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A shopper is hurt by a shop's careless act and sues. A civil wrong of this kind is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A criminal case sends a person to prison. A civil suit instead seeks a:Read the answer and worked solution →The person who commits the wrongful act in a tort case is historically called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The injured party who files a civil lawsuit is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The party who must answer the accusations in a civil suit is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Compared to a criminal trial, the standard of proof in a civil suit is:Read the answer and worked solution →Instead of jail, the usual redress a civil court orders is:Read the answer and worked solution →Torts fall into two broad types: negligence and:Read the answer and worked solution →A person acts knowingly and on purpose to cause harm. That is an:Read the answer and worked solution →A shop leaves a wet floor unmarked and a customer falls. The shop failed its duty of:Read the answer and worked solution →Tort law rests on two basic elements: compensation and:Read the answer and worked solution →A man raises his fist so another reasonably fears being struck. That intentional tort is:Read the answer and worked solution →A rival spreads malicious falsehoods about a trader. That intentional tort is:Read the answer and worked solution →Defamation splits into how many forms, slander and libel?Read the answer and worked solution →A neighbour says false things out loud about a shopkeeper. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →A newspaper prints false and damaging claims about a person. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →Courts judge negligence against the care expected from a:Read the answer and worked solution →Deciding negligence needs duty, breach, injury and the:Read the answer and worked solution →A lifeguard owes swimmers an implied duty to protect them. That arises from a:Read the answer and worked solution →Liability that attaches even with no fault at all is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A known aggressive dog gets out and bites a passer by. The owner faces:Read the answer and worked solution →A person enters land owned by another without permission. That tort is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the tort wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the intentional tortsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the liability gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the legal termsRead the answer and worked solution →On purpose or carelessRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the tort ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Tort law bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A shopper is hurt by a shop's careless act and sues. A civil wrong of this kind is a:

  1. Tort
  2. Term
  3. Tariff
  4. Tender
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Correct answer: A. Tort

1. No crime is being tried here. 2. A private wrong caused a private loss. 3. That wrong is a tort. _Source: OpenStax Business Law I Essentials 2e, Chapter 6, Torts._

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A criminal case sends a person to prison. A civil suit instead seeks a:

  1. Return
  2. Remedy
  3. Rebuke
  4. Retrial
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Correct answer: B. Remedy

1. Civil courts are not punishing a crime. 2. They are repairing a loss. 3. So the aim is a remedy. _Source: OpenStax Business Law I Essentials 2e, Chapter 6, Torts._

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The person who commits the wrongful act in a tort case is historically called the:

  1. Tortfeasor
  2. Toolmaker
  3. Timekeeper
  4. Taskmaster
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Correct answer: A. Tortfeasor

1. The word comes from the word tort itself. 2. It names the actor of the wrong. 3. That person is the tortfeasor. _Source: OpenStax Business Law I Essentials 2e, Chapter 6, Torts._

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