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15 Cards in this Set
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1. Jack walks across the street to get his mail and
mistakenly crosses over Jim's yard when returning home. Jim sues Jack. |
1. trespass to land
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2. Mary observes Jack spank his child, Jason, a
couple times with an open hand, for running into the street. Jason sues his dad, Jack. |
2. battery
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3. Greg tries to back out of his driveway, which is
completely blocked on the street by a truck parked there by Jack. Greg sues Jack. |
3. false imprisonment
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4. Bart, while driving home, sees Josh washing his
bike in Josh's driveway and Bart speeds up, ramming the bike while Josh watches and drives off laughing hysterically. The bike is completely demolished. Josh sues Bart. |
4. trespass to land, conversion
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5. Nicki goes to Smart Mart to return a coat she
Notes Substantive Law for Paralegals: Tort Law 71 bought and when the customer service rep, Ken, says "No can do, since you've got no receipt.", Nicki says to Ken "You son of a %x?#!. You either give me my refund or I'll break your neck!". Nicki says this to Ken while shaking her umbrella in his face. Ken is allowed to give refunds without receipts. Nicki is physically considerably smaller than Ken. Ken sues Nicki. |
5. possible assault
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6. Jack misses a 2 foot putt on the seventh hole
and throws his putter as hard as he can, hitting Arnold, Jack's good friend, who is having a beer on the club patio at the time. Jack apologizes profusely to Arnold while the paramedics carry Arnold away. Arnold sues Jack. |
6. battery
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7. Jack borrows Jesse's weed wacker and agrees
to return it in a week. Jack keeps the wacker 4 weeks before returning it, much to Jesse's dismay. Jesse sues Jack. |
7. possible trespass to chattels, if there were damages
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8. Jack, irritated that Lolita cut him off in traffic,
gets out of his car at the stop sign and proceeds to pummel Lolita's car with his fists while cursing her the whole time. Lolita is shocked and needs medical attention. Lolita sues Jack. |
8. battery, false imprisonment, IIED, and possible assault
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9. Jack is riding his scooter down the street and
hears a gun shot go off in Justin's house. Jack races over to the house, enters the door to see if he can help out and finds Justin watching a scene in the movie "Platoon", where guns are being fired in combat. Justin sues Jack. |
9. trespass to land, necessity defense
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10. Lisa notices her Persian rug is missing from
her front porch and drives around the neighborhood trying to find it. When she sees it on Jack's front porch, she goes up to the porch, grabs her rug and drives off. Jack sues Lisa. |
10. trespass to land, recapture defense
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11. Cody, while attending his son's softball game,
watches Jack, the ref, go over to Cody's son and smack him across the face for throwing a bad pitch. Cody instantly races onto the field Substantive Law for Paralegals: Tort Law 72 and punches Jack in the face. Jack sues Cody. |
11. battery, possible assault, defense of others
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12. With Gary's knowledge, Jack has been driving
across Gary's field on an old dirt road for years. Now, Gary sues Jack. |
12. trespass to land, consent defense
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13. In question 12 above, assume Jack works for
the electric company and is driving over Gary's land in order to install power lines. |
13. consent by law
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14. Grace's cat, MooMoo, has been with her for
over 15 years and is Grace's pride and joy. Knowing this and hating Grace for calling the cops on him for a noisy party he had at his home last year, Jack sees MooMoo on Grace's front porch one day and knowing Grace is watching from behind her window, Jack grabs MooMoo by the tail, slings MooMoo around repeatedly while Jack is laughing the entire time. The horrified Grace then sees Jack sling Moo- Moo onto the street landing on a passing truck never to be seen again*. Grace passes out and is hospitalized for 4 days due to stress from this incident. Grace sues Jack. (* MooMoo arrived safely in Malibu and lives by the water) |
14. IIED, conversion and trespass to land
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15. Coach Johnson, frustrated by his starting
quarterback's, Tory's, practice, locks Tory in the locker room to "think things over" for around 6 hours. Tory sues the Coach. |
15. false imprisonment, discipline privilege
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