Exam 6: Intentional Torts and Privacy

Unintentionally causing a party to break a contract may constitute wrong?ful interference with a contractual relationship.

Deleon trespasses on Capital Corporation's property.Through the use of rea?sonable force,Capital's security guard Brenda detains Deleon until the police ar?rive.Capital is most likely liable for

Precise Engineering Corporation has a contract with Quik Mart Stores to provide customized software for Quik's inventory control system.Retail Outlets,Inc,Quik's competitor,induces Sam,a Precise subcon?trac?tor who is writing code for the Quik software,to delay delivery of the code for one week.As a result,Precise's delivery of the software is delayed,and Quik sustains $500,000 in lost profits.On what ground could Quik recover damages from Retail Outlets?

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

Clem,a Delite Dairy salesperson,follows Edna,a salesperson for Festive Foods,a Delite competitor,as Edna visits stores to make sales.Clem solicits each of Edna's customers.Clem is most likely liable for

An artisan's lien is a defense to a charge of trespass to personal property.

Tortfeasor is the term for a person who commits a tort.

During a heated legislative debate,Representative Peony makes a statement of fact damaging Senator Rose's good reputation.Peony knows the statement is not true.In this situation,Peony is most likely

False imprisonment can be a tort if confinement or restraint is unjustified.

Tort is a French word for "court."

As a joke,Fran hides Gary's business law textbook so that he cannot find it during the week before the exam.Fran is liable for

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

Disparagement of property is another term for appropriation.

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

Conversion cannot occur when a person mistakenly believes that he or she is entitled to the goods.

There are no state statutes regulating the use of spam.

Ian steals a business law textbook from Jules.Kris,who does not know that the book is stolen,buys it from Ian.Kris has committed

Joy invites Ken into her apartment.Ken commits trespass to land if he

Jaqy distributes a handbill among her neighbors accusing one of them-Ked-of being a convicted sex offender.The statement is defamatory only if

An Internet service provider is generally not liable for publishing a defamatory statement that comes from a third party.