Exam 6: Elements of Torts

You are shopping in a department store.A store manager asks you to step into his office.He closes the door and tells you he thinks you have hidden merchandise in your clothing.You say nonsense.He says you will sit there until you confess or allow yourself to be searched.You refuse.He says,"We will see about that!" The two of you sit there for an hour.Finally,he tells you to leave.This is probably:

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

If alleged consequences are too far removed from the negligent conduct:

The intentional tort of assault requires that:

Sarah is attacked by Jane as she is getting her mail from the mailbox.Sarah punches Jane and knocks her unconscious.While Jane is unconscious,Sarah continues to punch her.Sarah will not be able to use self-defense as a defense if Jane sues her for battery because:

Absolute,conditional and constitutional privileges are all:

Jemal is playing basketball at a school's outdoor court.Kevin asks if he can join the game.Jemal agrees.After playing for 15 minutes,Kevin is knocked to the ground.His wrist breaks.If Kevin sues Jemal for his injury,a court will probably find:

In Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad,Palsgraf was hurt at a train station by equipment that fell on her during an explosion.The New York high court held that there was no proximate cause to make the railroad liable.

If a jury finds there is comparative negligence in a tort case,which of the following happens:

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

If an English newspaper prints a hurtful story about Prince William,that is reprinted in American papers,and it turns out that the newspaper had no malice toward the Prince,but knew the story was not factual,Prince William would most likely:

Assault is intentional conduct that places a person in fear of immediate harm,but it need not actually involve personal harm.

Jemal is playing basketball at a school's outdoor court.Kevin asks if he can join the game.Jemal agrees.After playing for 15 minutes,Kevin is knocked to the ground.His wrist breaks when he hits the concrete.If Kevin sues Jemal for his injury,a court will probably find:

Mary is running for the School Board.Joe tells people that Mary was convicted of prostitution several times.This is true,but the revelation is distressing to Mary who is now successful in business and has put her past behind her.Most likely,Mary will:

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.

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:

The tort involving spoken defamatory communication is:

Which of the following would be an invasion of privacy:

Absolute privilege grants immunity in situations where:

You run towards someone screaming and swinging a stick.You were only kidding,but the person you were running at thought you were serious.You might be sued for the tort of: