Deck 6: Torts and Strict Liability

Question 1

A disparagement is an untrue statement made by one person or business about the products, services, property, or reputation of another business.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Reasonable person standard is a test used to determine whether a tort is intentional or unintentional.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A threat of future harm or moral pressure is not considered false imprisonment.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

If the defendant's act caused the plaintiff's injuries, there is causation in fact

Question 5

If a person did not have knowledge that his representation of facts was false, he is still liable for fraud.

Question 6

Intentional misrepresentation occurs when a wrongdoer deceives another person out of money, property, or something else of value.

Question 7

Assault and battery are mutually exclusive torts that do not occur together.

Question 8

John watches his brother being killed in a road accident. The perpetrator was driving under the influence of alcohol. John can recover damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress for the mental trauma he suffered from watching his brother die.

Question 9

Direct physical contact, such as intentionally hitting someone with a fist, is considered battery.

Question 10

If a magazine publishes a false statement about a public personality, it is liable for invasion of the right to privacy.

Question 11

Causation in fact refers to a point along a chain of events caused by a negligent party after which this party is no longer legally responsible for the consequences of his or her actions.

Question 12

If a plaintiff is injured, the damages recoverable depend on the effect of the injury on the plaintiff's life or profession.

Question 13

Jessica files a frivolous lawsuit against Thomas claiming emotional distress because he plucked flowers from her garden without her permission. The judge exonerates Thomas who can now sue Jessica for malicious prosecution.

Question 14

Disparagement refers to the liability of a professional who breaches his or her duty of ordinary care.

Question 15

If a newspaper review calls a commercially successful actor talentless, it is liable for defamation of character.

Question 16

In a lawsuit for malicious prosecution, the original defendant sues the original plaintiff.

Question 17

If a shoplifting suspect is detained for an unreasonably long time and is found to be innocent, the merchant is liable for the tort of malicious prosecution.

Question 18

Actual physical contact is not necessary for a tort to be considered an assault.

Question 19

If a defendant makes an untrue statement of fact about the plaintiff and the statement was intentionally or accidentally published to a third party, the defendant is held liable for misappropriation of the right to publicity.

Question 20

Res ipsa loquitor is a tort in which the violation of a statute or an ordinance constitutes the breach of the duty of care.

Question 21

Casual sales and transactions are not covered under the strict liability doctrine.

Question 22

A doctor driving on the wrong side of the road crashes into an eight-year-old boy riding a bicycle. Fearing the consequences, the doctor flees without reporting the accident or giving first-aid to the boy. The doctor is liable for professional malpractice.

Question 23

Privity of contract between the plaintiff and the defendant is not required in a strict liability suit.

Question 24

A homeowner is liable for negligence per se, if he or she fails to repair a damaged sidewalk in front of his or her home, and a pedestrian who trips on the unrepaired sidewalk is injured.

Question 25

Res ipsa loquitur applies when the plaintiff had exclusive control of the instrumentality or situation that caused his or her own injury.

Question 26

In order to claim damages for negligence per se, the plaintiff need not prove that he or she was within a class of persons meant to be protected by the statute.

Question 27

The defendant can held liable for injuries caused by the superseding event.

Question 28

Under the doctrine of strict liability, bystanders who are injured by a defective product are entitled to the same protection as the consumers or users.

Question 29

A bystander who suffers severe emotional distress on witnessing a heinous crime can claim damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Question 30

Strict liability applies to services, but not products.

Question 31

The doctrine of strict liability holds the manufacturers of a defective product solely liable for injuries caused by that product.

Question 32

Assumption of the risk is a defense a defendant can use against a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily participates in a risky activity that results in injury.

Question 33

Comparative negligence is a doctrine that says a plaintiff who is partially at fault for his or her own injury cannot recover against the negligent defendant.

Question 34

A seller of a defective product cannot be held strictly liable if it can be proved that he or she took all possible care in the preparation and sale of the product.

Question 35

Malicious prosecution is a tort that permits a person to recover for emotional distress caused by the defendant's negligent conduct.

Question 36

If a woman is informed of her husband being run over by a bus the previous night, she can recover damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Question 37

If a nurse administers CPR to save the life of a dying man and negligently injures the man's arm in the process, the nurse cannot be sued as he or she is protected by Good Samaritan statutes.

Question 38

A lawyer who fails to file a document with the court on time, causing the client's case to be dismissed is liable for legal malpractice.

Question 39

Res ipsa loquitur switches the burden to the plaintiff to prove that the defendant was negligent.

Question 40

The violation of a statute that proximately causes an injury is termed as negligence per se.

Question 41

Sending an objectionable telegram to a third party and signing another's name constitutes the tort of ________.

A) invasion of the right to privacy
B) defamation of character
C) battery
D) intentional misrepresentation

Question 42

Making false statements about a competitor's products, services, property, or business reputation could make a company liable for ________.

A) intentional misrepresentation
B) tort of appropriation
C) disparagement
D) misappropriation of the right to publicity

Question 43

Which of the following torts constitutes battery?

A) stealing a person's wallet
B) threatening to shoot a person
C) blackmailing a person
D) poisoning a person's drink

Question 44

Harvey was at his college reunion where he noticed Raymond, his former roommate. Harvey and Raymond did not get along well at the reunion. Offended by something Raymond mentioned, Harvey punched him in the face which broke his jaw. Harvey is liable for ________.

A) breach of duty of care
B) disparagement
C) battery
D) assault

Question 45

Gary Govetty is a famous movie star. A tabloid published an interview with his ex-girlfriend in which she falsely claimed that Gary was completely bald and had been wearing a wig for several years. Gary can sue his ex-girlfriend for ________.

A) slander
B) invasion of the right to privacy
C) tort of appropriation
D) negligent infliction of emotional distress

Question 46

Which of the following statements is true of the tort of assault?

A) An assault is considered an unintentional tort.
B) An attack is considered an assault only if the defendant was provoked to attack a plaintiff.
C) An attack is not considered an assault if the defendant was provoked to attack a plaintiff.
D) Actual physical contact between plaintiff and defendant is not necessary.

Question 47

The tort of defamation of character requires a plaintiff to prove that the defendant ________.

A) publicized a private fact about the plaintiff
B) insulted people closely related to the plaintiff, such as family or friends
C) published an untrue statement of fact about the plaintiff to a third party
D) made one or more financial deals with the plaintiff under a false identity

Question 48

Which of the following best describes the tort of battery?

A) unauthorized and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person that causes injury
B) an action that arouses reasonable apprehension of imminent harm
C) oral or written defamation of another person's character
D) intentional confinement or restraint of another person without that person's consent

Question 49

________ is a doctrine that says a person is liable for harm that is the foreseeable consequence of his or her actions.

A) Tort of outrage
B) Tort of misappropriation
C) Disparagement
D) Unintentional tort

Question 50

Which of the following instances depict the tort of outrage?

A) A farmer's crops are set on fire by an unidentified miscreant.
B) A gym teacher verbally abuses an overweight kid in every gym class and the kid suffers severe emotional distress.
C) A cosmetics company uses Julia Roberts' image without her consent to depict her as its brand ambassador.
D) A beverage-manufacturer claims that its competitor uses coffee beans of poor quality.

Question 51

One student actor wins a part in a play over another student actor. To get back at the winning student, the rejected student files a lawsuit against the winning student alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and negligence. The jury returns a verdict exonerating the defendant. The defendant is now entitled to sue the plaintiff for ________.

A) tort of outrage
B) malicious prosecution
C) intentional misrepresentation
D) misappropriation of the right to publicity

Question 52

________ refers to an attempt by another person to take over a living person's name or identity for commercial purposes.

A) Invasion of the right to privacy
B) Tort of appropriation
C) Defamation of character
D) Disparagement

Question 53

Michael wanted to shoot Gary but accidentally injured Stella with the bullet. Which of the following can Stella use to recover damages from Michael?

