Contributory Negligence
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Negligence
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Negligence Per Se
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Comparative Negligence
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Defenses to Negligence
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
A driver negligently hit a utility pole, causing live wires to fall near a trapped cyclist. A bystander saw that the...
...s most accurate? This question tests rescue doctrine as a response to contributory-negligence and assumption-of-risk arguments. NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A 10-year-old rode a bicycle through a neighborhood intersection without looking both ways and was struck by a neglig...
...ng both ways and was struck by a negligent driver. The driver asserts contributory negligence. The jurisdiction follows the ordinary child-standard rule and has no special bicycle statute. What standard applies to the ch...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A forum follows the better-law approach to choice of law. The parties dispute whether the forum should apply a modern...
...should apply a modern comparative-fault rule or another state's older contributory-negligence rule. Which statement best describes the forum's analysis? The correct answer states the better-law approach. Choice-influenci...
Citations: Choice-influencing considerations approach
A pedestrian negligently stepped into a crosswalk against a signal. A driver also negligently looked away from the ro...
...the road and hit the pedestrian. The jurisdiction follows traditional contributory negligence and no last-clear-chance facts are present. What is the likely effect of the pedestrian's negligence? This question tests trad...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
At 5:45 a.m., before sunrise, Jordan jogged along the right edge of a rural road wearing dark clothing and no reflect...
...limit. The truck struck Jordan. The jurisdiction follows traditional contributory negligence and recognizes last clear chance. Jordan sues the driver for negligence. The driver argues that Jordan's failure to wear refle...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
Blake, a delivery driver, looked down to accept a dispatch on his phone while driving through an intersection. Mina e...
...n the plaintiff's fault is 50 percent or greater; and (d) traditional contributory negligence. This essay tests how the same fault allocation changes under pure comparative, modified comparative, and contributory neglige...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts, Restatement (Third) of Torts
Duty
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Breach
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Animals
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Assault
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Battery
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Damages
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Nuisance
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Causation
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Conversion
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Defamation
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Actual Cause
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Privacy Torts
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...
Design Defects
...DutiesNegligent Infliction of Emotional DistressDefenses to NegligenceContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceAssumption of RiskStrict LiabilityAnimalsAbnormally Dangerous ActivitiesProducts LiabilityManufacturing D...