Concurrent liability means:
a. Separate negligent acts of two or more defendants combine to cause injury to plaintiff.
b. Plaintiff can only recover if at least three defendants were negligent.
c. Plaintiff can recover only if at least one defendant was negligent and caused plaintiff's injury.
d. Plaintiff and one defendant are negligent and cause plaintiff's injury.
A
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a. principal in the first degree. b. principal in the second degree. c. accessory before the fact. d. accessory after the fact.
You live in the State of Mesaro. According to Mesaro state law, lay people may represent claimants before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. This Board hears appeals from people who have been denied workers' compensation after being injured on the job. Johanna leased space in an office building and put a sign on the door "Johanna Ritter -- Workers' Compensation Appeals Representative." This
sign is A) misrepresentation if any member of the public mistakes Johanna for a lawyer B) not misrepresentation so long as Johanna did not mean to misrepresent her status C) misrepresentation plain and simple. D) not misrepresentation so long as Mesaro state law does not include specific verbage that Johanna must use and so long as the language is not otherwise confusing to the public
Don is a local handyman and works for people in his neighborhood, doing odd jobs like cleaning up yards, trimming trees, mowing lawns, and other jobs for which he receives an hourly wage of $8 per hour. He has no set hours or clients and roams through the neighborhood, seeking out anyone who needs work. One day, while working at Esther’s house, he falls and is injured. He wants to file a workers’ compensation claim and also allege that because Esther has not obtained workers’ compensation coverage, she is in violation of state law. What is the most likely result in this case?
A. Don will win his case and will receive benefits under the workers’ compensation system. B. Don will lose his case because he is classified as “casual employee” and is not under the jurisdiction of the workers’ compensation system. C. Don will win his case because Esther should have obtained workers’ compensation coverage before hiring him. D. Don will lose his case because he has not been deducting Social Security payments from his hourly rate.
Clark owns a parcel of land that adjoins a public highway. Kaylee owns a parcel of land behind Clark. Although Kaylee’s land has access to another public street, Kaylee would like a driveway over Clark’s land to the highway. Clark is agreeable to granting Kaylee an easement for the driveway. What kind of easement would Kaylee have? Whose property would be referred to as the dominant tenement? Whose property would be referred to as the servient tenement?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).