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CHAPATER 12-13 1. Tortfeasor is the term for a person who commits a tort
True
2. Proximate cause exists when injuries sustained were too remotely connected to an incident to trigger liability
False
3. Bona fide competitive behavior can constitute wrongful interference with a contractual relationship
False
4. An ordinary person standard determines whether allegedly negligent conduct resulted in a breach of a duty of care
False
5. Hilliard, a clerk at a Games Unlimited store, takes a video player from the store without permission. Hilliard is liable for
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6. Clem, a Delite Dairy salesperson, follows Edna, a salesperson for a Festive Foods, a Delite competitor, as Edna visits stores to make sales. Clem solicits each of edna’s customers. Clem is most likely liable for
Wrongful interference with a business relationship 7. Levon leaves his truck at Makeright Vehicle Shop for repair. When Levon refuses to pay for the work, makeRight refuses to give him possession of the truck. Makeright has committed
Trespass to personal property 8. A Rhode Island state imposes fines on tire repair business whose pneumatic equipment does not include automatic shut-off switches to protect employees. Bob’s Brakes & Tires, Inc., does not have the switches on its equipment. Center, a Bob’s employee, suffers an injury that a shut-off switch would have prevented. Carter’s best theory for recovery is
Negligence per se 9. Under the theory of negligence, a breach of the duty of care requires a careless act
False
10. Causation in fact exist if an injury would not have occurred without the defendant’s act
True
11. A defense available in an action based on a negligence theory is that the plaintiff failed to prove one or more of the required elements
True
12. An individual’s right to privacy includes the exclusive use of his or her likeness
True
13. A superseding cause is an intervening event

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