TORT LAW FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
"Slippery slope" arguments reflect administrative concerns of courts. - ANS true
A complaint must establish the basis for the court's jurisdiction. - ANS true
A conversion can be committed by transferring chattel to someone not entitled to such chattel.
- ANS true
A defendant can use force only in response to imminent threats. - ANS true
A defendant is not liable for trespass if his or her contact with the defendant's land is the result
of a reasonable mistake. - ANS false
A defendant must actually be harmed to claim self-defense. - ANS false
A defendant who commits a trespass to land is liable only for those damages that are
foreseeable. - ANS false
A defendant will be liable if he or she invades the plaintiff's interest in a way that substantially
deviates from that consented to. - ANS true
A demurrer is a motion stating that the court in which the complaint was filed lacks jurisdiction.
- ANS false
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, A jury that is asked to deliver a general verdict must provide answers to interrogatories in
addition to rendering a verdict. - ANS false
A defendant is never liable for harm that occurs to an unforeseeable plaintiff. - ANS false
A defendant is not liable for injuries suffered by a person who attempts to rescue the individual
imperiled by the defendant. - ANS false
A defendant is not liable if the harm suffered by the plaintiff occurs in an unusual manner even
if the harm is of the general type that made the defendant's conduct negligent. - ANS false
A defendant who violates a statute and, as a result, injures a plaintiff is automatically negligent
per se. - ANS false
A landowner has a duty to inspect his or her premises for hidden dangers and protect a licensee
from those dangers. - ANS false
A licensee is elevated to an invitee by performing incidental services for his or her host. -
ANS false
Intoxicated individuals are held to a lower standard of care than others. - ANS false
Judge Andrews's position regarding proximate cause parallels the direct causation rule. -
ANS true
Landowners are required essentially to make their premises childproof. - ANS false
No duty of care is owed an unborn child. - ANS false
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
"Slippery slope" arguments reflect administrative concerns of courts. - ANS true
A complaint must establish the basis for the court's jurisdiction. - ANS true
A conversion can be committed by transferring chattel to someone not entitled to such chattel.
- ANS true
A defendant can use force only in response to imminent threats. - ANS true
A defendant is not liable for trespass if his or her contact with the defendant's land is the result
of a reasonable mistake. - ANS false
A defendant must actually be harmed to claim self-defense. - ANS false
A defendant who commits a trespass to land is liable only for those damages that are
foreseeable. - ANS false
A defendant will be liable if he or she invades the plaintiff's interest in a way that substantially
deviates from that consented to. - ANS true
A demurrer is a motion stating that the court in which the complaint was filed lacks jurisdiction.
- ANS false
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, A jury that is asked to deliver a general verdict must provide answers to interrogatories in
addition to rendering a verdict. - ANS false
A defendant is never liable for harm that occurs to an unforeseeable plaintiff. - ANS false
A defendant is not liable for injuries suffered by a person who attempts to rescue the individual
imperiled by the defendant. - ANS false
A defendant is not liable if the harm suffered by the plaintiff occurs in an unusual manner even
if the harm is of the general type that made the defendant's conduct negligent. - ANS false
A defendant who violates a statute and, as a result, injures a plaintiff is automatically negligent
per se. - ANS false
A landowner has a duty to inspect his or her premises for hidden dangers and protect a licensee
from those dangers. - ANS false
A licensee is elevated to an invitee by performing incidental services for his or her host. -
ANS false
Intoxicated individuals are held to a lower standard of care than others. - ANS false
Judge Andrews's position regarding proximate cause parallels the direct causation rule. -
ANS true
Landowners are required essentially to make their premises childproof. - ANS false
No duty of care is owed an unborn child. - ANS false
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