Tort Law for Businesspeople

This course provides the essence of the law of torts needed by every person in business.

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What You Will Learn!

Explore the law of torts as practiced in the United States.
Identify each tort alleged against you as a defendant or in your favor as a plaintiff.
Discover how to prove that a tort has occurred or how to defend against a charge that you or your business has acted tortiously.
Recognize what is needed to protect yourself or your company against charges that you or your business or its employees acted tortiously.
Recognize what you need to prove damages when you, your business or your employees are the victim of a tort.

Description

Every person in business and every business faces an exposure to suits seeking damages claiming that the conduct of the business, its employees, or officers caused damage to their person or property due to negligence or some intentional tort. In order to protect the business and avoid or limit damages claimed in lawsuits due to wrongful conduct by the business or its officers or directors, the person taking this course will learn everything needed to understand the torts of negligence, strict liability in tort, and damages as a result of ultra-hazardous activities. The course also covers the intentional torts of assault, battery, defamation, trespass, and malicious prosecution. The course concludes with the defenses available to people charged with a tort.