BUL 3130 CH 9 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
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BUL 3130
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BUL 3130
BUL 3130 CH 9 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
If a defendant in a defamation suit holds a qualified privilege: - Answer-the plaintiff will be required to prove additional elements to recover.
The Palsgraf case expanded the notion of causation. - Answer-F
In an opinion column publishe...
BUL 3130 CH 9 TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
If a defendant in a defamation suit holds a qualified privilege: - Answer-the plaintiff will
be required to prove additional elements to recover.
The Palsgraf case expanded the notion of causation. - Answer-F
In an opinion column published in wallstreetbuzz.com, a columnist wrote, "James
Jackson, CEO of Blain Investments, now posting an $8 billion write-down, has robbed
shareholders blind through his accounting slights of hand. Jackson insists that he has
scruples. I don't know about that but if he does have scruples you can bet they belong
to somebody else." The columnist: - Answer-is protected from defamation liability under
the opinion/analysis quasi-privilege.
Employer privilege statutes are those that provide employers with defenses to
defamation suits when they have shared information on former employees with
prospective employers. - Answer-T
Running a red light is a breach of duty for negligence purposes. - Answer-T
Opinion and analysis of a person's conduct are not defamation if the underlying facts
are correct.
True
False - Answer-T
James Keller was an employee at Radical Boards, Inc. Radical Boards is a surf and
skateboard shop that also sells clothing. While employed there, Radical Board's
principal shareholder discovered that Keller had created peep holes in the shop's
dressing rooms. When confronted with the peep holes, Keller denied every using them
and indicated that they were there to prevent shoplifting. The shop manager was told to
fire Keller. Shortly after Keller left, a 16-year-old and her mother filed suit because the
teen learned, through conversations with Keller, that he had seen her in the dressing
room while she was trying on swimming suits. Keller was able to describe her not-
generally-seen birthmarks to her.
Keller has applied for a position at a summer camp for girls, ages 14-18. The camp
director had called Radical Board's manager and asked for a reference on Keller. -
Answer-Radical Board enjoys a privilege against defamation if it discloses the peep hole
story.
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