RMIN 4000 UGA EDMUNDS EXAM 4| 2026 |
GUARANTEED PASS
Philidelphia judicial hellhole - Answers -Reputation for excessive verdicts and its "open
door" policy to out of state
Georgia judicial hellhole - Answers -Continue rise in nuclear verdicts, increasing role of
third-party litigation financing, and premise liability. trial lawyers and jackpot verdict
paydays. advertising focus on truckers
legal wrong - Answers -a violation of a person's legal rights, or a failure to perform a
legal duty owed to a certain person, to a business org., or to a society as a whole
types of legal wrongs - Answers -crime, breach of contract, and tort
tort - Answers -Legal wrong for which the court allows a remedy in the form of
monetary damages
plaintiff - Answers -the person who is injured
Tortfeasor - Answers -the alleged wrongdoer
categories of tort - Answers -intentional, strict liability, and negligence
intentional torts - Answers -Intentional act or omission resulting in harm or injury to
another person or damage to their property
examples of intentional tort - Answers -libel, slander, invasion of privacy, assault,
patent infringements
strict liability - Answers -Liability imposed regardless of negligence or fault (damage
from animals, hazardous activities)
negligence tort - Answers -Failure to exercise the standard of care required by law to
protect others from an unreasonable risk of harm
standard of care - Answers -not the same for each wrongful act; based on the care
required by a reasonably prudent person
elements of negligence - Answers -existence of a legal duty owed, breach of legal duty,
damage or injury, and proximate cause between act and damage
compensatory damages - Answers -compensate the injured party for the harm suffered
(special and general)
, special damages - Answers -lost work earnings, medical bills, property repair costs
general damages - Answers -Loss of a companion, disfigurement, pain and suffering
punitive damages - Answers -Punish the wrongdoer and to deter others from doing
similar acts
contributory negligence - Answers -Injured person cannot collect if their care falls below
the standard of care required for their protection or they are 1% responsible
comparative negligence - Answers -Financial burden of injury is shared by both parties
according to respective degrees of fault
pure rule - Answers -reward is reduced in proportion to your fault
50% rule - Answers -you cannot recover if you are 50% or more at fault
51% rule - Answers -you cannot recover if you are 51% or more at fault
last clear chance rule - Answers -Plaintiff who is endangered by his or her own
negligence can still recover damages from the defendant if the defendant has a last
clear chance to avoid the accident but fails to do so (car crash)
assumption of risk - Answers -A person who understands and recognizes the danger
inherent in a particular activity cannot recover damages in the event of an injury (foul
ball at game)
imputed negligence - Answers -under certain conditions, the negligence of one person
can be attributed to another person or organization (liquor bar liable for drunk
customer's harm)
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answers -the thing speaks for itself, fact that injury occurs
established a presumption of negligence
requirements of res ipsa loquitur - Answers -does not normally occur in absence of
negligence, defendant has exclusive control over the instrumentality causing the
accident, and injured party has not contributed to the accident
trespasser - Answers -one who enters or remains on property without consent of
owner. Owner cannot deliberately set trap to injure trespasser
licensee - Answers -one who enters or remains on property with permission. Owner
required to warn them of any unsafe conditions
GUARANTEED PASS
Philidelphia judicial hellhole - Answers -Reputation for excessive verdicts and its "open
door" policy to out of state
Georgia judicial hellhole - Answers -Continue rise in nuclear verdicts, increasing role of
third-party litigation financing, and premise liability. trial lawyers and jackpot verdict
paydays. advertising focus on truckers
legal wrong - Answers -a violation of a person's legal rights, or a failure to perform a
legal duty owed to a certain person, to a business org., or to a society as a whole
types of legal wrongs - Answers -crime, breach of contract, and tort
tort - Answers -Legal wrong for which the court allows a remedy in the form of
monetary damages
plaintiff - Answers -the person who is injured
Tortfeasor - Answers -the alleged wrongdoer
categories of tort - Answers -intentional, strict liability, and negligence
intentional torts - Answers -Intentional act or omission resulting in harm or injury to
another person or damage to their property
examples of intentional tort - Answers -libel, slander, invasion of privacy, assault,
patent infringements
strict liability - Answers -Liability imposed regardless of negligence or fault (damage
from animals, hazardous activities)
negligence tort - Answers -Failure to exercise the standard of care required by law to
protect others from an unreasonable risk of harm
standard of care - Answers -not the same for each wrongful act; based on the care
required by a reasonably prudent person
elements of negligence - Answers -existence of a legal duty owed, breach of legal duty,
damage or injury, and proximate cause between act and damage
compensatory damages - Answers -compensate the injured party for the harm suffered
(special and general)
, special damages - Answers -lost work earnings, medical bills, property repair costs
general damages - Answers -Loss of a companion, disfigurement, pain and suffering
punitive damages - Answers -Punish the wrongdoer and to deter others from doing
similar acts
contributory negligence - Answers -Injured person cannot collect if their care falls below
the standard of care required for their protection or they are 1% responsible
comparative negligence - Answers -Financial burden of injury is shared by both parties
according to respective degrees of fault
pure rule - Answers -reward is reduced in proportion to your fault
50% rule - Answers -you cannot recover if you are 50% or more at fault
51% rule - Answers -you cannot recover if you are 51% or more at fault
last clear chance rule - Answers -Plaintiff who is endangered by his or her own
negligence can still recover damages from the defendant if the defendant has a last
clear chance to avoid the accident but fails to do so (car crash)
assumption of risk - Answers -A person who understands and recognizes the danger
inherent in a particular activity cannot recover damages in the event of an injury (foul
ball at game)
imputed negligence - Answers -under certain conditions, the negligence of one person
can be attributed to another person or organization (liquor bar liable for drunk
customer's harm)
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answers -the thing speaks for itself, fact that injury occurs
established a presumption of negligence
requirements of res ipsa loquitur - Answers -does not normally occur in absence of
negligence, defendant has exclusive control over the instrumentality causing the
accident, and injured party has not contributed to the accident
trespasser - Answers -one who enters or remains on property without consent of
owner. Owner cannot deliberately set trap to injure trespasser
licensee - Answers -one who enters or remains on property with permission. Owner
required to warn them of any unsafe conditions
