B. Classification of Torts

Tort

It is a civil wrong wherein one person’s conduct causes a compensable injury to the person, property or recognized interest of another, in violation of a duty imposed by law.

It may either be a direct invasion of some legal right of an individual; or, an act or omission of a person which causes some injury or damage directly or indirectly to another person. (Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Ed., p. 1489)

A tort is a wrong, a tortious act, which has been defined as the commission or omission of an act by one, without right, whereby another receives some injury, directly or indirectly, in person, property, or reputation. (Vinzons-Chato v. Fortune Tobacco Corporation, G.R. No. 141309, December 23, 2008)

A legal wrong committed upon the person or property independent of a contract. It may be:

• A direct invasion of some legal right of the individual;
• The infraction of some public duty from which special damage accrues to the individual; or
• The violation of some private obligation by which like damage accrues to the individual.