Pre-Game Quiz: Intentional Torts

Which of the following best describes an intentional tort?

An intentional, wrongful act, which results in harm to another person.

The writer of an online review of a business will NOT be protected against a commercial disparagement claim if the negative statements in the review are:

False and presented as fact or first-hand experience.

Mona Lisa publishes an online video in which she lies and says that Tom has not paid taxes on his business in ten years. Tom's business reputation is hurt, and people stop coming to his store. Of which tort might Mona Lisa be guilty?

Slander.

A business tort is best defined as:

A wrongful act, sometimes also a crime, that results in some sort of harm to a business.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which a defendant can make a fraudulent misrepresentation?

All of the other choices are ways in which a defendant can make a fraudulent misrepresentation.

Commercial disparagement and defamation often involve similar conduct by the defendant, but one primary difference between these two torts is that:

Defamation involves false information that injures a person's reputation, while commercial disparagement involves false information about a business's product or property interests.

Which of the following is NOT generally a defense to claim of defamation?

The defendant made the false statements only as a prank

Which of the following is NOT an element of fraudulent misrepresentation?

The defendant provided the information in a signed document.

Which of the following is true regarding anonymous online reviews of businesses?

The first amendment protects the basic right to anonymous speech.

If a defendant threatens to reveal embarrassing information about a person if that person does not break a contract with a third party, the defendant has committed which tort against the third party:

Tortious interference.