Exam 10: Torts Affecting Business

In a fit of a store manager hits a customer with a wrench. Discuss the suit the customer can file against the store manager.

Malicious prosecution arises from causing someone to be arrested criminally without proper grounds.

Your roommate is away for the weekend and you take her Accounting 101 book to study in the library. You have not taken her permission but you intend to return the book before she returns so you don't think that it would matter. While you are in the library, the book is stolen. In this situation, your roommate can sue you for battery.

Negligence takes place when one who has a duty to act reasonably acts carelessly and causes injury to another.

The defense comparative negligence absolutely bars the plaintiff from recovery if the plaintiff's own fault contributed to the injury.

Customers refusing to leave a store after being asked to do so is an example of _____.

Mega-mart suspects Roberta of shoplifting, solely because she is dressed differently than their typical customer, so store officials detain her. They find nothing improper in Roberta's belongings. Roberta most likely will file a ________ lawsuit against Mega-store.

A _____ is an intentional misrepresentation of a material fact that is justifiably relied upon by someone to his or her injury.

Oral defamation is called:

Injurious falsehood is sometimes called:

The negligence of professionals is called malpractice.

News media are protected under the First Amendment when they publish information about public figures and public officials.

Discuss how some torts are crimes, while some are not.

The wrongful exercise of dominion (power) and control over the personal (nonland) resources that belong to another is known as _____.

Rita was drunk while driving her car and she hit Ana's car. This makes Ana a tortfeasor.

A student drove a rental car into Mexico although the lease specifically prohibited cross-border driving. The car was destroyed in an earthquake while it was parked in a parking lot in Mexico City. Discuss the rights of the rental company in this case.

One is not liable for another's injury unless he or she has a duty toward the person injured.

The majority of states impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons. The acts imposing this liability are called dram shop acts.

Which of the following defenses absolutely bars a plaintiff from recovery?

Injurious falsehood involves the publication of untrue statements that disparage the business owner's product or its quality.