1. A criminal act of an unforeseen third party may defeat a Negligence Claim because it lacks:

a)

Intent.

b)

Causation.

c)

ORPP.

d)

Consistency.

1. The Mayor of Cantonville, who is running for re-election, is suing the local paper for a story leaked to the paper by members of the opposing political party. Assuming that the story is false, the mayor will win the suit if he can show that:

a)

the reporter who wrote the story was negligent in checking her sources.

b)

the reporter who wrote the story knew that the story was false when she wrote it.

c)

the paper printed the story and the intentions of the report do not matter.

d)

the story was false and the intentions of the reporter does not matter.