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CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER BY ersons found to have committed a ton usually must pay a n negligence, the four elements of negligence that need nsidered essential elements because any two are t n all defamation of character cases, one of the elemet CLING EITHER T" FOR TRUE OR "F FOR FALSE 3 fine or serve time in jail to be proved by a plaintif o are required in order to prove negligence 4. A party can be liab reputation. ement was taht the elements that the Plaintiff must prove is that the le for defamation for truthful 5. Tort law is concerned with compensation to a person who has 6. The tort of slander is concerned with person s 7. Trespass to land occurs only if the so statements if the statement hurts the plaintiff's the s suffered loss or damages to their property or reputation statements that are nly spoken, ury to a person's reputation or good name caused by false spoken simultaneous use of the land trespasser in some way interferes with the owner's actual 8. Truth not be held defamation and if these defenses are proved by the defendant, then the 9. A bre 10. A landowner owes a duty of ordinary care even to trespassers. 11. Strict liability is or means "liability without regard to fault 12. For strict liability, plaintiff must show that defendant intended to inflict injury on plaintiff 13. In negligence, the test to measure defendant's conduct is the reasonable person standard/test ach of the duty of care in negligence can consist of an act or a failure to a which ask what would a reasonably careful person do or not do under same or similar circumstances 14. The reasonably careful person in negligence law is the most careful person in society 15. Proximate cause limits the responsibility of a wrongdoer in negli gence law by providing that connected, continuous sequence of a wrongdoer is legally responsible only for direct, closely The reasonable person standard is a subjective standard and the wrongdoer's subjective intent does matter when considering the issue of negligence. Thus, if the person truly did consequences of his or her wrongful conduct. 16. not mean to be careless that lets him or her "off the hook" for liability to the person harmed ening cause is a cause that interrupts the chain of events caused by 17. In negligence, an interv original wrongdoer's conduct and has the legal effect of eliminating the liability of the original wrongdoer 18. If the defendant has a physical handicap, then the reasonable person for the reasonable much he or she was at fault or contributed to his or her injury, but the amount of the award given to the plaintiff by the jury is reduced by that percentage assessed against plaintiff. person standard will be considered to have the same handicap 19. In a pure comparative negligence State, Plaintiff will receive money damages no matter how 20. Jane is in a partial comparative negligence State. A jury determined Jane was 51

Explanation / Answer

Q1) Answer is False

In Tort, the damages are paid as compensation to the individual rather than as a fine.

Q2) Answer is False

All four elements are required to prove negligence.

Q3) Answer is True

Q4) Answer is False

Liability in defamation requires to prove that the statement is false.

Q5) Answer is True

Q6) Answer is True

Q7) Answer is False

Knowingly entering a land though its not in use without the legal permission of the owner.

Q8) Answer is True

Q9) Answer is False

Breach of duty of care is failure in living up to the standard of duty.

Q10) Answer is False

As trespassers are unexpected and unwarranted guests, a land owner doesn't owe duty of care to them

Q11) Answer is True

Q12) Answer is False

In strict liability, plaintiff must prove that the product resulted in an injury. He need not prove that the defendent caused injury or is at fault.

Q13) Answer is True

Q14) Answer is False

Reasonably careful implies the conduct of how an individual acts in a situation

Q15) Answer is True

Q16) Answer is True

Q17) Answer is True

Q18) Answer is True

Q19) Answer is True

Q20) Incomplete question