To set aside work-related activities and embark on a personal errand: _____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


detour

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Harvey is drinking drunk and weaving in traffic. He sideswipes a car driven by Patrick. Patrick's car is shoved off the road and into a fence. Toddler Jason was playing in his yard, just inside the fence. Aunt Emily, who is babysitting Jason, suffers a heart attack when she sees Patrick's car careening off the road and heading straight towards her nephew, Jason. Is Harvey liable, in negligence, for Aunt Emily's heart attack?

a. Yes, because his conduct was unreasonable. b. No, but he is probably liable for an intentional tort. c. No, because Aunt Emily suffered no legally recognizable injury. d. No, because Harvey was not the proximate cause of Aunt Emily's heart attack.

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It is constitutionally permissible, if the sole purpose is a delegation of legislative authority, to transfer the authority to hear a common law claim to a non-Article III court

a. True b. False

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act in National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius as a tax hike on certain taxpayers who do not have health insurance based on the power of Congress to tax

a. True b. False

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Some jurisdictions have altered their divorce proceedings, enabling pro se litigants to represent themselves more easily in each of these methods except:

A. Annulment. B. Summary dissolution. C. Divorce by mutual consent. D. Simplified divorce procedures.

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