Practice question · Put in order
Order the life of a tort claim.
- Compensation restores the victim’s position
- The court weighs fault, damage, and causation
- A claim is filed proving the three elements
- The victim quantifies daño emergente and lucro cesante
- The negligent act causes the harm
Hints
- The harm must occur and be quantified before any claim is filed.
- The purpose is restoration, so payment comes last.
Show the answer
- The negligent act causes the harm
- The victim quantifies daño emergente and lucro cesante
- A claim is filed proving the three elements
- The court weighs fault, damage, and causation
- Compensation restores the victim’s position
Why
Harm → quantification → claim → judgment → repair. The end goal is restorative: to put the victim, in money, where the tort found them.
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