LAW OF TORT

LAW OF TORT

the law of tort says that everyone has a civil duty to be careful and not to hurt or harm another person. lawyers call this civil duty the duty of care. sometimes people breach this duty of care.

to breach means to break.

very often they breach the duty of care by accident but sometimes they do it deliberately.

if someone hurts or harms another person because of a breach, we call this harmful action a tort.

this means that some things that might be criminal in your legal system are a tort in England and the USA

la ley de responsabilidad civil dice que todo el mundo tiene el deber civil para tener cuidado y no hacer daño o dañar a otra persona. abogados llaman a este deber cívico del deber de cuidado. a veces la gente atenta contra el deber de diligencia.

violar los medios para romper.

muy a menudo incumplen el deber de diligencia por accidente, pero a veces lo hacen deliberadamente.

si alguien hiere o daña a otra persona a causa de una violación, la llamamos acción nociva un agravio.

esto significa que algunas cosas que pueden ser penales en su sistema legal son un agravio en Inglaterra y los EE.UU.

look at the list of harmful actions below, in England and the USA they are usually torts.

-leaving the floor of a shop in a dangerous condition so that a customer falls and hurts her leg.

- saying something that is bad about someone which isnt true

- writing a story in a newspaper about someone, which isnt true

- playing loud music late every night, which disturbs your neighbours

This area of law is easier to understand by thinking of a tort as being a type of civil wrong. Each of the torts listed above has a special name. The tort that happens most often is called negligence.

mirar a la lista de acciones nocivas por debajo, en Inglaterra y en los EE.UU. son generalmente agravios.

-dejando el suelo de una tienda en una condición peligrosa para que un cliente se cae y se lastima la pierna.

- Decir algo que es malo acerca de alguien que no es verdad

- Escribir una historia en un periódico acerca de alguien, que no es verdad

- Ponen música hasta tarde cada noche, lo que perturba a los vecinos

Esta área de la ley es más fácil de entender por el pensamiento de un agravio de ser un tipo de ilícito civil. Cada uno de los agravios enumerados anteriormente tiene un nombre especial. El agravio que sucede más a menudo se llama negligencia.

Negligence means that someone was not careful enough and this person's carelessness hurt another person as a result. The person who is hurt is called the injured person.

when someone hurts you as a result of his or her action, you need to consult a lawyer who specialises in the right area of tort. The lawyer will try to get you money from the careless person.

This money is called compensation or more correctly, damages. Sometimes the lawyer cant agree on the amount of damages. When this happens, the injured person may decide to sue the person who has hurt them.

Suing someone is a more informal way of saying starting proceedings against someone.

The claim form will state the claimant´s allegations against the defendant. An allegation is like an accusation- the claimant is stating that something happened, but the defendant has the opportunity to say this is not true. The reasons for going to court are called the grounds.The grounds for an action in tort are that the defendant committed a tort.

Negligencia significa que alguien no fue lo suficientemente cuidadoso y descuido de esta persona herida a otra persona como consecuencia de ello. La persona que está herido se llama a la persona lesionada.

cuando alguien te hace daño como resultado de su acción,

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