BLAW Ch. 7 Long MC Questions

Andrew noticed Michael and his pregnant wife Georgette walking down the street and drove his car within inches of Michael, as a joke. Michael wasn't injured, but his wife suffered severe mental distress and needed to be hospitalized in order to save the pregnancy.

Andrew has committed the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress against Georgette.

A points an unloaded gun at B and threatens to shoot. Unobserved by A, C witnesses the threat and believes A's gun is loaded and that B is about to die. C pulls out a gun and shoots and kills A.

C can successfully invoke the privilege of defense of others because of his reasonable belief at the time he shot A.

Arthur fired a gun in the middle of the desert. He intended to fire the gun, but had no reason to believe anyone else was in the area. The bullet hit Tom, who happened to be riding his ATV across the desert.

It is unlikely that Arthur has the necessary intent to commit a tort.

The intentional exercise of dominion or control over another's personal property which so seriously interferes with the other's right of control as to justly require the payment of full value for the property is:

NONE OF THE ABOVE

Mark gave the keys to his apartment to his friend Jack so Jack could sleep after an all-night study session. When Jack walked in, Mark's roommate, Sam, was standing behind the door in the dark, holding a baseball bat over his head. Jack flicked on the light and Sam saw it was Jack, so he lowered the bat before Jack noticed him.

Neither Jack nor Sam is guilty of assault.

Tammy joined a religious cult while a student at college. Her father hired a deprogrammer who spent several weeks with her, during which they occasionally went on outings. After Tammy met with her boyfriend one weekend, she rejoined the cult and sued her father and the deprogrammer for false imprisonment.

Tammy will lose if she had a reasonable means of escaping and voluntarily consented to the confinement.

Ray threw a bomb into the office of his insurance agent, intending to kill the agent because the company had disallowed his claim. The agent wasn't in the building, but the bomb seriously injured his secretary, who was working in the office.

The intent to harm the agent is transferred to the secretary who can sue Ray for her injuries with an intentional tort cause of action.

Mary's car was parked just outside the east door of the Civic Center. When she tried to exit, three ominous-looking gang members were blocking that door. She called the police who arrested the three for loitering. If Mary brings suit against them for false imprisonment:

she will lose if there was another exit she could have used.

Alice was briefly married at the age of 16. She is now 28 years old and plans to marry Henry in the spring. Henry's sister found out about Alice's first marriage and then told Henry's parents. Alice now wants to sue Henry's sister for public disclosure of private facts. Does Alice have a case against Henry's sister?

A. No, because marriage is a public and not a private fact. B. No, because telling Henry's parents is not sufficient publication for public disclosure of private facts. *BOTH A and B are CORRECT*

Sally, while walking in a park, got hit on the head with a baseball. The ball was thrown at her by Aaron who intended to hit her to show off in front of his friends. She may recover damages for:

ALL THE ABOVE