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Negligence
Negligence Torts Torts Negligence Complete Torts List TortsThis topic appears in the UBE 2026 Rules Library master list under Torts.NegligenceUse this entry as the rule-review checkpoint for Negligence.Complete Torts Lis...
Negligence / Defenses
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Negligence / Duty and Breach
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Negligence / Causation and Damages
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Negligence Per Se
Negligence Per Se Torts Torts Negligence Per Se Complete Torts List TortsThis topic appears in the UBE 2026 Rules Library master list under Torts.Negligence Per SeUse this entry as the rule-review checkpoint for Negligen...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. One argument was preserved, while another...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. One argument was preserved, while another was raised only later. Which result best accounts for preservation and merits? Correct. The answer turn...
Citations: Common law tort doctrine, Restatement tort principles
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The key event occurred after warnings, par...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The key event occurred after warnings, partial performance, and a written objection by the affected party. The opponent argues that the objection...
Citations: Common law tort doctrine, Restatement tort principles
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The moving party has the burden on a conte...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The moving party has the burden on a contested element, and the opponent identifies a plausible exception. How should the issue most likely be re...
Citations: Common law tort doctrine, Restatement tort principles
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The record contains both written proof and...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The record contains both written proof and disputed oral testimony. Which answer gives the best treatment of the proof and governing rule? Correc...
Citations: Common law tort doctrine, Restatement tort principles
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The requested remedy would protect one par...
One party acted after receiving notice of a legal risk tied to Negligence. The requested remedy would protect one party but impose a substantial burden on another party who had notice of the risk. The opponent argues tha...
Citations: Common law tort doctrine, Restatement tort principles
Comparative Negligence
Comparative Negligence Torts Torts Comparative Negligence Complete Torts List TortsThis topic appears in the UBE 2026 Rules Library master list under Torts.Comparative NegligenceUse this entry as the rule-review checkpoi...
Defenses to Negligence
Defenses to Negligence Torts Torts Defenses to Negligence Complete Torts List TortsThis topic appears in the UBE 2026 Rules Library master list under Torts.Defenses to NegligenceUse this entry as the rule-review checkpoi...
Contributory Negligence
Contributory Negligence Torts Torts Contributory Negligence Complete Torts List TortsThis topic appears in the UBE 2026 Rules Library master list under Torts.Contributory NegligenceUse this entry as the rule-review check...
A federal court dismisses a state-law negligence claim solely because diversity jurisdiction is missing. What is the...
A federal court dismisses a state-law negligence claim solely because diversity jurisdiction is missing. What is the likely claim-preclusion effect on refiling the negligence claim in a state court with jurisdiction? The...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b), Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
In a negligence action, the plaintiff offers a store inspection log showing that no employee inspected the aisle for...
In a negligence action, the plaintiff offers a store inspection log showing that no employee inspected the aisle for two hours before the plaintiff slipped. The store argues that the log is not enough by itself to prove...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Evidence, Fed. R. Evid. 401
A defendant failed to answer a first negligence suit, and the court entered a default judgment. A different plaintiff...
A defendant failed to answer a first negligence suit, and the court entered a default judgment. A different plaintiff later sues the same defendant and argues that negligence is already established. Which statement is mo...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Judgments principles
A pedestrian suffered a broken wrist because of a driver's negligence. Doctors recommended a safe, routine cast chang...
A pedestrian suffered a broken wrist because of a driver's negligence. Doctors recommended a safe, routine cast change that would probably prevent permanent stiffness. The pedestrian unreasonably refused the cast change...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A plaintiff filed a federal action joining a contract claim against a software vendor with an unrelated negligence cl...
...joining a contract claim against a software vendor with an unrelated negligence claim against a moving company. The defendants move to dismiss the entire case for misjoinder. Which statement is most accurate? Rule 21 is...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 21
A plaintiff files a state-law negligence action in State A court. Complete diversity and the amount in controversy ar...
A plaintiff files a state-law negligence action in State A court. Complete diversity and the amount in controversy are present, but one properly joined and served defendant is a citizen of State A. Which statement best d...
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1441(b)(2)
A plaintiff files a state-law negligence claim in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction. There is no f...
A plaintiff files a state-law negligence claim in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction. There is no federal question. What is the basic Erie rule? The correct answer states the core Erie doctrine rule. Er...
Citations: Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
A plaintiff injured in a negligence accident presents expert testimony that she will need a second knee surgery withi...
A plaintiff injured in a negligence accident presents expert testimony that she will need a second knee surgery within three years, that the need is medically probable, and that the surgery will likely cost between $38,0...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
After a truck collision, Driver sued Carrier Co. in state court for negligence. Carrier Co. failed to answer, and the...
After a truck collision, Driver sued Carrier Co. in state court for negligence. Carrier Co. failed to answer, and the court entered a default judgment for Driver. The judgment awarded damages but contained no findings ab...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Judgments principles, General federal preclusion principles
Before renting a kayak, a customer signed a clear release for "claims arising from ordinary negligence in providing r...
..., a customer signed a clear release for "claims arising from ordinary negligence in providing rental equipment." The rental company then knowingly gave the customer a kayak with a cracked hull after an employee said, "It...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts