1). What is a Tort?

2). Please provide three examples of a tort action?

3). What is the purpose of tort law?

4). Please provide me three examples of an intentional torts.

5). What is defamation?

6). What is the difference between libel and slander?

7). Briefly define negligence.

8). Define medical malpractice and please provide an example of it.

9). Define legal malpractice and provide an example of it.

10). What does the term assumption of risk mean?

11). What is contributory negligence? 1

2). What is comparative negligence?

13). What are the two things that product liability is based upon?

14). Name three legal defenses to a product liability claim?

15). Consumer law dictates that label and packing must be_______________?

16). Could on-line defamation be considered a tort?

Selecting a jury for a drunk driving case: https://youtu.be/KpOD-aViXF0 Product Liability: https://youtu.be/mciUp0Kjn7Ahttps://youtu.be/NW2aNg6Bvdk Questions continued:

17). Why would an attorney in a drunk driving matter pick a juror with a medical background?

18). According to the video, one reason an attorney likes to voir dire the jury pool is that it provides them an opportunity to let the jury know of-their ______________________.

19). What is a manufacturers defect?

20). What are the main types of tort actions?

21). Who has the burden of proof in a in a civil or tort action?

22). What is an affirmative defense? Next, go to the e courts website. This time you will be accessing (Web) Civil Supreme. e Courts: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/ecourtsMain Scroll down till you see "Web Civil Supreme", best to use full site or non - mobile version until you're familiar with the site. Once you access the page scroll down you will you see an option labeled"document search". This is where you will go to find your information. The document search feature allows you to find a published decision by index number and county. Your assignment is to do a document search using index # 4108/2000 and answer the following questions:

23). What county was the action commenced in?

24). Who is the respondent/ defendant?

25). Who is the petitioner /plaintiff ?

26). Who is the justice/judge who wrote the decision?

27). What date was the decision "so ordered" by the judge/Justice ? e Courts: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/ecourtsMain