Some states have characterized contributory negligence as adventurousness and assumption of risk as carelessness.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The decision to accept settlement is made by the?
A. judge.? B. ?attorney. C. ?client. D. ?mediator.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A defendant can not represent himself in a criminal matter. 2. An arrest warrant is signed by the prosecutor, authorizing the police to take the accused into custody. 3. Double jeopardy prevents the prosecutor from pursuing a second trial in a criminal case if the jury fails to reach a unanimous decision. 4. Probation suspends a sentence after incarceration has begun; parole suspends the sentence before incarceration. 5. A failure to give Miranda warnings to a person who is being booked at the police station ould exclude fingerprints from being used as evidence at trial.
Majority age is twenty-one (21) in most states, but is age eighteen (18) in a minority of states
a. True b. False
One way a court may determine whether a defendant should be held responsible in strict liability
is to A) determine whether the defendant proximately caused the plaintiff's injury B) look at whether the defendant exercised due care C) establish that the risk of injury was reasonably foreseeable D) see whether the risk outweighs the social utility