Tort Law Chp 4&5 Negligence:
Duty/Breach of Duty Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Under the common law the limitations on the liability of possessors was to encourage full utilization of the land - Correct Answers ✅True A possessor must warn trespassers of dangerous activities in which the possessor is engaging on his land - Correct Answers ✅False For the attractive nuisance doctrine to apply, the possessor need not be aware that children are likely to trespass on his land or have reason to know that the condition poses an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death to trespassing children - Correct Answers ✅False The applicability of the attractive-nuisance doctrine depends on the age, experience, and intelligence of a child - Correct Answers ✅True A posted notice of warning is sufficient for any license - Correct Answers ✅False A plaintiff is considered an invitee even if she is not engaged in business at the time she is injured - Correct Answers ✅True 1 / 3
Tort Law Chp 4&5 Negligence:
Duty/Breach of Duty Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) A plaintiff will lose her invitee status if she goes to part of the premises that extend beyond her invitation unless she reasonably believes the premises are open to the public - Correct Answers ✅True An invitee does not lose her invitee status just because her reason for being on the premises becomes social rather than for business - Correct Answers ✅False What constitutes reasonable care for a possessor depends on the use of the premises - Correct Answers ✅True Not all states use the common law distinctions of trespasser, licensee, and invitee - Correct Answers ✅True Possessors are generally liable for artificial conditions that pose an unreasonable risk of harm to people outside the premises - Correct Answers ✅True All possessors have an obligation to remove trees that expose people outside the possessor's premises to an unreasonable risk of harm - Correct Answers ✅False Under the common law, protection was given to the actual possessor of the land and not an abstract legal owner, and 2 / 3
Tort Law Chp 4&5 Negligence:
Duty/Breach of Duty Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) landlords were absolved of liability once they surrendered possession of their property to their tenant - Correct Answers ✅True A tenant is liable for injuries to an invitee resulting from a defect that could have been discovered using reasonable care even if the tenant did not actually discover it - Correct Answers ✅True A tenant is potentially liable for injuries occurring in common areas, such as elevators and stairways - Correct Answers ✅False Landlords have a duty to protect a tenant's invitees and licensees from dangers of which the landlord is aware but that the tenant has not reason to know about - Correct Answers ✅True A landlord must be given reasonable time to make repairs after being notified of the condition needing repair - Correct Answers ✅True if a plaintiff is injured because of the landlord's failure to complete the repairs he started, the plaintiff can sue both the landlord and the tenant - Correct Answers ✅True
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