... This means that it is a wrong behaviour that causes harm to a person, his property, reputation and trade. It is based on the breach of duty which is imposed by the law and therefore not like the obligations voluntarily accepted to a contract. The law seeks to provide legal remedies for those who suffered under different forms of harmful conduct. There are many distinct areas of tortious liability, e.g. tort of negligence, tort of defamation, tort of nuisance.... Tortious negligence is especially important for businesses and can be defined as "the omission to do something which a reasonable man would do, or doing something which a reasonable man would not do1". It is concerned with that certain kind of conduct that causes damage in form of loss to others. Its most important general principle is that the liability is "fault-based". This means, that the claimant must prove the defendants intentional ...

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