Torts Practice questions

Brian opens a twitter account and makes a highly insensitive tweet. The tweet causes many people to become upset and some even throw up because they are so upset

False imprisonment might be a valid claim in which of the following situations:

Quagmire and Peter are neighbors. Peter owns a falcon named Xerxes. Peter spends hours taking care of Xerxes. Moreover, Peter deeply loves his wife Lois. Quagmire is angry at Peter for losing Quagmire’s cat. Quagmire kills Xerxes, then without telling Peter serves what appears to be chicken to Peter at dinner. He then tells Peter it was Xerxes. Quagmire then shoots Lois with a real-looking gun. In fact, the gun is loaded with a stun dart. Lois falls down unconscious after being shot, and Peter thinks she is dead. Quagmire then says, “that’s what you get for losing my cat.” Peter goes into shock and has a heart attack. Quagmire has likely committed which of the following torts against Peter?

Under the above facts, Quagmire committed which of the following Torts against Lois?

Tom and Peyton were watching a game at Peyton’s house. Peyton became angry when they discussed the best pitcher in the history of baseball. Tom thought the best pitcher was a pitcher who had won several World Series games and pitched well in all of them. That same player also held many records. Peyton thought the best pitcher was the one who didn’t have as many wins in major games but held a few more statistical records. They argued for an hour and when Peyton was fed up, he angrily took a cup of beer Tom was holding. Peyton placed the cup on the table in front of Tom and ordered Tom to leave his house immediately

In 2017 Miami Dolphins cornerback Bobby McClain threw a punch at then New England Patriots receiver Danny Amendola. McClain was ejected from the game. Amendola had a few deep cuts from the punch and later said, “I might expect that kind of cheap shot thing from the Jets, but not the Dolphins (he didn’t really say this).” Amendola sued McClain for his injuries

The privilege of Defense of Property allows a property owner to:

Steven has a chihuahua named Bonecrusher. He keeps the dog inside most of the time, but he allows Bonecrusher outside to run around a bit and go to the bathroom. There is a properly functioning invisible fence around Steven’s yard. When Bonecrusher saw Angela, Steven’s neighbor, walking on the sidewalk he ran through the invisible fence and viciously bit Angela’s lower leg, severing her Achilles tendon. He also severed her pinky finger after she fell. Angela sues Steven. Which of the following is an accurate statement of the law:

Bellatrix drove her car at a high rate of speed across the campus of Hogwarts University. Harry and Hermine walked across campus while discussing their recent chemistry class. At the same time Professor Dumbledore was riding his bike across campus. Harry and Hermione walked into the crosswalk without looking as Beatrix was approaching at a high rate of speed. Bellatrix swerved to avoid them and hit Professor Dumbledore who was riding his bicycle along the bike path. Dumbledore sues Bellatrix and Bellatrix impleads Harry and Hermine.

The University of the NY Jets Stink (UNYJS) has responded to the many school shootings around the US by setting up a highly efficient system (which they stole from the University of Belicheck). The system sends out texts, emails, tweets and phone calls the moment the University police or administration become aware of an active shooter risk. Kyle and Kenny were in Professor Edelman’s greatness class when an alert went out. Professor Edelman followed procedures and turned the lights out and asked the students to move out of the line of sight from the doors. Eric Cartman, the shooter, was a student at UNYJS. He went from room to room kicking doors open and checking for students. The doors in the classrooms didn’t lock. When Cartman kicked the door open to Kyle and Kenny’s classroom and was preparing to fire on the students, Professor Edelman jumped up and moved to disarm Cartman. Edelman was fast, but before he tackled Cartman, Cartman was able to fire one burst which killed Kenny. All the other students were okay. Kenny’s family sued the University for negligence arguing the doors should have locked from the inside to prevent entry. The University defended arguing its policies were strong and that a shooter kicking in doors to darkened classrooms with no visible students, faculty, or staff was unforeseeable given all the other precautions it took.

Assume the same facts as above, but the University had installed proper locking mechanisms on all doors. Cartman shot the door open and entered killing everyone in the classroom

Patrick is a lawyer. One day a client visits Patrick at Patrick’s office without a scheduled appointment. Patrick is busy getting ready for a trial in a different case and instructs his staff to tell the client he would be happy to meet at a scheduled time and that the client could schedule an appointment before leaving. The client became angry that Patrick would not meet that day. The client sues Patrick.

Cause in fact always requires that

If A is injured by B’s negligence and then a month later injured again by C’s negligence which of the following statements is accurate

Kenny is standing on the corner of Main Street and North Boulevard when a car driven by Cartman collides with a vehicle being driven by Kyle. Cartman was texting while driving and speeding. Kyle was not negligent. Kyle’s car is pushed into a light post by the impact knocking the post over. The light post falls on Kenny killing him. Which of the following is accurate

Assume the same facts as above but Kyle’s car barely touches the light pole and immediately after Kyle’s car touches the light pole there is an earthquake which loosens the pole before it falls on Kenny

Lois is walking across campus while texting and listening loudly to music on her headphones. She steps into the intersection without looking and is struck by a car driven by Quagmire

Dave and Mary, two MSU Law students, lease an apartment from Susan. The apartment is well maintained, and Dave and Mary are quite careful in making sure that the driveway and sidewalks are shoveled. One day Bob, the local UPS Delivery Person, stops to drop off a package for Dave and Mary. He rings the doorbell, and when no one answers he rings it again. He is suddenly electrocuted by the doorbell. He survives and sues Dave and Mary for his injuries. Dave and Mary implead Susan

Assume the same facts as above, but the apartment is located in a large apartment building owned by Susan’s company, Apartments ‘R’ Us. Bob is not electrocuted when he rings the doorbell, but rather is buzzed in by the guard. The guard is unaware that Hans Gruber and his gang of jewel thieves have broken into the building through the garage using a rare diamond tipped drill and custom designed stealth suits in order to steal Dave and Mary’s valuable MSU Law rings. Gruber and his team shoot the guard and Bob. Bob’s estate sues Susan’s company

Peter is temporarily in charge of Pewterschmidt Industries while his father-in-law, the regular CEO of the company, undergoes surgery. Peter sends his CFO Quagmire to deliver some important documents to a branch office. On the way Quagmire stops at a gas station along the road to fill up and get the oil changed in his car. A few minutes later Quagmire is ready to leave the gas station and looks down to turn the radio dial as he pulls away from the pump and he hits Cleveland’s car. Cleveland sues Pewterschmidt Industries.

Stan, who is a senior Vice President for Tegrity Products was driving to work at a high rate of speed. He ran into Kyle and Bebe who were walking on the sidewalk. They sue Tegridy Products

The state Quahog has imposed a mask mandate to prevent the spread of the Plague 2 disease that causes 10% of people exposed to melt and explode within 30 seconds of exposure. Anybody who does not melt and explode will survive but may carry the Plague 2 without knowing it. The mandate applies indoors and outdoors anytime people who do not live together interact because the disease spreads very easily. There is no vaccine or treatment for Plague 2. Cartman, who is 36 years old, believes that the disease is not real despite knowing several people who have died from it, and he refuses to wear a mask. He meets Kenny on the sidewalk who is also 36 and forgot to wear his mask despite signs everywhere reminding people to wear masks. Kenny catches the Plague 2 from Cartman and 20 seconds later melts before exploding. His estate sues Cartman for negligence

Gary drives a gas truck for Oil is Us, Inc. One day Gary was driving the truck 15 miles an hour above the speed limit. At the same time Lisa was driving a supply truck for a construction company. She too was driving 15 miles an hour above the speed limit. As a result of both of them speeding they collided and while Gary was not injured because he was wearing a fireproof suit when the oil truck exploded Linda sustained significant injuries. The jury found that Gary’s negligence was 60% responsible and Linda’s 40%. Total damages were set at $200,000. Which of the following is a potential outcome

Stalmart is sued by Kenny’s family for the acts of the aggressive customers and the falling grills. Stalmart argues that it is not liable for the acts of the aggressive customers. Stalmart’s best argument on that issue is

Kenny can collect which of the following damages from the customers who injured him

Assume Stalmart guards told the customers to stop when they began to rush through the doors but didn’t take other actions to stop the customers. Michelle is injured when unidentified customers knocked her over. She sues Stalmart

Assume the drone cut the straps when the operator lost control of the signal due to a Gamma Ray burst from a passing alien spaceship using Gamma Ray propulsion