Negligence at the Workplace
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Mark intentionally pushes Don. Don falls to the ground and breaks his arm. Mark is liable for the injury only if Mark did not intend to break Don’s arm. only if Mark had a bad motive for pushing Don. only if Mark intended to break Don’s arm. if Mark intended to push Don.
Jill accuses of Ken of committing an assault. A person commits an assault if he or she creates in another an apprehension or fear of future harm. immediate harm. past harm past, present, or future harm.
Alan writes Beth a private letter falsely accusing her of stealing office supplies from their employer, Consolidated Industries,
Inc. This is defamation, but not libel or slander. libel. slander. none of the above.
Joe is a used-car salesperson. Joe commits fraud if, to make a sale, he represents as a fact something he knows is untrue. states an opinion concerning something about which he knows nothing. uses puffery, or seller’s talk. all of the above.
As a joke, Adam takes Beth’s business law book and hides it so that Beth cannot find it during the week before the exam. Adam may have committed conversion. infliction of emotional distress. placing a person in a false light. trespass to personal property.
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If a person breaches a duty of care and another person suffers an injury, the breach must have caused the harm for liability to result. 7.
In many states, the plaintiff’s negligence is a defense that may be raised in a negligence suit.
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Negligence per se may occur on the violation of a statute.
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Kelly is injured when she slips and falls on Lee’s sidewalk. To determine whether Lee owed a duty of care to Kelly, Lee is subject to the standard of a realistic person. a reasonable person. a recognizable person. a reliable person.
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Lana hires Mike, an architect,
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Mark intentionally pushes Don. Don falls to the ground and breaks his arm. Mark is liable for the injury only if Mark did not intend to break Don’s arm. only if Mark had a bad motive for pushing Don. only if Mark intended to break Don’s arm. if Mark intended to push Don.
Jill accuses of Ken of committing an assault. A person commits an assault if he or she creates in another an apprehension or fear of future harm. immediate harm. past harm past, present, or future harm.
Alan writes Beth a private letter falsely accusing her of stealing office supplies from their employer, Consolidated Industries,
Inc. This is defamation, but not libel or slander. libel. slander. none of the above.
Joe is a used-car salesperson. Joe commits fraud if, to make a sale, he represents as a fact something he knows is untrue. states an opinion concerning something about which he knows nothing. uses puffery, or seller’s talk. all of the above.
As a joke, Adam takes Beth’s business law book and hides it so that Beth cannot find it during the week before the exam. Adam may have committed conversion. infliction of emotional distress. placing a person in a false light. trespass to personal property.
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If a person breaches a duty of care and another person suffers an injury, the breach must have caused the harm for liability to result. 7.
In many states, the plaintiff’s negligence is a defense that may be raised in a negligence suit.
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Negligence per se may occur on the violation of a statute.
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Kelly is injured when she slips and falls on Lee’s sidewalk. To determine whether Lee owed a duty of care to Kelly, Lee is subject to the standard of a realistic person. a reasonable person. a recognizable person. a reliable person.
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Lana hires Mike, an architect,