Chapter 4-5

Question 0

Making loud noises late at night is an example of a tort of nuisance

Answer 0

True

Question 1

A tort is a wrong against an individual

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Proximate cause is the same as actual cause

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Public officials must prove actual malice to succeed in a defamation lawsuit

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Invasion of privacy is an unintentional tort

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Even the most careless conduct will not result in liability for negligence unless there is actual harm

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The doctrine of strict liability mat not be applied in product liability cases

Answer 6

False

Question 7

When a wrongdoer injures someone by committing a tort, the victim can usually be compensated by receiving money damages

Answer 7

True

Question 8

A wrongful injury to or interference with the property of another is

Answer 8

Trespass

Question 9

Failure to exercise the degree if care of a responsible person would exercise is

Answer 9

Negligence

Question 10

A false statement made orally to a third party is

Answer 10

Slander

Question 11

A person who commits a tort is a

Answer 11

Tortfeasor

Question 12

The element of negligence that states the defendant did not fulfill an obligation is called

Answer 12

Duty of care

Question 13

The rights of third parties affected by a death caused by negligence are preserved by

Answer 13

Wrongful death statutes

Question 14

In cases where money cannot repay the victim of a tort, a court May issue an

Answer 14

Injunction

Question 15

The negligence defense that might be used by a baseball club up that us sues by spectators is

Answer 15

Assumption of risk

Question 16

To determine if the defendants conduct was the proximate cause of the plaintiffs injury the court applies the

Answer 16

Foreseeability test

Question 17

People who are engaged in extremely dangerous activities may be held liable even without negligence or malice, this is known as

Answer 17

Strict liability

Question 18

State court systems are interrelated and dependent upon one another

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Federal courts have jurisdiction over patent and copyright cases

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The U.S. District courts have appellate jurisdiction over most federal cases

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Only questions of fact can be raised on appeal

Answer 21

False

Question 22

The U.S. Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction

Answer 22

True

Question 23

A common pleas court is a court of limited jurisdiction

Answer 23

False

Question 24

At the bottom level of the federal court system are the federal

Answer 24

District courts

Question 25

The federal court system derives it’s authority from

Answer 25

Article 3 of the US Constitutuon

Question 26

The jurisdiction of local courts is

Answer 26

Limited

Question 27

Child custody cases are heard in

Answer 27

Family courts

Question 28

Federal courts have jurisdiction over cases of admiralty-cases involving the

Answer 28

Sea

Question 29

US Courts of appeals hear cases on appeal from

Answer 29

US Distric courts

Question 30

Special federal courts handle disputes over

Answer 30

Taxes

Question 31

The tenant whose dinning room rug was ruined by faulty plumbling sued the landlord in

Answer 31

Small claims court

Question 32

The Supreme Court decides which cases to hear by a vote of its

Answer 32

9 justices

Question 33

The power given to a court to hear a case

Answer 33

Jurisdiction

Question 34

Courts with special jurisdiction over minors are

Answer 34

Juvenile courts

Question 35

Intermediate state courts hear appeals from courts of _____ jurisdiction

Answer 35

General

Question 36

A case in which a resident of one state sues another resident of a different state for more than $50,000 is a

Answer 36

Diversity of citizenship case

Question 37

Federal district courts have ____ jurisdiction over most federal cases

Answer 37

Original

Question 38

Currently there are ___ district courts in the US

Answer 38

95

Question 39

Only questions of ___ may be raise on appeal

Answer 39

Law

Question 40

The ____ is the highest court in the US

Answer 40

US Supreme Court