A Tort Is

question 50

Multiple Choice

A tort is

• A) a wrongful act done to the person or property of another.
• B) a criminal act.
• C) the punishment imposed on a person for a wrongful act done to the person or property of another.
• D) a breach of contract.
• E) a misrepresentation.

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Definitions:

ICU Psychosis

A disorder where patients in the Intensive Care Unit experience confusion, disorientation, and hallucinations, often resulting from the environment and conditions of ICU treatment.

Hallucinate

The experience of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or feeling something that is not there, often occurring in psychiatric conditions.

Anterograde Amnesia

Deficit in the ability to learn new information.

Alzheimer's Disease

A progressive neurological disorder that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die, resulting in severe memory loss and cognitive decline.