Negligence

Question 1

Tort law

Answer 1

Civil wrong
Negligence

Question 2

4 principles of negligence

Answer 2

Duty
Breach
Proximate cause
Damages

Question 3

Pilot (standard of care -duty)

Answer 3

Held to standard of average pilot of ordinary skill, ability & knowledge

Question 4

Airline (standard of care)

Answer 4

Held to 121

Question 5

Negligence

Answer 5

Acting/ failing to act which causes personal injury or property damage

Question 6

Preponderance

Answer 6

Burden of proof
>50%

Question 7

Burden - plaintiff

Answer 7

Trying to prove a point
(No beyond a reasonable doubt)

Question 8

Comparative negligence

Answer 8

Revised for fairness

Question 9

Stare decisis

Answer 9

What came before

Question 10

Proximate cause

Answer 10

Immediate cause (without accident wouldn’t have happened)

Question 11

Who does negligence apply to?

Answer 11

FBOs

Question 12

Premise of liability

Answer 12

You are responsible for what happens on your property
(Slip and fall claims)

Question 13

Affirmative defenses

Answer 13

-sudden emergency
-open & obvious
-notice of knowledge

Question 14

Invitee

Answer 14

Required to fix

Question 15

Notice of knowledge

Answer 15

Duty to inspect by letting someone know or warn them to fix it

Question 16

Licensee

Answer 16

Required to make someone fix

Question 17

Duty to inspect

Answer 17

Licensee
Required to make someone fix

Question 18

Keeper of premises
(Premises liability)

Answer 18

Legal obligation to the people on your property