In a city, children are playing on the trunk of a fallen tree on the landholder's property. One slips,
falls, and suffers an injury. The landholder will try to escape liability by saying that the child's injuries
arose due to
A) comparative negligence B) an artificial condition
C) an Act of God D) a natural condition
Q. #2Owner is to possessor as ________ is to ________.
A) lessor; lessee B) vendor; vendee
C) landholder; possessor D) owner; landholder
Q. #3A party can depose the opposing party.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. #4Under which of the following would the plaintiff need to know of the dangers of alpine skiing, who
still goes skiing and suffers injury but when bring suit against the ski resort, will not be able to recover?
A) inattentive plaintiff B) comparative negligence
C) assumption of risk doctrine D) last clear chance doctrine
Q. #5Under modified comparative negligence, the plaintiff can receive some damages so long as the plaintiff contributed less than 50 to the accident which had produced the plaintiff's injuries.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. #6Aleph and Yod were found equally liable for causing injury to the plaintiff. They will have to
divide the responsibility for paying damages if the state where the accident occurred has adopted the
A) system of contributory negligence
B) equality rule
C) doctrine of slight comparative negligence
D) theory of avoidable accident
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