The notion that a government could not be found liable for an action in tort was rooted in the concept
of
A) immunity B) privilege C) consent D) mistake
Q. #2Defendant, who assaults plaintiff, is arrested the next day in another state for committing a crime there. The defendant is found guilty. After serving a sentence of five years, the defendant is released whereupon the plaintiff sues the defendant for the assault. Defendant cites to the discovery rule to avoid having to pay the plaintiff damages.
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Q. #3During a basketball game, the defendant blocks plaintiff's shot by deflecting it into the plaintiff's face. The plaintiff suffers a broken nose. Defendant will not have to fear a lawsuit filed twenty years later by the plaintiff due to a statute of limitation.
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Q. #4The defendant, who is walking the grounds of a fair that is setting up, sees a worker standing over a tank of water on the if you can hit the target, you win a prize exhibit. Grabbing a rock, the defendant throws it and hits the target, causing the worker to fall into the tank. The worker is injured during the fall, and sues the defendant for damages. Defendant will fail in an effort to escape liability by raising the defense of mistake.
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Q. #5A baseball player slides into a base. An opponent guards the base but cannot escape contact with the baseball player's cleats. If the opponent sues the baseball player, the opponent will lose because of the defense of private necessity.
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Q. #6To stop the spread of a forest fire, the defendant uses earth-moving equipment to dig out a trench that the fire cannot leap over. The landholder sues the defendant for damage to the landholder's property. The defendant will escape liability due to the defense of mistake.
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Q. #7To prevent gasoline that is leaking from cars as a result of an accident to pollute a water supply, the defendant grabs hay bales and blocks the flow from running off into storm drains. Due to the defense of public necessity, defendant will not face liability for the loss of value for the hay.
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