octavia purchased a new sports car. Late one afternoon octavia washing her sport car in driveway when
Question:
octavia purchased a new sports car. Late one afternoon octavia washing her sport car in driveway when she heard the telephone inside her house ring. Octavia went inside briefly to answer it. Diego, who was walking past as Octavia went inside her house, decided to take a closer look at the sports car while she was away. Diego walked onto the driveway and noticed that Octavia had left the keys in the ignition. Diego got into the car and sped away. When Octavia returned and found her car missing, she called the police and reported it stolen. The police responded rapidly, spotted the sports car, and came up closely behind it. When Diego saw the police car in the rear view mirror, he panicked and rapidly accelerated to a speed of 50mph, even though the posted speed limit was 25mphs. Two blocks later, a car driven by Celine negligently failed to stop at a stop sign and entered the intersection in front of Diego, who did not have a stop sign facing him. Diego swerved to avoid hitting Celine's car. However, since Diego was unfamiliar with the handling of the sports car, he lost control of the car and hit Portia, a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk. As a result, Portia suffered serious injuries, and the sport car suffered extensive damage. 1. What tort causes of action can Octavia reasonably assert against Diego? 2. What tort causes of action can Portia reasonably assert against Diego?
Engineering Economy
ISBN: 978-0132554909
15th edition
Authors: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling