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Drop box Assignment #2
Torts
LAWS 3041 W24
Student Name: Student ID: 1.
View the following video:
Warning may disturb some viewers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJgPgtsP1iY
Patrice Cormier was formerly charged by the police with assault.
1a.In a civil court if Tam Sued Cormier - what would the tort be? Answer: battery or negligence
1b. What would Cormier’s best defense in a civil court be?
Answer: battery – unintentional
Negligence – volenti non fit injuria – voluntary assumption of risking – part of the game he consented to the hit
2. View the following:
In this video you will see the Bertuzzi- Moore hit. In the same video, you will see the previous Moore hit on Bertuzzi’s teammate Markus Nasland, one of the league’s highest scorer’s at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKFFc1NsdYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjdwlT6g7o
Moore filed a lawsuit seeking $15 million in lost wages, $1 million in aggravated damages and another $2 million in punitive damages from Bertuzzi. (Now amended and
he is suing for $41.5 million ($35 million is estimated in lost wages)
Moore's parents are also claiming $1.5 million in damages for "the nervous shock and mental distress'' caused by the attack. Using the following website:
http://www.canlii.org/ Search Bertuzzi under case name: 2. Look up Moore v. Bertuzzi, 2008 CanLII 3228 (ON S.C.). 2a. Who are the defendants named other than Bertuzzi and on what basis is Moore suing these defendants. Hint – paragraph 2, Answer:
ORCA BAY HOCKEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and ORCA BAY HOCKEY, INC. dba THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS HOCKEY
CLUB
On the basis of Vicarious liability – he is an employee of the team 2b. Why did they amend their original claim Hint 2 a-d:
Answer:
(a)
Comments allegedly made by then Canuck president and
general manager Brian Burke and then head coach Marc
Crawford following the February 16, 2004 game expressing
dissatisfaction with Moore’s hit on Naslund and the failure of
the referees to call a penalty, which the plaintiffs refer to as a
“calling out” and which they define as a challenge or
inducement to the Canucks players to take retaliatory action
and effect “payback” against Moore;
(b)
Concerns expressed by NHL vice president Colin Campbell
to David Nonis, then Canuck senior vice president and director
of hockey operations, about threats made by Canucks players
toward Moore and anticipated retaliation;
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