Exam 6: Elements of Torts

A tort is broadly defined as a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the law provides a remedy.

The sine qua non rule is also known as the:

There is no assault if:

Ordinary care or due care is a standard of care that the law presumes:

To be liable for an intentional tort, the defendant must have:

A superseding cause is an act that:

In an assault or battery case a privilege can:

While you are sound asleep, your roommate hits you in the head with a brick. This is most likely to be the tort of:

A statement that is presumed by law to be harmful to the person to whom they were directed and therefore requires no proof of harm or injury is:

Driving down the street you stupidly run a red light and hit a car legally going through a green light. You knock that car into a parked car, which knocks a loaded gun out of the parked car that falls on the street and fires a bullet that hits a person walking on the sidewalk. That person sues you in tort for damages. They will probably:

Intentional torts concern willful interference of a protected personal or property right.

California and other states use the "substantial factor" test instead of the proximate cause rule.

The tort of emotional distress protects from conduct that goes beyond the bounds of decency, but not from:

In a case in which a doctor is sued for negligence due to an accidentally botched surgery, the reasonable person standard would be that of:

Which of the following torts protect individuals from harm from the unintentional but legally careless conduct of others:

Baseball fans who willingly sit where they might be hit by a stray baseball during the normal course of play are:

To be liable for an intentional tort, the defendant must have:

The term res ipsa loquitur means:

Fred approaches his co-worker Gloria in the office supply room and closes the door. Fred describes, in detail, the porno movie he watched last night. Fred has Gloria "trapped" in the room, causing her to fear that he might try something. Fred says that since they are alone he could show Gloria what the movie was about. Fred:

If a friend is showing you a gun and you are afraid it is loaded and may go off, then there has probably been an assault.