Joanne is a passenger in a car driven by Paul, whose negligence causes an accident, injuring himself. Joanne, uninjured and for no particular reason, accompanies Paul to the hospital in a fast ambulance. The ambulance is hit by a car driven by Dodi, injuring Joanne. Joanne files a suit against Paul, whose best defense is:

Donna was the closed MRI technician and a practical joker. One day, after a patient’s closed MRI was complete, Donna waited 10 minutes before coming into the room to let the patient exit just for fun. The patient begins to hyperventilate once they realize Donna wasn’t coming back into the room to let them out of the machine.  If the patient brings a claim against Donna for false imprisonment, what is the likely result?

Leo slips and falls in LabCo and is injured. Leo files a suit against LabCo for $50,000. If Leo is 20 percent at fault and LabCo is 80 percent, under a common law/traditional contributory negligence doctrine, Leo would recover:

If a contract is to be considered valid, an offer must be __________.

Prior to a minor surgery, Wyatt signs a consent form.  Neither the consent form nor the physician disclose a very rare and very minor risk, but the form contains a list of 20 moderate to serious risks.  This risk manifests during the surgery, and Wyatt suffers minor harm.  He wants to file a complaint alleging negligence/lack of informed consent.  Is Wyatt likely to be successful?

On July 23, 2003, Robert underwent surgery to have an ulcer repaired. The surgery appeared to have been successfully completed. However, Robert soon developed a fever and his white blood cell count became elevated, suggesting an infection. On August 8, 2003, it was determined that a sponge had been left inside Robert’s abdominal cavity. On August 11, 2003, Robert died from sepsis. On August 9, 2006, Robert’s estate filed suit against the doctors involved in the surgery. Assuming a 1-year statute of limitations and a 3-year statute of repose, the defendant doctors can successfully move to dismiss the lawsuit as barred by:

Which of the following is NOT effective communication of acceptance of an offer?

A nurse employed by a hospital gives an inappropriate dose of medication to a patient. Which theory BEST describes the potential liability of the hospital based on this fact?

Which of the following is true?   a.  Decreasing the activation energy decreases the reaction rate.   b.  Decreasing the activation energy increases the reaction rate.   c.  The activation energy of an exothermic reaction is negative.   d.  There is no relationship between activation energy and reaction rate.  

Identify each acid and base and their conjugate acid and base in the following equations. Note that the reactions are assumed to be reversible. HF (aq) + H2O (aq)