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Louis, a three-year-old child, was seriously injured when he stuck a fork into an electrical outlet. His parents sued the restaurant where the incident occurred, claiming it should have had child protective guards on the outlets. Whether the restaurant is liable will be dependent upon whether:

An individual will not be liable in strict liability if they can establish that they exercised reasonable care.

Donald Trump proposes to Jill Biden but she says “No.” Over a glass of champagne, watching the sunset from the Mar-a-Lago Club patio, he verbally offers her the deed to his Trump Hotel in Las Vegas as a wedding gift if she accepts. After divorcing Melania and Joe, respectively, they are married by a terrific Elvis impersonator, who has a license to perform marriages in the State of Nevada, in a very, very classy wedding ceremony at the Graceland Wedding Chapel on the “Strip”, but then The Donald changes his mind and does not deliver the deed. He tells Jill, “you’re fired!”  The promise is enforceable.

Julie buys a microwave at David’s yard sale. The first time she uses it, a negligently manufactured power cord catches fire, and burns her condo down. Julie sues the microwave manufacturer and David alleging that the microwave was defective – what result?

Travis is unemployed and to make some extra money, he agrees to paint a mural in Amy’s office lobby for $23,000. A week before he is due to begin painting, Travis finds a new job and tells Amy he will not paint her lobby because he now no longer has time. Amy files a lawsuit against Travis immediately. What will be the outcome?

George Jones, an employee of Sweet Water LLC (“SW”), failed to stop at a stop light when the light turned red, while delivering an order for SW and hit another car, breaking the other driver’s neck. SW is:

Paul owes Peter money. Peter called Paul’s home fifty times per day for five weeks asking for repayment, with many of the calls coming after midnight. Paul is now depressed and can’t sleep and is under psychiatric care. Peter might be liable for:

Jason sues Super Mart for false imprisonment, assault, and battery. At trial, Jason’s attorney proves that Super Mart committed these torts and that Jason had medical expenses of $25,000, lost wages of $15,000, and also experienced pain and suffering as a result. If the applicable state tort reform statute limits the amount of noneconomic damages that a plaintiff may recover to one-half of the amount of the plaintiff’s economic damages, the total maximum amount of compensatory damages that the court may order Super Mart to pay Jason is:

In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a:

While mowing her lawn, Helen gets three fingers chopped off by the metal blades of her mower. She sues PowerMower, the manufacturer. At trial, Helen’s lawyer proves that, for the same price, PowerMower could have designed and manufactured mowers with plastic blades that were completely harmless to human hands. Under the risk-utility test, the court will also consider: