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3-7. Negligence - Facts: Charles Robison, an employee of West Star Transportation, Inc., was ordered to cover an unevenly loaded flatbed trailer with a 150-pound tarpaulin (a waterproof cloth). The load included uncrated equipment and pallet crates of different heights, about thirteen feet off the ground at its highest point. While standing on the load, manipulating the tarpaulin without safety equipment or assistance, Robison fell and sustained a traumatic head injury. He filed a suit aga...

Question 9 1. Betty has been served with a summons and a complaint asking for monetary damages. If she fails to file certain pleadings by a deadline, 2. a . the court will dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. b. the court will enter a decree pro confesso. c. Betty will be allowed to file an amended complaint. d. the court will strike her complaint. e. the court may enter a default judgment against Betty

Question 11 1. In a crowded and complex society, rights will clash. When that occurs in the legal environment of business, what might be expected to follow? 2. a . Revolution. b. A court, if called upon to settle the dispute, will weigh and balance various factors, including the importance to society of the rights in dispute. c. If a party has a right, it is absolute. d. Rights disputes will not occur in business because businesses have no rights. e. All of the above.