Question 48 Which one of the following scenarios would be MOST likely to result in a successful civil action for the tort of battery? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of a. A student suffered an eye injury after being hit with a stapler that another student threw at him. 1.00 O b. A vandal spray painted the window of a parked car. Flag question . C. A hockey player suffered a serious concussion as a result of being pushed into the boards during a hockey game. O d. A dentist extracted a conscious patient's badly infected tooth. Question 49 During a criminal trial, a witness made several critical statements about the accused. Assume that the witness, during cross-examination, stated that the accused was guilty of criminal behaviour, Not yet in bribing a co-worker to lie. The accused is eventually acquitted, but he now sues the witness in the tort of defamation. Of the following defences to defamation reviewed in class, the defence answered most likely to succeed in the above case is: Marked out of 1.00 Select one: Flag O a. Qualified privilege. question O b. Absolute privilege. O c. Fair comment. O d. Responsible Journalism. Question 50 A student posted a message to the BLAW 2205 Moodle site's Discussions Board claiming that his instructor "is a crooked sleazebag because he cheats on his wife with 3 other girlfriends". This is totally Not yet untrue and has nothing to do with the class or the instructor's teaching. In light of that scenario, which one of the following statements is TRUE? answered Marked out of Select one: 1.00 O a. The student can avoid having to pay any damages to his instructor by arguing that the tort of defamation unjustly interferes with his freedom of expression. Flag question b. If it turns out that the instructor was the only person who saw the student's message before it was removed from the Discussions Board, then the student will not be successfully sued for the tort of defamation. O c. Even if the student can prove that his instructor "is a crooked sleazebag because he cheats on his wife with 3 other girlfriends", he will be successfully sued for the tort of defamation because the statement he made was harmful to the instructor's reputation. d. The instructor should not bother suing the student for the tort of defamation because the defamatory statement the student made was not published to more than the 32 students in the class