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defective design doctrine<br />

failure to design doctrine<br />

quality control doctrine<br />

crashworthiness doctrine<br />

12.) Which best describes assumption of the risk in a negligence case?<br />

The plaintiff was involved in an abnormally dangerous activity.<br />

The plaintiff is more at fault than the defendant in causing the accident.<br />

The defendant gave advance warning to the plaintiff that an injury would occur.<br />

The plaintiff knowingly and willingly subjected herself to a risky activity.<br />

13.) Making false statements about a competitor’s products, services, property, or<br />

business reputation could make a company liable for<br />

tort of appropriation<br />

misappropriation of the right to publicity<br />

disparagement<br />

intentional misrepresentation<br />

14.) A plaintiff wants to sue a defendant under the tort theory of negligence for<br />

his injuries, but the plaintiff knows he was partially at fault for his own injuries.<br />

Which of the following is true?<br />

If the plaintiff’s fault is only 5 percent, his recovery will be the same under either<br />

pure or partial comparative negligence.<br />

The plaintiff will have to elect whether to sue under comparative or contributory<br />

negligence.<br />

Because the plaintiff is partly at fault, he will not be able to recover under either<br />

comparative or contributory negligence.

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