LEGL 225 Towson Exam 2 Questions AND Correct Answers
"Res ipsa loquitur" - ✔✔The facts imply that the defendant's
negligence caused the accident
A defendant could rely on the defense of justification but
must show... - ✔✔1)Was acting to protect an existing
economic interest (own contract)
2)Acting in the public interest
3)The existing contract could be terminated at will by either
party
Absolute Privilage - ✔✔A witness testifying in a court or
legislature may never be sued for defamation
Assault - ✔✔An act that makes a person reasonably fear an
imminent battery
Assumption of the Risk - ✔✔A defense in the law of torts,
which bars or reduces a plaintiff's right to recovery against a
negligent tortfeasor if the defendant can demonstrate that
the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks at
issue inherent to the dangerous activity in which he was
participating at the time
, Battery - ✔✔An intentional touching of another person in a
way that is harmful or offensive
Bilateral Contract - ✔✔A promise made in exchange for
another promise
Comparative Negligence - ✔✔A partial legal defense that
reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in
a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the
plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury
Compensatory Damage - ✔✔Money intended to restore a
plaintiff to the position he was in before the injury
Contract - ✔✔A legally enforceable agreement
Contributory Negligence - ✔✔Failure of an injured plaintiff to
act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in the
injury suffered, and sometimes reducing the amount
recovered from the defendant
"Res ipsa loquitur" - ✔✔The facts imply that the defendant's
negligence caused the accident
A defendant could rely on the defense of justification but
must show... - ✔✔1)Was acting to protect an existing
economic interest (own contract)
2)Acting in the public interest
3)The existing contract could be terminated at will by either
party
Absolute Privilage - ✔✔A witness testifying in a court or
legislature may never be sued for defamation
Assault - ✔✔An act that makes a person reasonably fear an
imminent battery
Assumption of the Risk - ✔✔A defense in the law of torts,
which bars or reduces a plaintiff's right to recovery against a
negligent tortfeasor if the defendant can demonstrate that
the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks at
issue inherent to the dangerous activity in which he was
participating at the time
, Battery - ✔✔An intentional touching of another person in a
way that is harmful or offensive
Bilateral Contract - ✔✔A promise made in exchange for
another promise
Comparative Negligence - ✔✔A partial legal defense that
reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in
a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the
plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury
Compensatory Damage - ✔✔Money intended to restore a
plaintiff to the position he was in before the injury
Contract - ✔✔A legally enforceable agreement
Contributory Negligence - ✔✔Failure of an injured plaintiff to
act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in the
injury suffered, and sometimes reducing the amount
recovered from the defendant
