Business Torts and Product Liability Quiz

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Score for this quiz: 36 out of 40

Question 1
4 / 4 pts
If, in the course of conversation, Mary tells Bill that the IRC Accounting Firm does not do
a complete job because the partners are incompetent, Mary is guilty of defamation.

True

False

IncorrectQuestion 2
0 / 4 pts
If Tom borrows a chain saw from Hank and, while using the chain saw, breaks one of
the components, fails to repair the saw, and returns it to Hank without telling him of the
problem, what would Tom would be guilty of?

conversion

invasion of privacy

trespass to property

negligence

Question 3
4 / 4 pts
Bolt Cola puts a picture of Usain Bolt on its can in order to sell more of its product.
Usain Bolt did not give permission; thus, Usain Bolt can file an invasion of privacy claim
against Bolt Cola.

True

False

Question 4
4 / 4 pts
You have been invited to attend a baseball game with your friends. Your seats are on
the thirdbase line. If you are hit with a ball, your case is not actionable because you
were aware of the risk and voluntarily sat in those seats.

True

False

Question 5
4 / 4 pts
Francisco Garciá of the Sacramento Kings was balancing on a 75-centimeter
Ledraplastic balancing ball along with weights when the ball burst and he was injured.
He fractured his right forearm and was unable to play the first four months in his first-
year contract with the Kings. Francisco could file a products liability action against
Ledraplastic.

True

False

Question 6
4 / 4 pts
Jake builds a dam across a creek in order to slow the flow of water onto his farm in the
spring and to make more room for planting crops. Paul can sue Jake for trespass to
land because the dam caused water to back up onto his property.

True

False

Question 7
4 / 4 pts
Frank’s car has just been repaired. When Frank exits the service station, his wheel falls
off. At the same time, a woman walking down the sidewalk near the service station trips
and breaks her arm. The woman would not have a claim against Frank because her
injury resulted from her tripping and not the car.

True

False

Question 8
4 / 4 pts
Say you are at a Cleveland Browns game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and are a
Steelers fan. The fans around you start to heckle you, and you respond. The exchange
escalates to shoving, and you fall and injure your wrist. You would have which of the
following potential claims?

assault

defamation

battery
A and C

Question 9
4 / 4 pts
Bill falsely tells Kelly and Jocelyn, prospective buyers of a neighbor's home, that the
neighbor cheated Bill in the past. This causes Kelly and Jocelyn to back out of the sale.
The neighbor can bring a defamation action against Bill because

the neighbor can prove that Bill made the statement

Kelly and Jocelyn did not buy the house

Bill wrongfully interfered with a contractual relationship

A and B

Question 10
4 / 4 pts
Singer Joanna Wagner was under contract to sing for Lumley’s Lounge for a specified
period of years. Gye, owner of Gye’s Galas, knew of the contract and nonetheless
enticed Wagner to refuse to carry out the agreement; Wagner began to sing for Gye.
Lumley’s Lounge went out of business. Lumley can

sue Gye for wrongful interference with a contractual relationship

sue Wagner for breach of contract

sue Gye for defamation

A and B