MICHIGAN OPTOMETRY JURISPRUDENCE
TRAINING BUNDLED TESTS QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Put it in writing
Include VAs, warnings, findings, recalls and referrals.
Answer: What is the most important way to protect yourself from a
malpractice suit?
⩥ Statures of Limittaion.
Answer: Establish the period of time within which a case must be
brough
⩥ 1-2 years.
Answer: What is the statute of limitation for negligence?
⩥ Contributory Negligence.
Answer: Complete defense to an action based upon negligence
In order to prove this, the defendant must show that the party charged 1)
had knowledge of the condition; 2) had an appreciation of the danger
under the surrounding circumstances and 3) failed to exercise reasonable
care, by placing himself in the way of danger
, ⩥ Comparative Negligence.
Answer: Type of negligence that allows a jury to apportion fault, so that
concurrent negligence committed by the patient is used to reduce the
size of the award to the patient rather than bar it altogether
Law in almost all states
⩥ Sudden Emergency Doctrine.
Answer: Explains why in certain situations a person is not held to the
strict standard of care required of a reasonably prudent person acting
under ordinary circumstances
⩥ Wantonness.
Answer: Conscious doing of some act or the omission of some duty,
while knowing of the existing conditions and being conscious that, for
doing or omitting to do an act, injury will likely or porbably result
⩥ Intentional or Willful Conduct.
Answer: A person commits this if he has knowledge of the danger
accompanied by a design or purpose to inflict injury, whether the act be
one of commission or omission
⩥ Malice.
Answer: Intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse
either with an intent to injure the person or property of another person or
entity, or under such circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent
TRAINING BUNDLED TESTS QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Put it in writing
Include VAs, warnings, findings, recalls and referrals.
Answer: What is the most important way to protect yourself from a
malpractice suit?
⩥ Statures of Limittaion.
Answer: Establish the period of time within which a case must be
brough
⩥ 1-2 years.
Answer: What is the statute of limitation for negligence?
⩥ Contributory Negligence.
Answer: Complete defense to an action based upon negligence
In order to prove this, the defendant must show that the party charged 1)
had knowledge of the condition; 2) had an appreciation of the danger
under the surrounding circumstances and 3) failed to exercise reasonable
care, by placing himself in the way of danger
, ⩥ Comparative Negligence.
Answer: Type of negligence that allows a jury to apportion fault, so that
concurrent negligence committed by the patient is used to reduce the
size of the award to the patient rather than bar it altogether
Law in almost all states
⩥ Sudden Emergency Doctrine.
Answer: Explains why in certain situations a person is not held to the
strict standard of care required of a reasonably prudent person acting
under ordinary circumstances
⩥ Wantonness.
Answer: Conscious doing of some act or the omission of some duty,
while knowing of the existing conditions and being conscious that, for
doing or omitting to do an act, injury will likely or porbably result
⩥ Intentional or Willful Conduct.
Answer: A person commits this if he has knowledge of the danger
accompanied by a design or purpose to inflict injury, whether the act be
one of commission or omission
⩥ Malice.
Answer: Intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse
either with an intent to injure the person or property of another person or
entity, or under such circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent
