If you have been assigned as the judge and you are being asked to render a verdict in each case and give an explanation of the legal issue and more importantly, your decision and the reason for your decision.

1. On a dark wet evening in September 1958, Tinkers was driving intoxicated and collided with another vehicle. Tinkers fell out of his car rendering him unconscious and was noticed by an oncoming driver, Dr Evers, who stopped and sought to assist Tinkers. While attending to the unconscious Tinker another driver, Chance, unwittingly hit and killed Dr Evers.The executor of Dr. Evers' estate comes to you for legal advice.

• What would you recommend and why? Hint: keep in mind the issue of foreseeability.

1. Betty Boop inherited an old farmhouse in Nebraska, which she had left vacant for the last ten years prior to the incident. They had the house boarded up and placed "No Trespassing" signs around the property. The house was in poor condition and was subject to frequent burglaries and break-ins. To defend the house against intruders, Betty mounted a 20-gauge spring-loaded shotgun in the farmhouse and rigged it to fire when the north bedroom door was opened. The gun was aimed downward so as to shoot an intruder's legs, rather than cause a mortal injury. She also covered the bedroom window with steel. A month later, on July 16, 1967, Johnny Rose entered the farmhouse with the intent of stealing some old bottles and dated fruit jars that Rose considered antiques. He was aware of their presence because he and a friend had broken into the house two weeks earlier. When Rose entered the bedroom, he tripped the trigger mechanism and the shotgun fired into his groin atpoint blankrange. Thegunshot woundswere sufficiently severe to require hospitalization, and Rose sued Boop after his release from the hospital.

• How would you decide and why?