Exam 8: Torts

Libel is the printed equivalent of the spoken form of defamation known as slander.

Interactive web sites are immune from liability for content created by a third-party user, unless the web site actively edits the content.

Concerning torts and crimes, choose the correct statement:

Oral or spoken defamation is:

The tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress requires proof of outrageous conduct and resulting emotional distress in the victim.

The shopkeeper's privilege gives store managers the absolute right to detain anyone they believe has shoplifted.

Georgia is at a crowded carnival. As she's trying to get to the corn dog stand, someone in the crowd accidentally pushes and into another carnival-goer, causing that carnival-goer to get a black eye. Georgia is guilty of the tort of assault.

In a state that has the comparative negligence doctrine with a "50 percent" rule, a jury finds that Bill is 35% liable for his own injuries in a negligence suit he brought against Tina. In this situation, Bill will recover:

For tort liability to be imposed, the perpetrator of the tort must have acted with the intent to do wrong.

When contributory negligence is proven, damages awarded are reduced based on the plaintiff's degree of fault but the plaintiff can still recover some damages.

Comparative negligence:

If a crime does not hurt an identifiable person, it is not a tort.

The assumption of risk defense has been abolished in several states.

A business may lose the shopkeeper's privilege if:

Maria intentionally attempts to have Patty break a contract with Alfred. Maria will be liable under which theory of tort?

Assault is the intentional, wrongful touching of another person without that person's consent.

Governments are generally immune from tort liability.

The same action can have both civil and criminal liability.