The ordinary person standard determines whether the allegedly negligent conduct resulted in a breach of duty of care.

Select one:

True

False

The homestead exemption will allow a debtor to subtract the value of his or her personal residence from the amount of the debt owed to the creditor.

Select one:

True

False

A holding company is a company whose sole business activity consists of holding ownership in another company or companies.

Select one:

True

False

Shareholders' meetings do not need to occur in any regular intervals.

Select one:

True

False

Employees can never act in the capacity of agent for their employer as an independent contractor may only act as an agent.

Select one:

True

False

Jim distributed a flier around their industrial park insinuating that one of his coworkers, Dwight, was a wanted sex offender. The statement is defamatory if and only if:

Select one:

a.Another person repeats what they saw.

b.Dwight suffers emotional distress

c.The statement is false.

d.The statement is true.

Robert is walking down the street towards a very busy intersection. He sees Marie stepping into the crosswalk, oblivious to an oncoming semi-truck. Robert does not warn Marie of her impending doom. Describe Robert's liability to Marie:

Select one:

a.Only liable to Marie if Marie is injured.

b.Only liable to Marie if Marie is not injured.

c.Regardless of the injuries or lack of injuries suffered by Marie he is liable to Marie.

d.He will never be liable to Marie for this incident.

Clark carelessly bumped into Rusty, knocking him face first into the pavement. Describe Clark's liability for negligence:

Select one:

a.Only liable to Rusty if Rusty is injured.

b.Only liable to Rusty if Rusty is not injured.

c.Regardless of the injuries or lack of injuries suffered by Rusty he is liable to Rusty.

d.He will never be liable to Rusty, it was only an accident.

Dr. Hawkeye was treating Francis for some injuries he suffered in an accident. As a licensed and practicing medical doctor, describe the standard of care that Dr. Hawkeye is expected to uphold:

Select one:

a.A blameless individual (clean hands).

b.A reasonably prudent and ordinary person.

c.A reliable professional.

d.A reasonable physician.

Prince filed a lawsuit against McBurgers blaming them for his morbid obesity. His lawsuit alleged that McBurgers' food is unhealthy and contains high levels of many ingredients that led to his obesity. Who will win the suit and why?

Select one:

a.McBurgers, because Prince assumed the risk of obesity by eating at McBurgers frequently.

b.McBurgers, because Prince knew or should have known how unhealthy the food was.

c.Prince, because McBurgers' food was unhealthy and most likely addictive.

d.Prince, because he could not have known how unhealthy the food was.

Peachez designs and manufactures personal electronic devices including digital audio players, tablet computers and mobile phones. Their latest creation the iPeachPhone 63ds 3D HD began to exhibit problems that may have caused the phone to detonate in its users' hands much like a touch screen hand grenade. If sued for product liability negligence, Peachez may be liable for violating its duty of care with respect to which of the following:

Select one:

a.Neither the design nor the making of the phones.

b.The design and making of the phones.

c.The design of the phones only.

d.The making of the phones only.