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An injury caused by an accident or an event without willful intent is called a ____ tort.

Negligence

Violations of safety statutes are referred to as:

Negligence per se

An intervening act that adds to the plaintiff's injury and normally takes place after the tortfeasor's negligent act is referred to as a ____.

Superseding cause

Improper packaging can render a product unreasonably dangerous and thus:

Defective

The ____ rule that allows for liability for negligently manufactured products to include any injuries to persons and not just the actual purchaser.

Macpherson

The plaintiff may not recover in a negligence case if the damages are limited to ____ and/or emotional harm.

Mental

According to tort law, an act by one party that harms or endangers another, is known as:

Misfeasance

An injured consumer may recover under strict liability if the injured consumer can prove that the product was defective and the defect made the product ____ dangerous.

Unreasonably

In the context of negligent conduct, which of the following circumstances are required for tort law to apply?

When one party's actions unintentionally cause harm When one party does not act reasonably

Failure to fulfill obligations to another party is called a _____ of duty.

Breach

Which of the following describes the link between the breach of standard of care and the damages suffered by the injured party?

Cause in fact

Products liability laws may take the form of state ____ law or state statutes that expressly impose liability for injuries that result from products.

Common

The goal of tort law is to:

Compensate the victim

The _____ party must prove all elements of negligence to be successful.

Injured

Proximate cause is also referred to as ____ cause.

Legal

Damages allowed for spouses or children of parties injured by negligence are called ____ damages.

Loss of consortium

The law imposes a general duty on all people to act in a ____ manner under the circumstances.

Reasonable and Prudent

Courts use a _____ standard to determine whether landowners should have acted to prevent a risk to parties who come on their land.

Reasonableness

The ____ Restatements of tort law have the benefit of volumes of case law and wide acceptance.

Second

The _____ Restatement of tort law have the benefit of volumes of case law and wide acceptance.

Second

An injured party generally may not hold a defendant liable for nonfeasance unless the parties were in a ____ relationship as defined by the law.

Special

Laws of negligence impose liability when one's conduct is:

Unreasonable

A concern with the but-for test is that it may result in holding the ____ responsible for damages beyond the scope of their breach of the standard of care.

Tortfeasor

One who commits a tort is referred to as the

Tortfeasor

One who commits a tort is referred to as the:

Tortfeasor