Litigation - Mercer University
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Tort Law
Jody Blanke
Professor of Computer Information
Systems and Law
Torts
Strict Liability
Intentional Torts
Negligence
Strict Liability
Liability without fault
neither intent nor negligence need be
shown
Ultrahazardous activities
e.g., dynamite blasting
e.g., ownership of wild animals
lions and tigers and bears …
Intentional Torts
Battery
Assault
False Imprisonment
Intentional Infliction of Emotional
Distress
Defamation
Libel and slander
Truth is a defense
Against media defendants, public
officials and public figures must show
“actual malice”
e.g., Richard Jewell - Wikipedia, CourtTV
Invasion of Privacy
Appropriation of name or
likeness
e.g., Michael Jordan Wine
Intrusion upon seclusion
e.g., Jackie O, Holiday Inn,
Mazzio’s Pizza, Sean Penn, Bill
Gates, Bob Dylan, Katz, Kyllo
False light
e.g., Parade Magazine Teenage
Prostitution
Publication of private
embarrassing facts
e.g., “Joe Hero”
Silvia Leyva at Café Intermezzo
Trespass
Trespass to land
Conversion
Trespass to personal property
(trespass to chattels)
Interference with Contractual
Relations
$10.5B award against Texaco for
interfering with Penzoil’s contract to
buy Getty (later settled for $3B)
“Ditch the dish”