Exam 4: Torts and Cyber Torts

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

Through tort law, society compensates those who suffer injuries as a result of others' wrongful conduct.

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

Obie accuses Portia, a broker with QT Financial Services, of fraudulently inducing him to invest in Risky Development Company, whose stock price declines in value. The reliance that gives rise to liability for fraud requires

Jackie distributes a handbill throughout her neighborhood accusing her neighbor Ked of being a convicted sex offender. The statement is defamatory if

Disparagement of property is another term for slander of quality.

As a joke, Jem takes Kyla's business law textbook and hides it so that Kyla cannot find it during the week before the exam. Jem may have committed

An assumption of risk defense does not require that a risk be voluntarily assumed.

A Rhode Island state statute requires machinery in industrial plants to include automatic shut-off switches accessible to each employee working on the machine. Steel Company's equipment does not have the switches. Trudy, a Steel employee, suffers an injury that an accessible shut-off switch would have prevented. Trudy's best theory for recovery is

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

Nico is a passenger in a car driven by Owen, whose reckless driving causes an accident, injuring himself. Nico, uninjured, accompanies Owen to Parkside Hospital in an ambulance. The ambulance is hit by a car driven by Quin, and Nico is injured. Nico files a suit against Owen, alleging negligence. The element most likely to be a question for the court to decide is

Liz trespasses on Mega Corporation's property. Through the use of rea?sonable force, Mega's security guard Ned detains Liz until the police ar?rive. Mega is liable for

Statements made by in judicial proceedings are NOT privileged communications and may be the basis for defamation.

Fraud occurs only when there is reliance on a statement of opinion.

Any lawful contract can potentially form the basis for an action based on wrongful in?terference with a contractual relationship.

Self-defense is a defense to negligence.

Some risks are obvious but that does not necessarily excuse a business owner from the duty to protect customers from foreseeable harm.

Failure to live up to a standard of care may be an act or an omission.

Barbara is selling her car. She knows that the brakes do not work. When a potential buyer asks Barbara if there are any problems with the car, Barbara assures the buyer that there are no problems. The buyer purchases the car based on the assurance that there is nothing wrong with it. The buyer may be able to sue Barbara for

Richard is an avid baseball fan and attends baseball games whenever he can. Richard considers himself an expert on all things, including risks, related to baseball. One day a ball flies into the stands, hits Richard in the head and seriously injures him. Richard can probably successfully win a case against the sports stadium based on