Reference no: EM133402293

Questions

1. Under common law, second degree murder generally includes:

Premeditation, deliberation, malice aforethought

Malice aforethought

Killing in direct response to a certain provocation

Death via a negligent act

2. The voluntary exposure to such risks as radiation treatments and chemotherapy treatments is called __________.

intervening cause

contributory negligence

presumed innocence

assumption of a risk

3. An employee handbook may be considered a contract when which of the following are evident:

A policy statement that clearly sets forth a promise that the employee can construe to be an offer.

Policy statement must be distributed to the employee, making him or her aware of the offer.

After learning about the offer and policy statement, the employee must "begin" or "continue" to work.

All of the above.

4. Joanne is a passenger in a car driven by Paul, whose negligence causes an accident, injuring himself. Joanne, uninjured and for no particular reason, accompanies Paul to the hospital in a fast ambulance. The ambulance is hit by a car driven by Dodi, injuring Joanne. Joanne files a suit against Paul, whose best defense is:

Assumption of risk

Contributory negligence

Negligence per se

Superseding cause