Con & Law vocab quiz

The portion of an insurance policy protects an individual against automobile damages or losses other than collisions. It includes damages and losses due to fire, vandalism or theft

• Comprehensive Coverage

• Uninsured motorist coverage

• No-fault insurance

• Exclusive remedy

Insurance that protects drivers from those with no insurance or inadequate insurance. It compensates the insured for the personal injuries or damage the uninsured driver caused.

• Uninsured motorist coverage

• Liability insurance

• Comprehensive coverage

• No-fault insurance

A form of automobile or accident insurance (available in only a few states) in which each person's insurance company pays up to a certain share of damages, regardless of fault.

• No-fault insurance

• Comprehensive coverage

• Uninsured motorist coverage

• Liability insurance

The only solution, or compensation available to a plaintiff in a particular legal situation

• Exclusive remedy

• Contingency fee

• Medical coverage

• Contract

Legally responsible

• Liable

• Strict liability

• Liability

• Immune

A courts decision in a civil case

• Judgement

• Common law

• Class action

• Standard of proof

Legal responsibility; the obligation to do or not do something. The defendant in a tort case incurs liability for failing to use reasonable care, resulting in harm to the plaintiff

• Liability

• Liable

• Intentional tort

• Contract

A system in which court decisions establish legal principles and rules of law

• Common law

• Class action

• Judgement

• Standard of proof

An action taken deliberately to harm another person and/or his or her property; intentional wrong

• Intentional tort

• Negligence

• Strict liability

• Class action

The failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something, resulting in harm or injury of another person

• Negligence

• Intentional tort

• Liability

• No-fault insurance