Exam 6: Elements of Torts

Proximate cause limits liability to harms:

False imprisonment is:

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:

In Fuerschbach v.Southwest Airlines,where Fuerschbach was "arrested" by the police as a prank at work,the appeals court held that there:

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.

In James v.Bob Ross Buick,where James had been fired from a car dealership that then sent letters to customers under his name,James sued for:

A young woman let a strange man into her motel room and was assaulted by him.She sued the motel.Because she was found 97% responsible,the motel did not have to pay her anything.

The constitutional privilege:

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.

A group of workers applied for work at a company looking to hire workers.They were locked in an enclosure and the police were called to report trespassing.The workers could sue for false imprisonment as they had good reason to be on company property.

In New Zealand if a careless driver runs into someone and causes injury,the injured party cannot sue,but will be compensated under a government insurance program.

Defamation is an intentional false communication that injures a person's reputation.

Joe finds Mary alone in the copy room at work.He closes the door,says "I know you really want me baby," and pins her against the wall,forcing her to be very close to him for 10 minutes while he tells her how much he wants her.She keeps telling him to get away.There:

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

Illegal wire tapping is an intrusion into a person's solitude and an example of the tort of:

The substantial factor test and the proximate cause rule produce significantly different results in negligence cases.

Assumption of risk is an affirmative defense,which means it must be:

In James v.Bob Ross Buick,where James had been fired from a car dealership that then sent letters to customers under his name,James sued for:

Joe finds Mary alone in the copy room at work.He closes the door,says "I know you really want me baby," and pins her against the wall,forcing her to be very close to him for 10 minutes while he tells her how much he wants her.She keeps telling him to get away.There:

Absolute,conditional,and constitutional privileges are all possible defenses in defamation actions.