22. Axiam Inquisition (Inquisition) magazine published a new…
22. Axiam Inquisition (Inquisition) magazine published a news article about Paul Prude, a famous TV talk show host. The article said that Prude was a vengeful man who once kept actor Xavier Tiger off his program for ten years because Prude thought (falsely) that Tiger had leered at Prude’s wife. Inquisition’s source for this news item was Stan, a servant of Prude. Ed, the editor of Inquisition, knew that Stan was a crack addict and that the money Inquisition was paying him was important to Stan so that he could maintain his drug habit. A journalist of average professionalism would not have believed Stan’s report, but Ed had the unusual habit of believing people quickly and in fact believed Stan implicitly. Prude has brought a libel action against Inquisition, in which he has proved decisively that he never tried to keep Tiger off his show. May Prude recover?
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13. A man was visiting his investment counselor on the 20th floor of an office building. After the meeting, he got on the elevator going down and pressed the button for the lobby. When the elevator got to the second floor, it lost its momentum to stop and instead went into a free-fall to the basement. The man sustained a broken back and is permanently disabled. Assume that the injured man was unable to uncover any evidence proving what caused the collapse of the elevator. He sues the building owner on a negligence theory. In order to survive a motion for summary judgment, what legal principle can he turn to for assistance?
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