CPCU 530 Chapter 6 Exam Questions and
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A wrongful act or an omission, than a crime or a reach of contract, that
other invades a
1
legally protected right
A rule used to determine cause when a plaintiff's harm is the natural
proximate and
2 probable consequence of the defendant's wrongful act and when an
reasonable person would have ordinarily
foreseen the harm
An obligation imposed by law for the preservation of the legally protected
3 rights of
others
A statute that preserves the right of a person's estate to recover damages
4 that person
sustained between the time of and death
injury
A wrongful act or an omission, Tort
other
than a crime or a reach of
contract,
that invades a legally protected
right
,A person or organization that has Tortfeasor
committed a tort
The person or entity who files a Plaintiff
lawsuit and is named as a party
The party in a lawsuit against Defendant
whom a
complaint is filed
An obligation imposed by law for Legal duty
the
preservation of the legally
protected
rights of others
A written law passed by a Statute
legislative
body, at either the federal or state
level
Laws that develop out of court Common law (case law)
decision in particular cases and
establish precedents for future
cases
A standard for the degree of care Reasonable person test
exercised in a situation that is
measured by what a reasonable
cautious person would or would
not
do under similar circumstances
, Airlines, railroads, or trucking Common carriers
companies that furnish
transportation
to any member of the public
seeking
their offered services
A cause that, in a natural and Proximate cause
continuous sequence unbroken by
any new and independent cause,
produces an event and without
which the event would not have
happened
A rule used to determine whether "But for" rule
a
defendant's act was the proximate
cause of a plaintiff's harm based
on
the determination that the plaintiff's
harm could not have occurred but
for the defendant's act
A rule used to determine Substantial factor rule
proximate
cause of a loss by determining
which
of the acts are significant factors in
causing the harm
Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
Updated 2026
A wrongful act or an omission, than a crime or a reach of contract, that
other invades a
1
legally protected right
A rule used to determine cause when a plaintiff's harm is the natural
proximate and
2 probable consequence of the defendant's wrongful act and when an
reasonable person would have ordinarily
foreseen the harm
An obligation imposed by law for the preservation of the legally protected
3 rights of
others
A statute that preserves the right of a person's estate to recover damages
4 that person
sustained between the time of and death
injury
A wrongful act or an omission, Tort
other
than a crime or a reach of
contract,
that invades a legally protected
right
,A person or organization that has Tortfeasor
committed a tort
The person or entity who files a Plaintiff
lawsuit and is named as a party
The party in a lawsuit against Defendant
whom a
complaint is filed
An obligation imposed by law for Legal duty
the
preservation of the legally
protected
rights of others
A written law passed by a Statute
legislative
body, at either the federal or state
level
Laws that develop out of court Common law (case law)
decision in particular cases and
establish precedents for future
cases
A standard for the degree of care Reasonable person test
exercised in a situation that is
measured by what a reasonable
cautious person would or would
not
do under similar circumstances
, Airlines, railroads, or trucking Common carriers
companies that furnish
transportation
to any member of the public
seeking
their offered services
A cause that, in a natural and Proximate cause
continuous sequence unbroken by
any new and independent cause,
produces an event and without
which the event would not have
happened
A rule used to determine whether "But for" rule
a
defendant's act was the proximate
cause of a plaintiff's harm based
on
the determination that the plaintiff's
harm could not have occurred but
for the defendant's act
A rule used to determine Substantial factor rule
proximate
cause of a loss by determining
which
of the acts are significant factors in
causing the harm
