Is Tortious Interference a Crime?

What Laws Govern Tortious Interference? No criminal law exists to punish a business competitor who harms your company by interfering with its business relations. Instead, your remedy in a case of tortious interference lies in your state's contract and tort laws.

What is considered tortious interference?

Tortious interference is a common law tort allowing a claim for damages against a defendant who wrongfully interferes with the plaintiff's contractual or business relationships. See also intentional interference with contractual relations.

How do you prove tortious interference?

The requisite elements of tortious interference with contract claim are: (1) the existence of a valid and enforceable contract between plaintiff and another; (2) defendant's awareness of the contractual relationship; (3) defendant's intentional and unjustified inducement of a breach of the contract; (4) a subsequent ...