109. Shooting a bullet across someone else’s property without stepping onto the property may be the tort of trespass to
land.
a. True
b. False
110. Someone tells you it is ok to hunt on a farmer’s property, but in fact it is not. The farmer has a good case against
you for trespass to land despite what you were told.
a. True
b. False
111. If you go on someone’s property, but do not know that it belongs to that person, you have not committed a trespass
because you did not know of the ownership.
a. True
b. False
112. Trespass is an unauthorized intrusion by a person or by a thing on land that belongs to another.
a. True
b. False
113. In Smith v. Kulig, Smith was killed when he was visiting a friend‘s apartment and the fire escape outside of the
apartment collapsed when Smith walked on it. The courts held the landlord violated a duty of care to the tenant and
his guests, so was liable.
a. True
b. False
114. In Smith v. Kulig, Smith was killed when he was visiting a friend’s apartment and the fire escape outside of the
apartment collapsed when Smith walked on it. The courts held Smith was a trespasser and the landlord was not
liable.
a. True
b. False
115. In Smith v. Kulig, Smith was killed when he was visiting a friend‘s apartment and the fire escape outside of the
apartment collapsed when Smith walked on it. The courts held the landlord negligent in the provision and
maintenance of a required fire escape, so liable to Smith’s heirs.
a. True
b. False
116. Your neighbor deals drugs out of his house. You may have a good suit for nuisance against him.
a. True
b. False
117. Your neighbor plays poker at all hours of the night, which is immoral. You have a suit against him for private
nuisance.
a. True
b. False
118. Unreasonable interference with a right held in common by the general public is a public nuisance. Tort suits may be
brought by the government on behalf of citizens.
a. True
b. False
119. Greenbeans runs a big pig farm. Once the farm was far from town, but the town has grown and the farm is now
many houses have been built near it. The stink from the farm might be a public nuisance.
a. True
b. False
120. In Sowers v. Forest Hills Subdivision, where Sowers wanted to build a wind turbine to generate electricity, the
Nevada high court held that such construction was a nuisance and upheld an injunction against construction.
a. True
b. False
121. In Sowers v. Forest Hills Subdivision, where Sowers wanted to build a wind turbine to generate electricity, the
Nevada high court held that such construction was in the public interest so would be allowed
a. True
b. False
122. In Sowers v. Forest Hills Subdivision, where Sowers wanted to build a wind turbine to generate electricity, the
Nevada high court held that such construction was not a nuisance because those who lived in the subdivision
would all benefit from the electricity.
a. True
b. False
123. Intentional and wrongful interference with another person’s briefcase may be the tort of trespass to personal
property.
a. True
b. False
124. If your neighbor takes your car, without permission, uses it for a day, and then returns it to you with no damage,
there has been a trespass to personal property.
a. True
b. False
125. Conversion represents an intentional interference with personal rights.
a. True
b. False
126. Generally, one who wrongfully acquires another‘s personal property–as by theft, duress, or fraud–is said to be
committed the tort of conversion.
a. True
b. False
127. In most jurisdictions, a good-faith purchaser who believes a seller had a right to sell property is liable for conversion
if the property was bought from a thief.
a. True
b. False
128. When intellectual property, such as a patent, is stolen by others, it is the tort of misappropriation.
a. True
b. False
129. The tort of misappropriation, as applied to the theft of intellectual property, is a tort based on negligence.
a. True
b. False
130. Fortunately for businesses, slip and fall cases are rarely successful, so not common.
a. True
b. False
131. Since customers are invited to be on business property, the owners have a duty to make the property safe from
falls.
a. True
b. False
132. Unless a person makes a purchase at a store, they do not have the status of a customer and so are not owed
special care against dangers from slippery spots.
a. True
b. False
133. In DiPietro v. Farmington Sports Arena, 11-year–old DiPietro was injured when playing soccer due to, she
contended, a defect in the playing surface. She sued for premises liability.
a. True
b. False
134. In DiPietro v. Farmington Sports Arena, 11-year–old DiPietro was injured when playing soccer due to, she
contended, a defect in the playing surface. She sued for strict liability to be imposed due to failure to warn of
defects in the surface.
a. True
b. False
135. In DiPietro v. Farmington Sports Arena, 11-year–old DiPietro was injured when playing soccer due to, she
contended, a defect in the playing surface. The courts held that she failed to show that the playing surface was
defective, so liability was not imposed.
a. True
b. False
136. In Campisi v. Acme Markets, Campisi was injured when she tripped over the cane of a blind employee of the
store. The appeals court held that the store was negligent as the Americans with Disabilities Act allows blind
persons to use canes.
a. True
b. False
137. In Stewart v. Federated Department Stores, a woman’s estate successfully sued Bloomingdale‘s for failing to
adequately guard one of the store’s parking lots, where she was murdered.
a. True
b. False
138. In Stewart v. Federated Department Stores, where a woman’s estate sued Bloomingdale’s for failing to
adequately guard one of the store’s parking lots, the court held that the security was not negligent under the
circumstances.
a. True
b. False
139. In Erichsen v. No–Frills Supermarket, Erichsen was serious hurt when robbed in the store parking lot. The
Nebraska high court held the store could be liable in negligence for failure to provide better security.
a. True
b. False
140. In Erichsen v. No–Frills Supermarket, Erichsen was serious hurt when robbed in the store parking lot. The
Nebraska high court held the store was not liable in negligence for failure to provide better security because the
attack was a random criminal event that could not have been reasonably expected.
a. True
b. False