Exam 6: Elements of Torts

A storm damaged a power line. Power company employees turned off a traffic signal while working on the line. A fatal accident resulted from the light being out. The power company could be liable due to proximate cause.

A man was injured when riding a mechanical bull at a state fair. The ride was working properly, but riders usually get bucked off. The man signed a waiver that he accepted the possibility of injury from a fall. When he sued for his injuries, you would expect the court to throw out the suit if the waiver clearly stated the dangers.

You tell people that someone you dislike is a child molester. This is not true. You most likely committed the tort of:

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:

With regard to torts, New Zealand differs from the United States in that:

Which of the following is most likely to be an example of an assault?

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

Intentional conduct that places a person in fear of immediate bodily harm or offensive contact is the tort of:

The doctrine of comparative negligence permits damages to be:

Senator Hotair, Mary's uncle, has become disgusted with Joe. At a press conference the Senator attacks Joe, calling him names, saying he is a disgusting person and must be crazy. This is printed widely. Joe wants to sue the Senator for defamation. He can sue:

Negligence torts differ from intentional torts in that:

Self-defense is a ____ based on the need to allow people who are attacked to take steps to protect themselves.

Under proximate cause, liability is limited to consequences that bear a reasonable relationship to negligent conduct.

If Tiger Woods' photo appears on boxes of Wheaties cereal without his permission, he does not have suit for invasion of privacy because he is a public person.

Suppose a surgeon is sued for negligence by a patient for having accidentally botched an operation. The standard that applies to the surgeon is the reasonable person, which means:

The reasonable person standard compares the actions of the wrongdoer/tortfeasor with those of a hypothetical person known as the reasonable person. The standard of care that the law presumes the reasonable person meets is:

Which of the following is least likely to be grounds for a suit for defamation by an employee who has been fired for poor performance:

In an assault or battery tort case, consent is when:

In Geczi v. Lifetime Fitness, where Geczi suffered an injury when a treadmill at Lifetime malfunctioned but a jury held Lifetime not to be negligent, the appeals court held that Lifetime:

Express assumption of risk is when: