Business Law True False Help Please?

[benon]

1.Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s negligence are taken into consideration.

2.An Internet service provider (ISP) is not normally liable for its users’ defamatory remarks.

3.An Internet service provider cannot be held liable in tort for disseminating his or her own defamatory remarks

4.In a comparative negligence state, if a plaintiff is found to be 30 percent negligent, the award against the defendant will be reduced by 70 percent.

5.A person does not assume a risk that is different from or greater than the risk normally carried by an activity.

6.An assumption of risk defense requires that there be knowledge of the risk and voluntary assumption of the risk.

7.An unforeseeable intervening event can break the connection between a wrongful act and an injury to another.

8.In considering the issue of causation in a tort action, the courts ask only whether an act was the proximate cause of the injury.

9.For purposes of establishing negligence, causation in fact exists if an injury would have occurred even without the defendant’s act.

10.To avoid liability for negligence, a business owner must protect its patrons against foreseeable risks.

11.Tort law provides legal remedies for both personal injury and property damage.

12.In tort law, intent means only that the actor intended the consequences of his or her act or knew with substantial certainty that certain consequences would result from the act.

13.To commit an intentional tort, a person need not act with a harmful motive.

14.A store manager may delay a suspected shoplifter if the manager has probable cause to justify delaying the suspect

15.Defamation is one person’s use of another’s name without permission.

16.Oral defamatory statements must be communicated to a public figure to be actionable.

[barnett]

1.Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s negligence are taken into consideration. True

2.An Internet service provider (ISP) is not normally liable for its users’ defamatory remarks. True

3.An Internet service provider cannot be held liable in tort for disseminating his or her own defamatory remarks False

4.In a comparative negligence state, if a plaintiff is found to be 30 percent negligent, the award against the defendant will be reduced by 70 percent. False 30%

5.A person does not assume a risk that is different from or greater than the risk normally carried by an activity. False

6.An assumption of risk defense requires that there be knowledge of the risk and voluntary assumption of the risk. True

7.An unforeseeable intervening event can break the connection between a wrongful act and an injury to another. True

8.In considering the issue of causation in a tort action, the courts ask only whether an act was the proximate cause of the injury. False

9.For purposes of establishing negligence, causation in fact exists if an injury would have occurred even without the defendant’s act. True

10.To avoid liability for negligence, a business owner must protect its patrons against foreseeable risks. True

11.Tort law provides legal remedies for both personal injury and property damage.True

12.In tort law, intent means only that the actor intended the consequences of his or her act or knew with substantial certainty that certain consequences would result from the act. True

13.To commit an intentional tort, a person need not act with a harmful motive. True

14.A store manager may delay a suspected shoplifter if the manager has probable cause to justify delaying the suspect True

15.Defamation is one person’s use of another’s name without permission.False

16.Oral defamatory statements must be communicated to a public figure to be actionable. False

[regenweald]

You really, REALLY need to go back and read your book. Many of these questions are extremely elementary, and touch on the most basic principles of tort law. In other words, if you seriously need help on all of the questions you listed, you will NOT be able to answer even the easiest questions on your class exam.