TORT LAW ASSIGNMENT - 10%

GOALS OF ASSIGNMENT

Upon completion of this Tort Law Assignment, you should be able to:

• Identify potential hazards (aka a potential tort)
• Explain why it is a potential hazard
• Identify who is at risk because of the potential hazard, and how they are at risk (aka what damages they could suffer)
• Identify who is responsible for and how they can prevent the hazard
• Identify and apply the defences available to the at-fault party

ASYNCHRONOUS VERSION

For those completing the Tort Law Assignment asynchronously, you will submit your assignment by 2:20 on Friday March 22. Here is how it will work:

• You will complete the assignment on your own
• You will identify and film two different types of hazards - one at your home and one at a store (i.e. grocery store or retail store)
  • You cannot use the same type of hazard for both - they must be different
  • You cannot use the examples we discussed in-class (i.e. tripping over a cord)
• For each hazard, in your video you will:
  • Identify your location (i.e. home and name of the store)
  • Identify the hazard (1 mark per hazard)
  • Explain why you think it is a hazard (1 mark per hazard)
  • Identify who is at risk because of the hazard (cannot be an employee) and how (aka what damages they could suffer) (2 marks per hazard)
  • Identify who is legally responsible for the hazard (aka who is at fault) (1 mark per hazard)
  • Explain how that person(s) is at fault and what they can do to prevent and/or minimize the risk of the hazard (4 marks per hazard)
  • Identify and explain at least one defence available to the at-fault person (2 marks per hazard)

Video Requirements

• Your video should be 5-10 minutes in length
  • You can create two videos (one for each hazard) and submit both separately - no need to combine them - but the total length of your videos should be 5-10 minutes in length
• When you film the hazard do not demonstrate why it's a hazard (aka don't risk getting hurt!!) - instead use words to explain why it is a hazard and how a person could get hurt
• You must go to both locations yourself and film yourself and the hazard
  • Your face and voice must be shown in the videos at both locations
  • You cannot use a video you find online
  • You cannot have someone else film the hazard for you
  • If it appears to me that you did not attend at the locations to film the hazard you will receive zero for the whole assignment
• Post your videos to YouTube, make the public or unlisted (so I can watch them) and submit the links to the Learn@Seneca Submissions folder

Tips for Success

• When you arrive at the store you chose, put your legal hats on - think about how could someone get hurt, what could go wrong and how
• Before you film the hazard, figure out the answers to all the questions, then film the hazard and your answers
• Film the first hazard and the answer the questions. Then film the second hazard and answer the questions