Your homework assignment is as follow a 1200 words is to be submitted regarding the content of my last two lectures, on chapters 8 and 9. I would like to see a critically thought out discussion of those two chapters, not a book report. Your submissions should discuss cases provided in the textbook, examples I gave in my lectures, and your own research regarding the two chapters, concluded as usual by your opinion of Torts and Negligence and Strict Liability law.

Negligence = Behavior that creates an unreasonable risk of harm to others; the failure to exercise reasonable care to protect another's person or property Elements of negligence = Duty: The standard of care a reasonable person owes another {reasonable person standard) * Breach of duty: Failure to live up to the standard of care * Causation: Actual cause and proximate cause = Damages: A compensable loss suffered by plaintiff Strict Liability Liability without fault * The law holds an individual liable without fault when the activity in which he or she engages satisfies three conditions: * It involves a risk of serious harm to people or property * It is so inherently dangerous that it cannot ever be safely undertaken * It is not usually performed in the immediate community Tort * A wrong or injury to another, other than a breach of contract