Exam 6: Elements of Torts

In Squish La Fish v. Thomco Specialty Products, involving an adhesive that did not work as hoped in product packaging, Squish La Fish sued the adhesive seller for negligent misrepresentation because:

A person has acted negligently if:

A group of workers applied for work at a company looking to hire workers. They were locked in an enclosure and the police were called to report that they were trespassing. The workers could not sue for false imprisonment because the property owner was defending company property.

If a plaintiff is found to be comparatively negligent in a tort suit, the plaintiff will recover no money from the defendant.

In most states ____ doctrines allow one to match force for force.

Conduct is likely to be held to be negligent if:

If a person is found liable in tort for negligence, that person is responsible for all consequences, foreseeable or not.

The three privileges that may be used as a defense to a defamation action are conditional, constitutional, and:

Under the defense of business necessity, employers may generally say anything they wish about the ability of a current or former employee.

You see someone stealing the highly prized hubcaps off your car. You have the right to protect your property by using:

Contact that does not cause actual physical harm, but offends a reasonable person's sense of dignity is most likely a tort of:

Intentional physical contact without consent may constitute:

Dee, a debt collector, calls old Mr. Thompson ten times a day about his debts. She calls him names and threatens to have him beat up. This causes him severe anxiety attacks each time they speak. Dee may be best sued for:

Intentional torts:

If causal connection between a person's act and the resulting harm to another is broken by an intervening act or event, the act or event is called:

Steve has a disorder that causes him to pass out randomly. While driving one day, he passes out, is in an accident, and injures Juan.

The ____ test states "A legal cause of injury is a cause which is a substantial factor in bringing about the injury."

For liability to be imposed when negligence is alleged, in many jurisdictions, the injured party must prove that the defendant's act was not only the cause in fact of the injury but also the ____ of the injury.

The tort of emotional distress protects:

The tort of printed or written defamatory communication is: