Here are some basic steps that you can take to protect yourself from STDs: 1  Consider that not having sex or sexual relations (abstinence) is the only sure way to prevent STDs. 2  Use a latex condom every time you have sex. 3  Limit your number of sexual partners.  Practice 1  monogamy. Choose your sex partners with care.  Get checked for STDs.
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong[1] that unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
There are also separate areas of tort law including nuisance, defamation, invasion of privacy, and a category of economic torts. Tort law is state law created through judges (common law) and by legislatures (statutory law). Many judges and states utilize the Restatement of Torts (2nd) as an influential guide.