Choose the correct answer.

Mike points an unloaded gun at Tom and says, Im going to blow you away. Mike knew the gun was not loaded but Tom did not. If Tom sues Mike the best cause of action is:

Question 9 options:

a)

assault.

b)

battery.

c)	false imprisonment.

d)	invasion of privacy.

Connie was accidentally locked in the bathroom at Food Mart at closing time, and spend the night in the store. If Connie sues Food Mart for false imprisonment, she will:

Question 10 options:

a)	win, because Food Mart obviously did this on purpose.

b)	win, because she was detained for an unreasonable period of time.

c)	lose, because the store did not intend to lock her in the restroom.

d)	lose, because the store employees have no duty to check to see if the store was empty.

Zelda sneaks up on Ted and kisses the back of his neck. Ted despises Zelda, and sues her for the tort of:

Question 12 options:

a)

assault.

b)

battery.

c)	conversion.

d)	false imprisonment.

The Windjammer Barefoot Cruises case, where Kristi died scuba diving, illustrates that even though the defendant was negligent the plaintiff only recovered 50% of the damage because of:

Question 15 options:

a)	the deceaseds contributory negligence, she did not act like an ORPP.

b)	the deceased had assumed the risks associated with drugs and alcohol.

c)	the plaintiff didnt prove its prima facie case.

d)	the damages asked were too great.

e)	probably both a & b

The Mayor of Cantonville, who is running for re-election, is suing the local paper for a story leaked to the paper by members of the opposing political party. Assuming that the story is false, the mayor will win the suit if he can show that:

Question 17 options:

a)	the reporter who wrote the story was negligent in checking her sources.

b)	the reporter who wrote the story knew that the story was false when she wrote it.

c)	the paper printed the story and the intentions of the report do not matter.

d)	the story was false and the intentions of the reporter does not matter.