Injury Lawyer Personal Injury Law Knowledge 3

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort rather than negligence?

Accepted Answer

Battery

Answer

Battery is an intentional tort involving deliberate harmful or offensive contact.

Question 2

What is 'proximate cause' in a negligence claim?

Accepted Answer

A legally sufficient connection between the act and the injury

Answer

Proximate cause limits liability to harms that are a foreseeable result of the defendant's conduct.

Question 3

In product liability, strict liability means a manufacturer can be liable even if it did what?

Accepted Answer

Exercised all possible care

Answer

Strict liability holds manufacturers responsible for defective products regardless of the care they exercised.

Question 4

What does 'mitigation of damages' require an injured plaintiff to do?

Accepted Answer

Take reasonable steps to minimize their losses

Answer

Plaintiffs have a duty to take reasonable measures to reduce the extent of their damages.

Question 5

Which document formally begins a personal injury lawsuit?

Accepted Answer

The complaint

Answer

A lawsuit is initiated by filing a complaint that states the plaintiff's claims.

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