Exam 6: Elements of Torts

The doctrine of ____ permits damages to be decreased by the percentage of plaintiffs' injuries caused by plaintiff's negligence.

The most common defense to a claim of defamation is:

In some states, such as California, proximate cause has been replaced by a negligence rule of liability that holds: A legal cause of injury is a cause which is a(n) ____ in bringing about the injury.

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:

If you are walking to your car at night in a dark parking lot and a stranger steps from behind a car and points a gun at you, there has probably been an assault.

The tort of printed or written defamatory communication is:

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

If a person intends to act to cause a harmful or offensive contact, he is liable for the tort of:

Which of the following is not an category of intentional tort:

Proximate cause limits liability to harms:

In an assault or battery tort case, consent:

Which of the following is not an intentional tort involving interference with personal rights:

Evidence that shows a person's conduct is the reason why an event happened may establish the cause-in-fact of negligent tort.

The proximate cause of an injury is the ____ cause of the injury.

Tort law evolves through time by court decisions that reflect social values and community standards.

In Squish La Fish v. Thomco Specialty Products, involving an adhesive that did not work as claimed, the appeals court held that the claim of negligent misrepresentation:

Torts based on negligence protect people from:

Joe goes to a bar. He gets into an argument with Danny about the merits of Monday Night Football. They start to fight and Joe ends up kissing the barroom floor. Joe can sue Danny:

Most tort suits arise from:

Which of the following would be an invasion of privacy: