Question 1

In Squish La Fish v. Thomco Specialty Products, involving an adhesive that did not work as hoped in product packaging, the company that bought the adhesive sued the seller for a tort called:

Accepted Answer

A)  defamation 
B)  fraud 
C)  intentional misrepresentation 
D)  negligent misrepresentation 
E)  none of the other choices

Question 2

The rules of tort law have changed little over the past two centuries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A business can become involved in a tort action:

Accepted Answer

A)  if an individual is harmed or injured by the actions of the business or its employees 
B)  if an individual is injured by a product produced by the business 
C)  if a business harms another business 
D)  all of the specific other choices 
E)  none of the other specific choices

Question 4

The three privileges that may be used as a defense to a defamation action are conditional, constitutional, and:

Accepted Answer

A)  Congressional 
B)  conditional per se 
C)  correlative 
D)  legislative 
E)  none of the other choices

Question 5

An accounting firm was sued for negligently preparing a financial report for a company. It causes losses to occur. At trial, the firm was found to have been negligent in its work. This meant that the firm would likely be:

Accepted Answer

A)  responsible for losses suffered by its client that could be linked to reliance on the work 
B)  responsible for losses suffered by its client that could be linked to reliance on that work and to the firm whose books were audited since that firm's reputation was damaged 
C)  responsible for losses not to exceed $1 million, the statutory limit on accountant liability in that state 
D)  not responsible for damages despite negligence, since reliance could not be shown 
E)  not responsible for damages despite negligence because of a lack of proximate cause

Exam 6: Elements of Torts

In Squish La Fish v. Thomco Specialty Products, involving an adhesive that did not work as hoped in product packaging, the company that bought the adhesive sued the seller for a tort called:

The rules of tort law have changed little over the past two centuries.

A business can become involved in a tort action:

The three privileges that may be used as a defense to a defamation action are conditional, constitutional, and:

An accounting firm was sued for negligently preparing a financial report for a company. It causes losses to occur. At trial, the firm was found to have been negligent in its work. This meant that the firm would likely be: