1. Does a private investigator owe a duty of care to potential victims of crime if their clients use information obtained by the investigator to commit the crime? In 2003, a court held the answer is yes. In that case, an Internet-based investigative firm charged fees to a client to find out the Social Security number, place of employment, and home and work addresses of a third party. The client then used the information to stalk and kill the third party. The court held that since the risk of harm is foreseeable, the company owed the third party a duty of care. Example Remsburg v. Docusearch, Inc., 816 A.2d 1001 (N.H. 2003).

2. What duty of care does an airline owe to customers when they are supposed to escort guests in wheelchairs? In 2017, an elderly woman in a motorized wheelchair inadvertently steered herself down a set of escalators at Portland's airport. She eventually died from this serious accident (video of the incident can be seen athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPhHB2GDPLU). Her family sued Alaska Airlines, which was supposed to be escorting her. Do you think Alaska Airlines has liability? Why or why not?

3. What kind of duty of care do cities that own and operate public transportation systems owe to the paying and traveling public? On February 4, 2010, Shaun Mills was traveling home on a public bus in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He missed his regular stop, so he got off at the next stop. The sidewalk at this bus stop was closed, so he crossed the street and was hit by a car. The remarkable accident was captured on video. See https://www.today.com/news/hit-car-tossed-15-feet-bus-he-survives-wbna36310494. Mills survived and is suing the bus company. In this case, what defenses are available to the defendant bus company?

4. Medical malpractice claims tens of thousands of lives per year, leaving victims and their families little recourse except through the tort system. Most doctors purchase medical malpractice insurance policies to pay a claim in case they are sued, but in some cases these premiums can be exorbitantly high. The fear of medical malpractice suits also drives some doctors to practice "defensive medicine," which further increases the price of health care for everyone. How do you think the legal system can best balance these two competing interests?