A) Doctrine of unintentional tort
B) Doctrine of proximate cause
C) Doctrine of negligence
D) Transferred intent doctrine

Question 54

John Harley was on his way home when an assailant stopped his car and threatened to physically harm him if he ever saw him drive on that street again. John can sue the assailant to recover damages for ________.

A) assault
B) battery
C) libel
D) disparagement

Question 55

Which of the following actions would make Sarah liable for battery?

A) She publishes an article calling for the current U.S. President to quit because she thinks he is not doing a good job.
B) She extends the boundary of her plot of land encroaching two feet of her neighbor's plot.
C) She smuggles marijuana into the country.
D) She slaps her ex-husband because he denied her alimony.

Question 56

Libel and slander constitute ________.

A) the tort of outrage
B) defamation of character
C) the tort of appropriation
D) intentional misrepresentation

Question 57

Which of the following is an intentional tort?

A) breach of duty of care
B) defect in product manufacture
C) disparagement
D) negligence

Question 58

Jessica is babysitting Kyle one afternoon when Kyle starts bleeding from his nose. Jessica manages to stop the bleeding and rushes out to the nearest pharmacy-three miles away-to get medication for him. While doing so, she locks the house from outside and asks Kyle not to leave the house till she returns. The only way he can get out of the house is by breaking a window. Due to a roadblock on her way back, Jessica is delayed by an hour. Which of the following statements is true in this case?

A) Jessica is liable for kidnapping.
B) Jessica is liable for negligence as well as breach of duty of care.
C) Jessica can be sued for false imprisonment.
D) Jessica is not liable for prosecution for an intentional tort.

Question 59

Which of the following statements is true of battery?

A) Battery refers to intentional infliction of emotional distress.
B) Assault and battery often occur together.
C) Actual physical contact is not necessary for a tort to be termed as battery.
D) Indirect physical contact between the victim and the perpetrator is not battery.

Question 60

The threat of immediate harm or offensive contact is termed as ________.

A) battery
B) assault
C) disparagement
D) libel

Question 61

________ is a statute that relieves medical professionals from liability for ordinary negligence when they stop and render aid to victims in emergency situations.

A) Res ipsa loquitur
B) Assumption of the risk
C) Duty of care
D) Good Samaritan law

Question 62

The violation of a statute that proximately causes an injury is termed as ________.

A) disparagement
B) res ipsa loquitur
C) negligence per se
D) misappropriation

Question 63

________ is a doctrine that raises a presumption of negligence and switches the burden to the defendant to prove that he or she was not negligent.

A) Res ipsa loquitur
B) Negligence per se
C) Doctrine of proximate cause
D) Doctrine of comparative negligence

Question 64

________ refers to a doctrine that says a plaintiff who is partially at fault for his or her own injury cannot recover against the negligent defendant.

A) Assumption of risk
B) Comparative fault
C) Contributory negligence
D) Comparative negligence

Question 65

The violation of a statute that proximately causes an injury is termed as ________.

A) negligence per se
B) disparagement
C) misappropriation
D) res ipsa loquitur

Question 66

Martha is walking along a street with her son when he is hit by a passing car just as he steps off the pavement. He dies in his mother's arms, leaving her traumatized. The court hearing the case rules that Martha's son was "not responsible for the accident." Martha can sue the person who killed her son to recover damages for ________.

A) breach of duty of care
B) negligent infliction of emotional distress
C) transfer of intent
D) tort of outrage

Question 67

George, Jerry, and Harry are passengers on a flight from Chicago to New York. They injure their legs when their seatbelts do not fasten during take-off. The airline is sued by all three together for injuries caused and the airline is found to be negligent and is directed by the court to pay damages to the injured parties. Which of the following parties is entitled to recover maximum damages?

