Exam 7: Tort Law, Workers Compensation, and Environmental Law

Defamation involves the unprivileged publication of a factual statement that is untrue and injurious or defamatory to a person's reputation.

Contributory risk is a defense to negligence.

Punitive damages are also known as:

Filing an unjustified criminal complaint against an individual leads to the tort of:

Which of the following is not an element of negligence?

Personal injury practice deals with lawsuits for money damages for injuries that people have suffered.

Negligence is the failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would act under similar circumstances.

Vicarious liability is also known as respondeat superior. Multiple Choice

An intentional tort is one in which the party committing the tort intends to do the act knowing it will cause serious injury.

The law will not allow a person to escape liability for dangerous activities by simply:

Intentional infliction of emotion distress causes:

A tortfeasor is the injured person.

The two major defenses to intentional torts are consent and privilege.

Which of the following is not a type of negligence action?

Which of the following is not a defense to negligence?

Res ipsa loquitur means

Activities that give rise to strict liability are:

Strict liability is liability without fault.

In general, injured workers cannot sue employers under:

A cause of action is a legally recognized right to relief or damages.