In application of the reasonable person standard in negligence, which of the following statements is true:
a. The standard of acting reasonably will vary with the surrounding circumstances.
b. The standard of acting reasonably and the surrounding circumstances will both vary.
c. The standard of acting reasonably does not change but the surrounding circumstances may change.
d. The reasonable person standard is met if the party against whom negligence is alleged honestly believed he or she was acting reasonably.
C
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Which of the following is one of the main elements of the Clean Water Act?
A. National effluent standards set by the EPA for each industry B. Water quality standards set by the states under EPA supervision C. Special provisions for toxic chemicals and for oil spills D. All of these choices are correct.
Just as Boson and Boson's child enter into BigBoxStore, an employee of a package delivery service
trips and loses a grip on the tub of liquid detergent. The liquid splashes in such a way as to make the floor slippery, so quickly that Boson and Boson's son slip, fall and suffer injury. To avoid liability, BigBoxStore believes that the best argument to make about what happened was that it was A) so rare as never to have happened before B) a natural disaster C) an unavoidable accident D) an Act of God
As an element of the tort of defamation, publication means that
A) the statement was oral B) a record of the statement was made C) the statement appeared in a newspaper D) the statement was made to a third party
If an individual uses force to regain possession of chattels, he or she must be able to prove that ______________________________ and that _________________________________________________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).