Exam 5: Principles of Negligence

A hotel is an ensurer of guests' safety.

The only duty owed by a hotel to a trespasser is to warn of those dangers about which the hotel is aware.

____________________ is a breach of legal duty to act reasonably that is the direct or proximate cause of injury to another.

A 5-year-old child's negligence caused injury to a man. True or false: The child will be liable to the man for his injuries.

An ______________________________ is a potentially dangerous object or condition of exceptional interest to young people.

The legal duty we have to act reasonably is owed to everyone.

The legal doctrine that imposes liability on a defendant even when the defendant is not negligent is:

A waitress at a restaurant, while checking on her tables, observed a diner choking. Is the waitress legally obligated to aid the choking diner?

A restaurant that complies with all the safety statutes and ordinances applicable to it will not be liable for negligence regardless of how a patron is injured.

If assumption of risk applies, the defendant will not be liable.

A hotel guest went swimming alone in the hotel pool at 2:00 a.m. His family sued the hotel, claiming negligence per se because the hotel did not have a shepard's hook by the pool, as required by law. True or false: The doctrine of negligence per se will result in liability of the hotel in this case. a.m. and drowned. He was not discovered until 8:00

To win a lawsuit, the plaintiff must show what types of injuries?

______________________________ are laws that protect a person from liability for all but gross negligence where, in an emergency situation, the person tries to help a sick or injured person or someone in peril.

Which of the following is a risk that is assumed?

The duty owed to licensees is ____________________________________________________________.

From the time a visitor of a hotel guest enters the hotel until the visitor leaves, the visitor is legally considered an invitee.

The legal doctrine of _________________________ will benefit the plaintiff in a case where the circumstances suggest that the defendant was negligent but no proof of specific acts of negligence exists.