Respond in a minimum of 175 words. A tort is a private or civil wrong, whereas a crime is a public wrong. Torts may be serious enough to be crimes as well. For example, murder is a crime, whereas a wrongful death claim, based on the same facts, is a tort. Torts may result from an intentional act or through the careless or inadvertent acts of the perpetrator. A tort is a wrong. How do these wrongs get corrected? In other words, what are some of the damages awarded to injured parties?