A) George, a retired professor who gets a pension of $50,000 a year
B) Jerry, a football player who earns $2 million a year
C) Harry, a chartered accountant who earns $200,000 a year
D) All the men recover the same amount of damages, irrespective of their income or profession.

Question 68

In order to claim damages for negligence per se, the plaintiff has to prove that ________.

A) the defendant was in exclusive control of the situation
B) the plaintiff was within a class of persons meant to be protected by the violated statute
C) the defendant made a false representation of material fact
D) the plaintiff was affected by malicious statements made by the defendant about his/her character

Question 69

Martha is walking along a street with her son when he is hit by a passing car just as he steps off the pavement. He dies in his mother's arms, leaving her traumatized. The court hearing the case rules that Martha's son was "not responsible for the accident." Martha can sue the person who killed her son to recover damages for ________.

A) tort of outrage
B) breach of duty of care
C) negligent infliction of emotional distress
D) transfer of intent

Question 70

________ is a point along a chain of events caused by a negligent party after which this party is no longer legally responsible for the consequences of his or her actions.

A) Causation in fact
B) Point of reason
C) Point of appropriation
D) Proximate cause

Question 71

Throwing a lit match on the ground in the forest and causing a fire is a breach of ________.

A) appropriation
B) Good Samaritan law
C) duty of care
D) res ipsa loquitur

Question 72

________ is a statute that relieves medical professionals from liability for ordinary negligence when they stop and render aid to victims in emergency situations.

A) Good Samaritan law
B) Assumption of the risk
C) Duty of care
D) Res ipsa loquitur

Question 73

A pedestrian trips and falls on a poorly lighted sidewalk in front of Kate Geller's house and is injured. If the pedestrian sues for damages, which of the following parties is would be liable to pay the damages?

A) the civic authority
B) Kate Geller
C) the residents' association of the locality
D) the pedestrian

Question 74

Which of the following is true about the duty of care?

A) Breach of duty of care is not actionable unless the plaintiff suffers injury or injury to his or her property.
B) Reasonable person standard is used to determine the amount of damages that a defendant owes a plaintiff.
C) A firefighter who refuses to put out a fire when his safety is not at stake does not breach his duty of care.
D) The damages recoverable for breach of the duty of care are independent of the effect of the injury on the plaintiff's life or profession.

Question 75

In order to claim damages for negligence per se, the plaintiff has to prove that ________.

A) the defendant made a false representation of material fact
B) the defendant was in exclusive control of the situation
C) the plaintiff was within a class of persons meant to be protected by the violated statute
D) the plaintiff was affected by malicious statements made by the defendant about his/her character

Question 76

The obligation people owe each other not to cause any unreasonable harm or risk of harm is termed as ________.

A) libel
B) res ipsa loquitur
C) Good Samaritan law
D) duty of care

Question 77

A person driving over the prescribed speed limit in a suburban area hits and injures a pedestrian jaywalking against a red "Do Not Walk" sign. The jury finds that the driver was 80 percent responsible for the accident and the jaywalker was 20 percent responsible. The pedestrian suffered $100,000 in injuries. If the state in which this case is heard adopts the doctrine of contributory negligence to interpret such cases, the pedestrian is entitled to recover ________.

A) no damages from the driver
B) $100,000 from the driver
C) $20,000 from the driver
D) $80,000 from the driver

Question 78

What is meant by "causation in fact"?

A) the facts stated by a plaintiff during trial
B) a defendant's negligent act that caused the plaintiff's injuries
C) a defendant's defense against a case of negligence
D) a defendant's plea of guilt due to negligence

Question 79

If a lawyer fails to file a document with the court on time, causing his client's case to be dismissed, he would be liable for ________.

A) professional malpractice
B) intentional misrepresentation
C) tort of appropriation
D) breach of the duty of care

Question 80

The term ________ refers to a defense that says a person who is injured by a defective product but has been negligent and is partially responsible for his or her own injuries cannot recover from the defendant.

A) comparative negligence
B) contributory negligence
C) assumption of risk
D) negligence per se