AIC 301 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
VERSION (ALREADY GRADED A+)
An expanded liability concept that applies when all defendants acted together or cooperatively.
Concert of action
An expanded liability concept that applies when two or more parties worked together to commit an
unlawful act.
Conspiracy
A legal responsibility that occurs when one party is held liable for the actions of a subordinate or an
associate because of the relationship between the two parties.
Vicarious liability
The act of leaving a dangerous article with a person who the lender knows, or should know, is likely to
use it in an unreasonably risky manner.
Negligent entrustment
A parent's failure to exercise reasonable control and supervision over his or her child to prevent harm
to others.
Negligent supervision
A liability concept that holds the owner of an automobile kept for the family's use vicariously liable
for damages incurred by a family member while using the automobile.
Family purpose doctrine
A statute providing that a person will not be liable for damages as a result of rendering aid to an
injured person, without compensation, at the scene of an accident.
Good Samaritan law
A lawsuit in which one person or a small group of people represent the interests of an entire class of
people in litigation.
Class action (class action lawsuit)
A class-action suit based on tort law rather than on contract law.
Mass tort litigation
A payment awarded by a court to punish a defendant for a reckless, malicious, or deceitful act to
deter similar conduct; the award need not bear any relation to a party's actual damages.
Punitive damages (exemplary damages)
VERSION (ALREADY GRADED A+)
An expanded liability concept that applies when all defendants acted together or cooperatively.
Concert of action
An expanded liability concept that applies when two or more parties worked together to commit an
unlawful act.
Conspiracy
A legal responsibility that occurs when one party is held liable for the actions of a subordinate or an
associate because of the relationship between the two parties.
Vicarious liability
The act of leaving a dangerous article with a person who the lender knows, or should know, is likely to
use it in an unreasonably risky manner.
Negligent entrustment
A parent's failure to exercise reasonable control and supervision over his or her child to prevent harm
to others.
Negligent supervision
A liability concept that holds the owner of an automobile kept for the family's use vicariously liable
for damages incurred by a family member while using the automobile.
Family purpose doctrine
A statute providing that a person will not be liable for damages as a result of rendering aid to an
injured person, without compensation, at the scene of an accident.
Good Samaritan law
A lawsuit in which one person or a small group of people represent the interests of an entire class of
people in litigation.
Class action (class action lawsuit)
A class-action suit based on tort law rather than on contract law.
Mass tort litigation
A payment awarded by a court to punish a defendant for a reckless, malicious, or deceitful act to
deter similar conduct; the award need not bear any relation to a party's actual damages.
Punitive damages (exemplary damages)
