1) Negligence is an example of an intentional tort.
True
False
2) ______________________ is/are a form of discovery where a party is required to provide a written response to questions.
A deposition
Interrogatories
A request to produce
3) Mary is employed by publix. During her shift, and while walking through the warehouse, Mary is injured by a box that fell from the top of a large stack of boxes. The box fell on Mary because the boxes had been improperly stacked. The warehouse manager failed to properly supervise the loading of the boxes, and failed to check whether the boxes were secure. Can Mary prevail in a neglignce action against Publix?
No, because Publix is entitled to workers compensation immunity; Mary may receive workers compensation benefits, but cannot prevail in a negligence case.
No, because the Publix manager was not personally responsible for how the boxes were loaded.
Yes, because Mary sustained an on the job injury.
4) The dam that gave way in the Buffalo Creek Disaster was owned by the Buffalo Mining Company, a West Virginia corporation whose sole shareholder was
the Buffalo Corporation
the Pittson Company
Buffalo Mining, LLC
5) The system of checks and balances in our government structure is designed so that
The executive branch cannot act without Congress’ permission
The President can only act with the advice and consent of the members of the Cabinet
No one branch of government can become too powerful, because the other branches, in varying ways, limit the branch’s exercise of power
6) Agencies have authority to carry out legislative, judicial and executive functions of government
depending on whether those powers were granted by the enabling statute which created the agency
In any way they see fit
If the executive branch has delegated that power
7) Owners, or members, of an LLC
are personally liable for the negligence of the LLC
are personally liable for the negligence of other owners of the LLC
None of the above
All of the above
8) Shares in an S corporation
can be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, after an IPO
can be part of multiple classes of shares, such as preferred and non-preferred
can either be voting, or non-voting shares
9) A court may “pierce the corporate veil” and put shareholder’s personal assets at risk if:
The corporation was undercapitalized
The corporation was established with the intent to defraud, or with criminal intent
The corporation acted negligently, and the corporation’s negligence resulted in bodily harm to another
