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BUS-300 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update
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- BUS 300
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- University Of Massachusetts, Amherst
BUS-300 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update
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BUS-300 Final Exam Questions and Answers
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Tort ANS✔✔ Interference with someones person or property that causes
injury (civil cases)
Intentional Tort ANS✔✔ Involve deliberate actions
- Assault and battery
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress
- False imprisonment
- Trespass
- Conversion
- Defamation (libel and slander).
Defamation ANS✔✔ Untrue statement made by one party to another about
a third party
Elements:
1. Statement about a persons reputation, honesty or integrity that is untrue
2. Publication - communication to at least one other person
3. Statement that is directed at a particular person
4. Damages
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5. Proof of malice or knowledge of falsehood (only in cases that involve a
public figure)
Defenses to Defamation ANS✔✔ 1. Truth
2. Opinion and Analysis
3. Privileged Speech - Congress has absolute privilege when speaking on
the house or senate floor. Witnesses in court have absolute privilege
4. Qualified Privilege - deals with Journalists and news, malice must be
shown
Slander ANS✔✔ Oral or spoken defamation
Libel ANS✔✔ Written or sometimes broadcast defamation
Actual Malice ANS✔✔ Knowledge or recklessness of falsehood
Trump V. O'Brien ANS✔✔ Author of Trump Nation, the Art of Being the
Donald which described Trump's wealth
Summary Judgment granted - no actual malice
Contract interference ANS✔✔ When parties are not allowed the freedom to
contract without interference from third parties. When someone
intentionally persuades another to break a contract already in existance
False Imprisonment ANS✔✔ Detention of a person for any period of time
against his or her will. The imprisoned party can collect minimal damages
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