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Causing Harm
Legal Consequences and Liability
Learning objectives
• What are the legal consequences of causing harm to
another person? What are the differences between
criminal liability, tortious liability, contractual liability and
statutory liability?
• When will a person be legally responsible for carelessly
harming the person or property of another?
• When will a person be legally responsible for carelessly
causing financial harm to another person?
Forms of legal liability
What is a tort?