Exam 4: Tort Law

Through tort law,society compensates those who suffer injuries as a result of others' wrongful conduct.

Proximate cause exists when the connection between an act and an in-jury is strong enough to justify imposing liability.

Kai files a suit against Lana based on one of Lana's statements that Kai alleges is fraudulent.To give rise to fraud,the statement must be one of

If no harm results from an allegedly negligent act,there is no liability.

Under the "danger invites rescue" doctrine,a person who tries to rescue another individual from harm is liable for any injuries to that individual.

Kelly is injured when she slips and falls on Layla's sidewalk.To determine whether Layla owed a duty of care to Kelly,Layla is subject to the standard of

To commit an intentional tort,one person must intend to harm a certain person.

Failure to live up to a standard of care may be an act or an omission.

Jackie distributes a handbill throughout her neighborhood accusing her neighbor Ked of being a convicted sex offender.The statement is defamatory if

Fraud occurs only when there is reliance on a statement of opinion.

A common defense to intentional torts against persons is consent.

Some risks are obvious but that does not necessarily excuse a business owner from the duty to protect customers from foreseeable harm.

Glen falsely accuses Hu of stealing from Island Tours,Inc.,their employer.Glen's statement is NOT defamatory if

OK Dry-Cleaning advertises so effectively that the regular customers of its competitor Purity Cleaners patronize OK instead of Purity.This is

Ike pushes Joan,who falls and breaks her arm.Ike is liable for the injury

Under the theory of negligence,the duty of care requires a careless act.

A Rhode Island state statute requires machinery in industrial plants to include automatic shut-off switches accessible to each employee working on the machine.Steel Company's equipment does not have the switches.Trudy,a Steel employee,suffers an injury that an accessible shut-off switch would have prevented.Trudy's best theory for recovery is

As a joke,Jem takes Kyla's business law textbook and hides it so that Kyla cannot find it during the week before the exam.Jem may have committed

Duffy is a passenger in a car that Caleb is driving when an accident occurs.Both Caleb and Duffy are emotionally rattled,but neither is physically hurt.Caleb is not liable to Dufy on a negligence theory because

Very few states have limited the amount of damages that can be awarded in tort cases.