Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: Crime vs Tort

A crime is punishable by loss of liberty or life and is brought by the government against a defendant for violation of that government's laws. The burden of proof is "beyond a reasonable doubt."

A tort is a civil action brought by one party against another to redress some wrong committed by the party being sued (the defendant) against the party suing (the plaintiff). The remedy in a tort case is payment of monetary damages by the party being sued to the party suing, and the burden of proof is "more probable than not."