Tort Negligence Liability For Psychiatric Damage In Maricopa
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A “tort” is an action (or lack of action) that leads to harm or injury to another person. In Arizona, when a tort causes an injury, the victim can seek financial recovery. One of the most common types of tort law is personal injury law.
Torts fall into three general categories: Intentional torts (e.g., intentionally hitting a person); Negligent torts (e.g., causing an accident by failing to obey traffic rules); and. Strict liability torts (e.g., liability for making and selling defective products - see Products Liability).
Under Arizona's comparative negligence laws, an injured party is allowed to recover even if they are 99% at fault. The plaintiff's monetary damages are then reduced by the amount for which they are at fault.
Arizona tort law operates on what is known as “comparative negligence” rules. If you pursue damages for the costs of your injuries, the other party may claim that you share some of the blame. Under Arizona state law, the injured person may be found to be partly at fault for an accident.
Tort law is considered to be a form of restorative justice since it seeks to remedy losses or injury by providing monetary compensation. There are three main categories of tort law, including suits alleging negligence, intentional harm, and strict liability.
Four of them are personal: assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment. The other three are trespass to chattels, trespass to property, and conversion.
In Arizona, a plaintiff in a negligent infliction of emotional distress action must witness an injury to a closely related person, suffer mental anguish manifested as physical injury, and be within the zone of danger. Pierce v. Casas Adobes Baptist Church, 162 Ariz. 269, 272, 782 P.
The distinction between the liability of a lunatic or insane person in civil actions for torts committed by him, and in crimi- nal prosecutions, is well defined, and it has always been held, and upon sound reason, that though not punishable criminally, he is liable to a civil action for any tort he may commit."
The Superior Court has general jurisdiction, including civil proceedings where the amount involved exceeds $10,000. For all other cases that Superior Court accepts, please visit the Clerk of Superior Court's webpage for Civil Case Filing Options and Arizona Supreme Court.
The plaintiff files a document (complaint) with the clerk of the court stating the reasons why the plaintiff is suing the defendant, and what action the plaintiff wants the court to take. A copy of the complaint and a summons are delivered to (served on) the defendant.