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Causation in fact, or actual cause, exists if an injury would not have occurred without the defendant's act T/F Superior FitnessClub's marketing strategies are highly

Causation in fact, or actual cause, exists if an injury would not have occurred without the defendant's act

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Superior FitnessClub's marketing strategies are highly successful and entice many of Tone-Up Health Club's members to change clubs, some of whom have breached their contracts with Tone-Up.Superior is liable for

  • No tort
  • Tortious interference with a business contract
  • Defamation
  • Negligence

Katy and Jake's child suffers from lead poisoning after inhaling old dust from chips of lead paint in their apartment (which is not located in Wisconsin).Katy and Jake may

  • Sue any lead paint manufacturer that they can show contributed to the lead paint under the doctrine of contributory negligence
  • Sue the lead paint manufacturers with the deepest pockets under the doctrine of market share liability
  • Sue only the lead paint company that they can prove manufactured the paint which injured their child
  • Sue all lead paint manufacturers who manufactured paint from the date the house was built until lead paint was discontinued under the doctrine of market share liability

Betty backs out of her parking space and collides with Mickey's car.Mickey may recover $7,500 to cover the cost of repairs if Betty failed to act as a

  • faultless person
  • reliable person
  • reasonable person
  • blameless person

Paul is driving down Division Street when he slams on the brakes to stop for a red light he noticed just too late.His short stop spooks a cyclist who is pedaling through the intersection causing her to swerve.Another car swerves to avoid hitting her and runs off the road into a light pole, knocking it over, and the pole falls into a parking lot, where John is waiting in an idling car.John quickly backs up to avoid having the light land on his car and backs into Carol, a pedestrian.Carol sues Paul for negligence.Carol will

  • Win, because Paul was the ultimate cause of her injury
  • Lose, because Paul was driving like a reasonably prudent person
  • Lose, because Paul was not the proximate cause of the accident
  • Win, because Paul breached his duty of care

Garet, a produce distributor, follows Linda, his competitor, into a store and eavesdrops on Linda's negotiation with the store manager.After Linda and the manager strike a deal, Garet approaches the manager and undercuts Linda's deal.Garet is most likely liable for

  • tortious interference with a business contract
  • breach of contract
  • negligence
  • defamation

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