Chapter 5 Civil Law and Procedure

An individual who commits a reckless act without causing injury will probably not be convicted of a tort.

• True
• False

Contributory negligence is a defense to the tort of negligence

• True
• False

When there is a jury, the judge decides the issues of both law and fact.

• True
• False

All torts require that the defendant intended to injure the plaintiff.

• True
• False

Torts based on carelessness are classified as negligence.

• True
• False

The four elements of a tort are duty, breach, injury, and criminal intent.

• True
• False

A type of negligence where the plaintiff is awarded damages in proportion to his own negligence

• contributory negligence
• compensatory negligence
• comparative negligence
• assumption of risk

An intentional misrepresentation of an existing  fact

• fraud
• battery
• invasion of privacy
• slander

A tort that occurs when personal property is stolen

• slander
• libel
• fraud
• conversion

A type of negligence where the plaintiff's own actions were partial cause to the injury

• compensatory negligence
• comparative negligence
• contributory negligence
• assumption of risk