a court will give a remedy in the form of an action for damages. Torts differ from crimes, which rely on definitions within the law. Torts rely on case decisions and existing elements that must be present.

Intentional torts:
1.  Battery - a person intentionally causes harmful bodily contact with another.
2.  Assault - a person intentionally causes an unprivileged act with offensive bodily contact to another.
3.  False imprisonment - restraining the movement of another person.
4.  Invasion of privacy - private information that is made public that is objectionable by that person.
5.  Other intentional torts: emotional disturbance, trespassing, public nuisance, fraudulent marketing.

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Lesson Printable Materials - Worksheets

Print out the following pages for use with this law intro lesson:

 

BUSINESS LAW TORTS LESSON
	Business Law: Torts * Printable lesson and worksheet.
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