LGS 200 EXAM 2 (RUTH ANN HALL)
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal
liability. - ANS torts
results from an intentional act performed by the defendant against het plaintiff; examples:
defamation, assault, battery, and false imprisonment - ANS intentional torts
Act of harming or ruining another's reputation - ANS defamation
the threat of bodily harm that causes fear - ANS assault
the physical impact that causes bodily harm - ANS battery
restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom - ANS false imprisonment
failure to use ordinary or reasonable care - often results in damage or injury to another -
ANS negligence
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, "the thing speaks for itself" - the principle that the occurrence of an accident implies negligence
- ANS Res Ipsa Loquitur
contributory negligence, comparative negligence, assumption of risk - ANS Defenses to
Negligence
failure of an injured plaintiff to act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in the injury
suffered - ANS Contributory Negligence
is a partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a
negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence
contributed to cause the injury - ANS Comparative Negligence
a doctrine that a person may in advance relieve another person of the obligation to act towards
him or her with due care and may accept the chance of being injured - ANS Assumption of
Risk
Provides limited protection to someone who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid -
ANS Good Samaritan Law
a rule of law in determining responsibility for damages caused by negligence, which provides
that if the plaintiff is negligent, that will not matter if the defendant could have still avoided the
accident by reasonable care in the final moments before the accident - ANS Last Clear
Chance Doctrine
the hypothetical reasonable person behaves in a way that is legally appropriate;
duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a
standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others -
ANS reasonable person standard/ duty of care
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal
liability. - ANS torts
results from an intentional act performed by the defendant against het plaintiff; examples:
defamation, assault, battery, and false imprisonment - ANS intentional torts
Act of harming or ruining another's reputation - ANS defamation
the threat of bodily harm that causes fear - ANS assault
the physical impact that causes bodily harm - ANS battery
restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom - ANS false imprisonment
failure to use ordinary or reasonable care - often results in damage or injury to another -
ANS negligence
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, "the thing speaks for itself" - the principle that the occurrence of an accident implies negligence
- ANS Res Ipsa Loquitur
contributory negligence, comparative negligence, assumption of risk - ANS Defenses to
Negligence
failure of an injured plaintiff to act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in the injury
suffered - ANS Contributory Negligence
is a partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a
negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence
contributed to cause the injury - ANS Comparative Negligence
a doctrine that a person may in advance relieve another person of the obligation to act towards
him or her with due care and may accept the chance of being injured - ANS Assumption of
Risk
Provides limited protection to someone who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid -
ANS Good Samaritan Law
a rule of law in determining responsibility for damages caused by negligence, which provides
that if the plaintiff is negligent, that will not matter if the defendant could have still avoided the
accident by reasonable care in the final moments before the accident - ANS Last Clear
Chance Doctrine
the hypothetical reasonable person behaves in a way that is legally appropriate;
duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a
standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others -
ANS reasonable person standard/ duty of care
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