Aviation Law & Policy Review 2

The __________ Rule states that under most circumstances, win or lose, each party to a lawsuit is responsible to pay their own attorneys’ fees.

• Fiscal Soundness

• Financial Responsibility

• American

• Contingency Fee

This tort is the act of presenting information that is intended to deceive another, with knowledge that the information is false and damage results.

• conversion

• false official statement

• fibbing

• fraudulent misrepresentation

Under what theory can employers be held liable for the negligence of employees?

Bill rents a hangar from Marsha.  Unfortunately, Bill is a little down on his luck and has not paid Marsha for 3 months.  Marsha sees Bill out on the flight-line one day and sends her friend Greg out to stop him.  Greg approaches while wearing his best Halloween cop costume, and orders Bill to lie on the ground.  He then proceeds to handcuff him and take him to Marsha’s office.  What intentional tort is most applicable?

• trespass

• false arrest

• false imprisonment

• conversion

Stella Liebeck's lawsuit against McDonald's after suffering burns from spilling coffee is an example of this type of tort case.

• negligence

• strict liability (product liability)

• strict liability (ultra hazardous materials)

• intentional torts

Mr. Hopkins was in a car accident.  In the state of Alabama, he has two years to file a lawsuit for the negligence of the other driver.  This is an example of a:

• Statute of Repose

• Statute of Justice

• Statute of Limitations

• Statute of Liberty

This element of causation focuses on the foreseeability of the harm that occurred.

• probable cause

• actual cause

• proximate cause

• "but for" cause

This tort is the act of assuming rights to personal property that are inconsistent with the rights of the owner or person entitled to possession.

• Trespass

• conversion

• larceny

• wrongful appropriation

It is a snowy and bitterly cold winter day in Cleveland when the commuter airline flight from Montreal, Canada, pulls up to the gate. As the international passengers are walking across the ramp from the airliner to the terminal building, one of them slips on an icy patch and suffers an injury. The airline is liable for this passenger’s injury: True or False?

• True

• False

The tort of __________ consists of intentionally confining, restraining or detaining another person against their will.