Exam 4: Torts and Cyber Torts

Reaching for a bottle of soda from a display in a Bargain Mart store,Cody slips in a puddle of spilled soda and falls,suffering an injury.Bargain Mart's employees are not aware of the spilled soda until Cody falls.In a suit against Bargain Mart,Cody will most likely

In newspaper ads,Lo-Price Autos falsely accuses My-T Value Vehicles,a competitor,of selling stolen cars.My-T's sales decrease.Lo-Price has most likely committed

Good intention is a complete defense to conversion.

An individual's right to privacy includes the exclusive use of his or her identity.

If it can be shown that a trespass to personal property was warranted,a complete defense exists.

Liz trespasses on Mega Corporation's property.Through the use of reasonable force,Mega's security guard Ned detains Liz until the police arrive.Mega is liable for

Dom,an EZ Baked Goods salesperson,follows Flora,a salesperson for Goody Pastries,Inc.,as she attempts to make sales to food stores.Dom solicits each of Flora's customers.Dom is most likely liable for wrongful interference with

A failure to return personal property is conversion even if the rightful owner consented to the initial taking.

Caleb is driving a car in which Dotty is a passenger when an accident occurs.Caleb and Dotty are emotionally rattled,but neither is physically hurt.Caleb is not liable to Dotty on a negligence theory because

If it can be shown that a trespass to land was warranted,a complete defense exists.

George has a badly infected right foot.Herb,George's physician,prescribes amputation.George agrees.During the operation,Herb amputates the left foot.In George's suit against Herb,George's best theory for recovery is

Harm must be foreseeable to be considered the proximate cause of an injury in negligence.

Under the "danger invites rescue" doctrine,a person who tries to rescue another individual from harm is liable for any injuries to the individual.

Ike pushes Joan,who falls and breaks her arm.Ike is liable for the injury

Leon files a suit against Moira,a medical doctor,alleging negligence.As a physician,Moira is held to the standard of

Jean is playing a computer game on a bad disk that melts in her drive,starting a fire that injures her hands.Jean files a suit against K-Tech,Inc.,the game's manufacturer.K-Tech is held liable under the doctrine of strict liability.A significant application of this doctrine is in the area of

Lew angrily accuses Mandy,a broker with New Financial Services,of fraudulently inducing him to invest in Open Pit Oil Company,whose wells are dry.The reliance that gives rise to liability for fraud is normally based on a statement of

Tortfeasor is the term for a person who commits a tort.

The extreme risk of an activity is a primary basis for imposing strict liability.

Only a foreseeable intervening event can break the connection between a wrongful act and an injury to another.