Regulatory Risks in Environment

Regulatory Risks

Regulatory risks , per technical definition , are the HYPERLINK "http /www .investorwords .com /4292 /risk .html " risk s associated with the potential for laws related to a given HYPERLINK "http /www .investorwords .com /2447 /industry .html " industry , country or type of HYPERLINK "http /www .investorwords .com /4446 /security .html security to HYPERLINK "http /www .investorwords .com /7046 /change .html " change and impact relevant HYPERLINK "http /www .investorwords .com /2599 /investment .html investments (investorwords .com , n .d ) A common example of this is torts

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Torts

Tort law addresses civil wrongs arising from non-contractual obligations . A person who suffers injury may use the tort law to oblige the person responsible for his injury to pay for the damages the injury brought about . Tort law differs from criminal law in the sense that in criminal law , the offense is against the State , the State is the plaintiff . In Tort , the offense is against a person and that person is the plaintiff

Examples of Torts

A very simple example of tort is as follows : Eve lives in the 5th floor of an apartment . On her balcony are pots of plants . One pot accidentally fell off the balcony and onto the ground where Adam was hit on the head and he suffered a concussion , causing his absence from work for two days . Adam here may sue Eve for the damages he suffered (medical bills unpaid time out of...