Unit V Legal Liability, Insurance and Risk Management

What is Tort?

• a criminal act

• a civil wrong

• a set of laws

• 
  none of these

What is meant by liability?

• he person held responsible for wrong

• the plaintiff's damages

• the judges finding

• the amount of money owed

When does a tort occur?

• when a person is injured

• when a person's reputation is harmed

• 
  when property is damaged

• all of these

What are damages?

• the harm done to a defendant

• 
  the amount of money awarded to plaintiff

• the amount of money to compensate the court

• 
  none of these

True or False: Slander is defamation in the form of verbal statements.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is an example of negligence?

• 
  hitting a robber with a baseball bat

• all of these choices

• accidentally running over a pedestrian

• spreading rumors to ruin the reputation of a coworker

Which of the following is an example of an intentional wrong?

• 
  babysitting and a child falls down the steps while you are in another room

• 
  running over a neighbor's dog accidentally

• kicking someone into a locker when walking down the hallway

• 
  your dog bites a neighbor's child

True of False - Most lawsuits go to trial.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred.

• Compensate

• 
  Proximate

• 
  Confrontation

• Monetary value

The laws that have been developed through court decisions are called

• 
  common laws.

• statutory laws.

• 
  civil laws.

• 
  criminal laws.