Question 1

If Janice,while driving her car,negligently runs into Paul,a pedestrian who is carefully crossing the street,Janice is liable for:

Accepted Answer

A) physical injuries Paul sustains from the collision because Janice's negligent conduct proximately caused harm to a legally protected interest. 
B) offensive contact if her side mirror brushes against Paul, even if there are no physical injuries to him. 
C) offensive contact if her car touches Paul's coat, even if there is no damage to the coat. 
D) All of the above. 
A) physical injuries Paul sustains from the collision because Janice's negligent conduct proximately caused harm to a legally protected interest. 
B) offensive contact if her side mirror brushes against Paul, even if there are no physical injuries to him. 
C) offensive contact if her car touches Paul's coat, even if there is no damage to the coat. 
D) All of the above.

Question 2

Because of the harshness of the all-or-nothing contributory negligence rule,nearly all states have now substituted the last clear chance doctrine for contributory negligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Stan doesn't like having neighborhood teenagers walk across his yard at night.He rigs an animal trap on the path the teenagers usually use to cross his land.One night,Tim and his friends are walking across the yard when Tim gets caught in the trap.He is taken to the hospital for his injuries.Stan:

Accepted Answer

A) has the right to strongly discourage anyone from trespassing, and Tim was a trespasser. 
B) has no duty toward Tim. 
C) is not free to inflict intentional injury on a trespasser. 
D) All of the above. 
A) has the right to strongly discourage anyone from trespassing, and Tim was a trespasser. 
B) has no duty toward Tim. 
C) is not free to inflict intentional injury on a trespasser. 
D) All of the above.

Question 4

By law,all apartment buildings in the state where Mary lives must have smoke alarms in the ceilings.Mary suffers smoke inhalation because the smoke alarm in her apartment building was not yet installed.To win a negligence action against the building owner,Mary would have to prove:

Accepted Answer

A) a duty existed toward her. 
B) a breach of that duty. 
C) injury and causation. 
D) All of the above. 
A) a duty existed toward her. 
B) a breach of that duty. 
C) injury and causation. 
D) All of the above.

Question 5

Chris and Bev just purchased a house and twenty acres.They now have the right to use that property:

Accepted Answer

A) for their own benefit and enjoyment in any manner they choose. 
B) for their own benefit and enjoyment as long as they do so in a reasonable manner. 
C) exercising reasonable care to protect others who are not on the property. 
D) Both (b) and (c). 
A) for their own benefit and enjoyment in any manner they choose. 
B) for their own benefit and enjoyment as long as they do so in a reasonable manner. 
C) exercising reasonable care to protect others who are not on the property. 
D) Both (b) and (c).

Exam 8: Negligence and Strict Liability

If Janice,while driving her car,negligently runs into Paul,a pedestrian who is carefully crossing the street,Janice is liable for:

Because of the harshness of the all-or-nothing contributory negligence rule,nearly all states have now substituted the last clear chance doctrine for contributory negligence.

Stan doesn't like having neighborhood teenagers walk across his yard at night.He rigs an animal trap on the path the teenagers usually use to cross his land.One night,Tim and his friends are walking across the yard when Tim gets caught in the trap.He is taken to the hospital for his injuries.Stan:

By law,all apartment buildings in the state where Mary lives must have smoke alarms in the ceilings.Mary suffers smoke inhalation because the smoke alarm in her apartment building was not yet installed.To win a negligence action against the building owner,Mary would have to prove:

Chris and Bev just purchased a house and twenty acres.They now have the right to use that property:

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