Chapter 4 Consumer Protection

Question 1

Professional Liability

Answer 1

a tort of negligence for professionals that protects them from economic loss in the event that their client suffers from injury due to the service they have provided

Question 2

fiduciary duty

Answer 2

a standard by which professionals have a legal responsibility to their client to provide a service or advice in the best interest of their client without personal gain

Question 3

Consumer Product

Answer 3

means a product, including its components, parts, or accessories, that may reasonably be expected to be obtained by an individual to be used for non-commercial purposes, including for domestic, recreational and sports purposes, and includes it’s packaging.

Question 4

Occupier

Answer 4

a person, persons or organization that may be the owner, landlord, tenant or anyone who has responsibility, dictates the activities, and decides who enters the property

Question 5

Contributory Neglidence

Answer 5

where the court apportions responsibility to the injured

Question 6

Trespasser

Answer 6

a person, persons or organization that enters the land of the occupier without legal right or permission

Question 7

Licensee

Answer 7

a person, persons or organization that enters the land of the occupier with permission

Question 8

Invitee

Answer 8

a person, persons or organization that enters the land of the occupier with an invitation so that the occupier benefits from the invitee’s business