Torts can involve damage to property as well as injuries to people. Tort law includes the legal rules that govern many important subjects such as negligence, nuisance, defamation and trespass.This article covers the details of the State Tort Claims Act in North Carolina, which lets you file a claim for compensation in certain situations. What types of claims may be brought under the STCA? The defendant acted in a way that created a reasonable apprehension of immediate harm. A Canadian opt-out class action settled. Bankruptcies. Four Canadian common law provinces have had statutory privacy torts for decades (British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland). Trespass to chattels and conversion are both intentional torts. Pinkerton of Canada,I nc. North Carolina's contributory negligence defense operates as a complete bar to recovery.
