Reference no: EM132216789
1. Which of the following is NOT true of defamation of character?
a. The right continues after death.
b. It applies to false statements.
c. The statement is intentionally published to a third party.
d. The statement is accidentally published to a third party.
2. Which of the following is NOT true of defamation of character?
a. A higher, actual malice, standard applies to public figures.
b. Disparagement is also known as trade libel.
c. A written defamation is called a slander.
d. A written defamation is called a libel.
3. Which of the following is NOT true of strict liability?
a. If the plaintiff contributed to his injury, contributory negligence will intervene and prohibit recovery.
b. Casual sales and casual merchants are not subjected to strict liability.
c. A defendant can be held liable under this theory even if he was not negligent.
d. Strict liability applies to product defect cases.
4. Which is NOT a common law doctrine that historically shielded domestic abusers from tort liability fr domestic violence?
a. spousal immunity
b. conversion
c. coverture
d. chastisement
5. Which is NOT an element of the intentional tort of battery?
a. The defendant intends to inflict a particular type of harm.
b. Harmful or offensive contact results.
c. The plaintiff does not consent to the contact.
d. A defendant intends to make harmful or offensive bodily contact with the plaintiff.
6. Which are the two interests that the tort of battery protects?
a. physical integrity and dignity
b. physical integrity and mental illness
c. professional dignity and protection from unwanted contact
d. structural integrity and dignity