$1.$ What is the difference between contributory and comparative negligence?

$2.$ What are the FOUR things that a plaintiff must prove to win their negligence lawsuit? Which one does $$foreseeability$$ change?

$3.$ Defamation requires the plaintiff to show four things. What are they?

$4.$ The responsibility of a property owner differs depending on the type of person on their property. Which type are each of the following, and what duty does the landowner owe them?

$1.$A person that jumps the fence into a residential backyard

$2.$ A person shopping at the grocery store

$3.$ An electric company employee, walking up a residential path to read the electric meter.

$5.$ Are the following examples of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress? Why or why not?

$1.$ I reach out to shake your hand, but pull it away when you reach for it saying $$too slow!$$

$2.$ Every night at $3$am someone sets off the fire alarm at your residence.

$3.$ After hearing you have a fear of snakes, someone hides live snakes in your bed.

In Week $1,$ I asked you to take a look at various Ethical frameworks. This week, let$$s try them out on the following scenario.

In $2011,$ an $18$ year old was rushing to catch his train, due to arrive in the next $5$ minutes. Rather than walk around via stairway, he decided to run and jump across the tracks to reach the opposite side, where is train would arrive. Unfortunately, he didn$$t see the incoming train, traveling $70$ miles per hour. The man was struck and killed, and his body parts flew down the tracks, where they struck people on the platform waiting for their train.

One of the injured bystanders sued the man$$s estate and won. Her lawyer said $$If you do something as stupid as this guy did, you have to be responsible for what comes from it$,$ she said.

$1.$ Under Kantianism, did the court reach an ethical conclusion? Explain using both of Kant$$s two categorical imperatives.

$2.$ This court ruling requires the man$$s estate $($his assets after he died$)$ to pay the medical bills of the injured bystander. Under Utilitarianism, is this ethical? Be sure to explain the pros and cons of the decision.

$3.$ Under Social Contract, what social norms justify penalizing the man who jumped the tracks? Be specific.