Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress – Tort Action

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is the Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress?The intentional infliction of mental distress upon another is a form of battery to the emotions.Next Article: Invasion of Privacy Return to: TORT LAW What are the requirements for a legal action based on...

Intentional Interference with Economic Relations – Tort Action

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is required for a civil action of Intentional Interference with Economic or Contractual Relations?This is a tort that is based in common law rather than statute. There are several categories of conduct that may violate common law rights of individuals: ...

Torts – Civil Actions Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is a Tort? A tort, in the legal context, means a wrong. More specifically, it is a civil wrong, as opposed to a breach of contract or other civil action. Note: Individuals may be liable in tort for their own conduct and for the conduct of others. What types of...

What is Suing Someone and How Does it Work?

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is a civil lawsuit or civil action? A civil lawsuit is a private legal action between two or more parties addressing a legally recognizable dispute. A civil lawsuit can be grounded in tort, contract, property, or family law. One or more of the parties have...

Mediation of a Dispute

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is Mediation? Mediation is the process by which parties to a legal dispute employ a third party, called a mediator, to assist in resolving the dispute. The mediator is an unbiased and disinterested third party. She generally has undergone special training in...

Arbitration of a Dispute

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law

What is Arbitration? Arbitration is a form of ADR in which the parties choose to forgo litigation and solve their problems through a third-party decision maker, known as an arbitrator. The key characteristic of arbitration is that the parties are hiring one or more...