Punitive damages-white collar crime

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1. Punitive Damages:

A. Small amount of compensation given to the plaintiff

B. Are like actual damages but do not seek to deter the defendant

C. Are damages far less than the plaintiff's injuries, awarded to punish the plaintiff

D. are damages in excess of the plaintiff's injuries, awarded to punish the defendant

2. White Collar Crime: (trick question since it involves government and business persons)

A. is generally a victimless crime, harming only the government

B. is generally a crime that does not cost the public much although it costs the government a lot

C. is a nonviolent crime committed by business organizations

D. is a nonviolent, harmless crime committed against business persons

3. In a negligence action the breach of duty is measured by a "reasonable person" standard.

True or False?

4. To recover in a negligence suit, a plaintiff must prove that the:

A. defendant had an intent to injure the plaintiff and that the defendant breached that duty

B. Defendant's breach of duty was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries

C. Defendant's breach of duty indirectly cause the plaintiff's injuries

D. Defendant exercised reasonable care

5. Which of the following is general negligence causation rules?

A. Negligent persons are liable for the full extent of the injuries of people if some physical peculiarity of a person aggravates his/her injuries (pretty sure its A)

B. Negligent persons are liable for people who do not make reasonable attempts to avoid being injured by the negligent person's acts

C. Negligent person are not liable to those who are injured while making a reasonable attempt to rescue someone endangered by the negligent person's act

D. Negligent persons are generally not held liable for diseases their victims contract while weakened by their injuries

6. Seth was shopping at a local music store looking for a CD was shopping at a local music store looking for a CD, when he suddenly remembered that he had an appointment with his math professor. He pulled his calendar out of his backpack only to discover that he was late for the appointment. Seth quickly put the calendar back into his backpack and ran out of the store. As he made his exit from the store, the security guard asked Seth of shoplifting. The guard quickly searched Seth and his backpack and found nothing. The guard apologized to Seth and explained that the store had experienced an outbreak of theft. The whole incident took less than five minutes. Under these circumstances:

A. Seth can sue for the false imprisonment (not this)

B. Seth can sue the store of false imprisonment, emotion distress and battery

C. The store has conditional priveledge to stop persons it feels are shoplifting and the guard did not detain Seth for an unreasonable period (pretty sure its this)

D. The store has no conditional priveleges to stop persons it feels are shopligting, but it is liable for punitive damages

7. Under the doctrine of double jeopardy, acquitted defendants can be tried again for the same crime in the same jurisdiction.

True or False (Pretty sure it's true, but trick question)

Reference no: EM13250273

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