What is the test for determining when an intervening cause is superseding?
What will be an ideal response?
The test is if the harm caused by the intervening force is outside the scope of the foreseeable risk of harm originally created by the defendant's unreasonable act or omission and/or when the harm caused by the intervening cause is extraordinary and highly unusual.
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To be a Florida Registered Paralegal (FRP) all paralegals must complete:
a. Thirty hours of continuing education every three years b. Ten hours of continuing education every three years c. Twenty hours of continuing education every five years d. Fifty hours of continuing education every ten years
Define Ethics.
What will be an ideal response?
You are investigating a crime. You discover that Joe Smith poured gasoline on the corner of his neighbor’s barn while the neighbor was inside, and lit it. The neighbor’s son saw the flames and doused them before they engulfed the barn. No one was injured. Your investigation also reveals that Joe Smith and his neighbor had recently argued. With what crime can you charge Joe Smith?
a. No crime because there was no harm. b. Property arson because no people were harmed only property. c. Attempted property arson d. Attempted violent arson because he intended to hurt his neighbor. e. Violent arson because he intended to hurt his neighbor and setting the fire is the act of arson.
A ________ will indicates what the complainant is requesting.
a. Caption b. Docket c. Prayer d. Play