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¶ K, line 94. Nadiya is thinking of suing everyone for punitive damages.Punitive damages are sought against corporate defendants:

When professional hockey first came to the United States, many spectators injured by flying hockey pucks sued and recovered for negligence. But as time went on and spectators came to realize that attending a hockey game meant that one might occasionally be exposed to a flying hockey puck, courts began to allow the defendant owners of hockey teams were no longer liable to injured spectators. This explains the defense to negligence of: 

¶ G, line 65. “Trust us, we have video and witnesses. But you won’t find out about all that until the trial.”This statement by the police is false under which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

¶ E, lines 41-44. Several days after the incident at the Market, the police wanted to question Liverpool about the incident. Officer Weghorst went to his house, rang the doorbell, and Liverpool answered the door buck naked. “Can you give me a second to put on some clothes?” Liverpool asked. Weghorst agreed and waited outside the house. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires Officer Weghorst to ring the bell and wait outside the house, instead of just going in?

¶ K, lines 85-86. Sure enough, one day the Torte Bomber machine malfunctioned, injuring Nadiya severely and damaging the building. Assume the Torte Bomber machine malfunctioned because Nadiya was unaware that the protective shield should not be removed to look into the machine while the machine was in operation, causing a piece of the machine to break off and injure Nadiya. KitchenButler could be liable for the produce malfunction, and subsequent injury, because of:

In the case of Alton Logan and the death of off-duty corrections officer Lloyd Wickliffe at a Chicago McDonald’s, discussed in class, the persons faced with the ethical dilemma were:

¶ H, lines 72-74. After that March 1 appearance by Liverpool, the facts of this case were presented to a panel of 23 people from the community who also issued charges against Liverpool. The charge provided by that panel was presented to Liverpool at the next court appearance on April 1.What is the name for the panel discussed in this part of the fact pattern?

¶ C, lines 31-36. Another driver, Walter Wayward, was driving drunk after drinking cherry vodka shots at PruBerrys. Wayward was easily distracted by all the activity, and Wayward crashed his vehicle into the old Manias Manor building that was being prepared for demolition. (See Exhibit 4.) Because there was no fencing around that building, once Wayward hit the building, bricks easily fell upon Wayward’s car causing much more damage than if Wayward had hit a “regular building.” Because of the extensive damage to Wayward’s car, Wayward decides to sue the owner of Manias Manor and the demolition crew. Under “new” negligence law, even though Wayward had some fault in incident, the result of Wayward’s suit would likely be:

¶ L, lines 108-109.  At one point, Nadiya considered telling the authorities what Pru was doing, but she feared retaliation and the financial hardship of probably losing her job. If Nadiya had done this, that is notified the authorities of a fraud on the government, and the government recovers money from the company and persons committing a fraud, Nadiya may be able to tangibly benefit how?

¶ G, lines 62-63. “You have that prior conviction for battery when you tried to poison the judges at the food competition, so you go into a trial with the label of a convicted felon.”This statement by the police violates the presumption of innocence contained in which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?