Exam 6: Elements of Torts

A superseding cause is an act that:

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

In Fuerschbach v.Southwest Airlines,where Fuerschbach was "arrested" at work as part of a prank,the appeals court held that there was no tort because there was no malice or physical injury despite the fact that Fuerschbach did not like it.

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

Damages in a negligence suit are found to be $100,000.If the jury finds the defendant was 60 percent responsible,the defendant would pay for 60 percent of the damages ($60,000)under the rule of comparative negligence.

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

Tort law is intended to try to put an injured party in the position he would have been in if the tort had not occurred.

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

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

Jill publicly states that Alvin committed a murder.Jill's statement is considered:

A criminal case differs from a tort case because:

Libel involves spoken defamatory communication.

A man was injured while riding a mechanical bull owned by an independent contractor at a state fair.He paid to ride the bull and signed a form that he understood the risk of injury.After he was injured,he sued the fair that provided the ride for negligence.You would expect the court held that:

For a person's negligent conduct to be legally linked to its consequences,the chain of events connecting the two must be:

Intentional physical contact without consent may constitute the tort of:

In an assault or battery tort case,consent:

If your employer suspects you of being a thief,and searches your home for evidence (without a warrant),you will barred from bringing any action for invasion of privacy if he sincerely believed you were guilty.

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.

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 Squish La Fish v.Thomco Specialty Products,involving an adhesive that did not work as hoped in product packaging,the company that bought the adhesive sued the seller for a tort called: