Exam 8: Torts

A business may lose the shopkeeper's privilege if:

For tort liability to be imposed,the perpetrator of the tort must have acted with the intent to do wrong.

The tort of invasion of privacy requires the reasonable intrusion into one's private affairs.

A tort is an interference with someone's person or property.

Product disparagement is a form of defamation.

People generally have a duty to act as a reasonably prudent person would in similar circumstances.

Commercial exploitation,also called right of publicity,is a form of invasion of privacy.

A contractor would be liable for ________ if the demolition of a structure with dynamite caused damages to surrounding structures.

The tort of false imprisonment requires the permanent detention of a person without their consent.

The concept of immunity from liability means that:

U.S.Senator Jones enjoys an absolute privilege when she is speaking on the floor of the Senate.

What type of damages are recoverable when the defendant's tortious conduct is accompanied by fraud,malice,or willful or wanton conduct?

Trespass to personal property requires:

Interactive web sites are immune from liability for content created by a third-party user,unless the web site actively edits the content.

Sal sent Max an e-mail message telling Max that his wife had been killed in a car accident,and Sal knew this was untrue.Max may be able to sue Sal for:

If a crime does not hurt an identifiable person,it is not a tort.

John was driving his car in a careless way,failing to drive as a reasonably prudent person would under the driving conditions.Ramona was crossing the street in a careless way,failing to cross as a reasonably prudent person would.John struck and injured Ramona with the car John was driving.At trial,it was determined that John was 80 percent at fault and that Ramona was 20 percent at fault.The injuries sustained amounted to $100,000.Explain how much,if any,recovery Ramona would receive in a state that applies the contributory negligence rule.Do the same thing for a state that applies the comparative negligence rule.

If the plaintiff has either engaged in or refrained from actions that are at least partially to blame for the injuries received,what negligence has occurred?

The same action can have both civil and criminal liability.

There are several defenses available when the standard of strict liability is applied.