Exam 17: Torts and Family Law

A child can sue a parent for intentional or negligent injury to the child's property.

A(n) ______________ is a defense that is granted because of a special relationship or status that operates to block litigation and liability whether or not wrongful conduct was committed.

What is a marital tort?

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below. -loss of services

What is loss of services?

Define tort.

Parents are vicariously liable for all damages caused by the torts of their children.

Wrongful life is an action by, or on behalf of, an unwanted child who is impaired in which the child seeks his or her own damages.

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below. -vicarious liability

Wrongful adoption requires an intentional withholding of information relevant to the decision of prospective adoptive parents.

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below. -heart-balm action

Filial consortium is the right of a child to the normal companionship and affection of a parent.

The intrafamily tort immunity prevents a brother from bringing a tort action against his sister.

Wrongful pregnancy is an action by the parents of an unwanted child who is healthy.

One spouse can sue another in tort only if the state has interspousal tort immunity.

Why is a court inclined to impose intrafamily tort immunity within a family that has liability insurance?

A wife can sue for a loss of her husband's consortium only if the husband was not wrongfully injured.

Wrongful birth is an action by the parents of an unwanted child who is impaired in which the parents seek their own damages.

A fetus is _______________ if it can live indefinitely outside the womb by natural or artificial support systems.

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below. -deep pocket