LEG 100 Final Exam
CH 9 & 10 #7
1 Question 5 out of 5 points Minerva told Prudence that Prudence could park her farm tractor on Minerva's land but only for one month. Two months later, Minerva is annoyed because the farm tractor is still on her land; and Prudence refuses to move it. Which of the following causes of action, if any, would Minerva have against Prudence? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Trespas s Trespas s
Question 2 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is not a part of the measure of compensatory damages? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Damages to deter others from engaging in similar conduct. Damages to deter others from engaging in similar conduct.
Question 3 5 out of 5 points Under which of the following systems may a plaintiff recover for any amount of the defendant's negligence, even if the plaintiff was the more negligent party? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Pure comparative negligence Pure comparative negligence
Question 4 5 out of 5 points Under the doctrine of ________, the plaintiff's negligence is an absolute bar to recovery against the defendant. Answer Selected Answer: Correct contributory negligence Answer: contributory negligence
Question 5 0 out of 5 points Which of the following was the result in Labaj v. VanHouten, the case in the text involving whether in order to find an employer negligent for failing to protect an employee from being attacked by a dog, the dog had to have abnormally dangerous propensities? Answer Selected Answer: That an employer cannot be negligent for failing to protect an employee from getting attached by a dog unless the dog is not known to possess abnormally dangerous propensities. That an employer can be negligent for failing to protect an employee from getting attached by a dog, even if the dog is not known to possess abnormally dangerous propensities. Correct Answer:
Question 6 5 out of 5 points In which of the following situations would the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur apply?
1 Question 5 out of 5 points Minerva told Prudence that Prudence could park her farm tractor on Minerva's land but only for one month. Two months later, Minerva is annoyed because the farm tractor is still on her land; and Prudence refuses to move it. Which of the following causes of action, if any, would Minerva have against Prudence? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Trespas s Trespas s
Question 2 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is not a part of the measure of compensatory damages? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Damages to deter others from engaging in similar conduct. Damages to deter others from engaging in similar conduct.
Question 3 5 out of 5 points Under which of the following systems may a plaintiff recover for any amount of the defendant's negligence, even if the plaintiff was the more negligent party? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Pure comparative negligence Pure comparative negligence
Question 4 5 out of 5 points Under the doctrine of ________, the plaintiff's negligence is an absolute bar to recovery against the defendant. Answer Selected Answer: Correct contributory negligence Answer: contributory negligence
Question 5 0 out of 5 points Which of the following was the result in Labaj v. VanHouten, the case in the text involving whether in order to find an employer negligent for failing to protect an employee from being attacked by a dog, the dog had to have abnormally dangerous propensities? Answer Selected Answer: That an employer cannot be negligent for failing to protect an employee from getting attached by a dog unless the dog is not known to possess abnormally dangerous propensities. That an employer can be negligent for failing to protect an employee from getting attached by a dog, even if the dog is not known to possess abnormally dangerous propensities. Correct Answer:
Question 6 5 out of 5 points In which of the following situations would the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur apply?