Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

To commit an intentional tort, one person must intend to harm a certain other person.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

OK Dry-Cleaning advertises so effectively that the regular customers of its competitor Purity Cleaners patronize OK instead of Purity.This is


A) appropriation.
B) conversion.
C) wrongful interference with a contractual relationship.
D) none of the choices.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Dian, a clerk at an Apple store, takes a Macbook from the store without permission.Dian is liable for


A) appropriation.
B) no tort.
C) conversion.
D) wrongful interference with a business relationship.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Dru is an Excel Company employee.He falsely accuses Fiona, Excel's office manager, of stealing from their employer.The statement is defamatory


A) if a coworker overhears it.
B) only if Fiona hears it.
C) whether or not anyone hears it.
D) under no circumstances.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Furious Toyz Corporation makes skateboards, which it sells to consumers, including Gitana.Gitana is injured due to a defect in the board that causes an accident in which Haley, a bystander, is also injured.In a product liability suit based on strict product liability, Furious Toyz may be liable to


A) Gitana and Haley.
B) Gitana only.
C) Haley only.
D) no one.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Under a dram shop act, liability can be imposed without proof of negligence.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

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


A) appropriation.
B) conversion.
C) intentional infliction of emotional distress.
D) trespass to personal property.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

False imprisonment occurs when a person restrains another intentionally and without justification.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A seller must take steps to guard against the foreseeable misuse of a product.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The purpose of tort law is to provide remedies when various protected interests have been invaded.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, both the plaintiff's and the defendant's negligence are taken into consideration.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Joy invites Ken into her apartment.Ken commits trespass to land if he


A) enters the apartment with fraudulent intent.
B) harms the apartment in any way.
C) makes disparaging remarks about Joy to others.
D) refuses to leave when Joy asks him to go.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 61 - 72 of 72

Related Exams

Show Answer