BUL 3310 EXAM 2024/2024 FALL-SPRING QTR
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A person who uses a logo in an advertisement that is deceptively similar to that of another
business commits the tort of false light.
True
False
False
What is the primary purpose of tort law?
Punish wrongdoers
Compensate victims for their losses
Support society by fining wrongdoers
Create precedents in the common law
Compensate victims for their losses
The publication requirement for libel is met if the falsehood is communicated to just one other
person.
True
,BUL 3310 STEVE BAILEY
False
True
In most states, children under the age of __________cannot be held liable for negligence.
7
14
16
18
7
Assume that Big Drug Company BDC was one of ten drug manufactures who produced and sold
in the Cleveland area a drug that was found to cause cancer in women whose mothers had taken
the drug while pregnant. Plaintiff cannot find out if the pills her mother took were actually
manufactured by BDC, but she does know that BDC controlled 40 percent of the market for that
drug in the Cleveland area when her mother was taking it. If a jury finds that plaintiff suffered
100,000 in damages, she will be able to collect 40,000 from BDC if her state follows the doctrine
of ________________.
Res ipsa loquitur
Negligence per se
,BUL 3310 STEVE BAILEY
Market share liability
All of the above are necessary to collect from BDC in these circumstances.
Market share liability
Tom took Ann's 125 Economics text from her locker without her knowledge and sold it back to
the college bookstore, keeping the profits. Tom has committed the tort of
Trespass to chattel
Conversion
Embezzlement
Nuisance
Conversion
In joint and several liability one party is potentially liable to pay the entire amount of the
judgment.
True
False
True
, BUL 3310 STEVE BAILEY
Injunctions are often sought as remedies in torts of
Nuisance
Wrongful appropriation of another's good will
False imprisonment
A and B
A and B
An action for mental distress normally requires the plaintiff to exhibit some physical symptoms
of emotional suffering.
True
False
True
What is the difference between libel and slander?
Libel is a written communication, and slander is an oral communication.
Libel is also a felony, but slander is not.
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