Question

1. The law of negligence requires us to avoid doing anything that might cause harm to others, no matter how unforeseeable the harm might be. This way, we are all protected from harm at the hands of others.

- True

- False

2. Which of the following is a proximate cause?

- An event that is a “breach of the duty of due care” on the part of the defendant

- A defense to a plaintiff’s action where the plaintiff has knowingly entered into a risky activity that results in injury

- When the injuries to the plaintiff are not the foreseeable result of the defendant’s conduct

- A cause that is foreseeable and “not too remote”

- If an injury would not have occurred but for the defendant’s conduct

3. Steve slips on a broken bottle of ketchup in the local WalMart. In order to prevail in a claim of negligence against WalMart, Steve will be required to prove:

- The store owed Steve a duty of care

- The store failed to exercise reasonable care under all the circumstances by allowing the ketchup to be on the floor

- It was reasonably foreseeable that an injury such as this could occur under these circumstances

- Steve suffered an injury as a result of the store’s failure to exercise reasonable care

- All of the above

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Answer 1

1. The law of negligence requires us to avoid doing anything that might cause harm to others, no matter how unforeseeable the harm might be. This way, we are all protected from harm at the hands of others.

Answer = True

Reason= The law of negligence requires the individual to act in such a manner that the actions do not cause any injury to others

2. Which of the following is a proximate cause?

Answer- - A cause that is foreseeable and “not too remote”

Reason= The proximity clause indicates that the injury to the plaintiff was foreseeable to the defendant

3. Steve slips on a broken bottle of ketchup in the local WalMart. In order to prevail in a claim of negligence against WalMart, Steve will be required to prove

Anwer= All of the above

Reason- duty, breach, causation, and damages are to be proved in case of law of negligence