Tort Law Exam Questions With Correct Answers.

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Tort Law Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.

Is assault a crime or a tort? - answer✔Assault is considered both.


What are the three elements of a tort? - answer✔Possession of rights, violation of rights, and

injury.


Libel - answer✔A written, recorded, printed or documented words against a person to injure

their reputation.


Slander - answer✔Spoken words against a person; used to injure a persons reputation.


What are the differences between crime and tort? - answer✔Crime- a wrong done against a

society


Tort- a wrong done against a single person


6 main intentional torts against people - answer✔1. Assault


2. Battery


3. False imprisonment


4. Invasion of privacy



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5. defamation


6. Intentional infliction of emotional distress.


4 main intentional torts against property - answer✔1. Conversion


2. Nuisance


3. Disparagement


4. Trespass


What are the elements of negligence? - answer✔1. Duty of care


2. Breach of Duty


3. Legal/Proximate cause


4. Injury


What are some major defenses to negligence? - answer✔1. Don't owe a duty of care


2. Assumption of risk


3. Comparative Negligence


4. Not injured the way you claimed


What is product liability? - answer✔"Fault doesn't matter"


If a person or company creates a product and it does not do what it's supposed to, and then

injures someone it's the companies fault (duty of care).


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