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EXTRA CREDIT (Up to 5 points): We watched a video in class about “The Colorado Experiment” and discussed several of the legal issues involved. In particular there were legal issues where Colorado law conflicted with federal law.What were those issues?

This ends the questions based primarily on the Unit 4 fact pattern. The remaining questions are general Unit 4 questions. Choose yes or no to proceed (either is accepted, no points are given).

¶ 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, she would have:

¶ K. A tort is:

¶ L, lines 101-103. Pru would have preferred financing through a bank but unfortunately in 2010 Pru had previously submitted false financial statements to the local bank, and once that was discovered, the bank declined to to business with Pru ever again.What is Pru’s strongest defense if a charge were filed today against her for this event?

¶ 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: