In a civil court case, the plaintiff is the person who

In a civil case, the plaintiff is the person who brings the lawsuit, typically claiming they were harmed by someone else’s wrongful act. A tort is a civil wrong that causes harm, so the plaintiff is the person wrongly harmed by someone who committed a tort. Choice D states this; choices A and B describe criminal proceedings, and C describes the alleged wrongdoer.

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