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¶ B, lines 16-17. Fielding took Liverpool’s threat seriously. Every night, as he closed the Market, he set booby-traps in case Liverpool would try to break into the Market while it was closed.Except in the most extreme situations, a property owner does NOT have the right to:

¶ 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 “old” negligence law, because Wayward had some fault in the incident, the result of Wayward’s suit would likely be:

¶ I,  lines 75-77. Fielding was also charged with a crime because of what happened in paragraph A, line 14. Instead of contesting the charge, so that sentencing could proceed without the costs of a trial and avoiding the affect of a guilty plea in a subsequent civil action.What is the name for the plea Fielding entered?

¶ L, lines 104-105. She also sought assistance during Covid by mailing in those false financial statements to the Small Business Administration for an Emergency Capital Investment loan that she didn’t get.If Pru had been caught doing this, she could have been charged with the crime of:

¶ B, lines 26-27. Fielding was upset, reached behind the counter for a gun, went to the door and fired a shot toward a fleeing Liverpool.If Fielding’s shot accidentally hit Liverpool as he was running away, that would have been the crime of:

Why does Fielding have a defense to a claim brought by the injured pedestrian?

The ethical system or theory of ____ emphasizes the balancing of pros and cons to determine what course of action would best benefit society.

¶ B, lines 26-27. Fielding was upset, reached behind the counter for a gun, went to the door and fired a shot toward a fleeing Liverpool.If Fielding’s pointed the gun at Liverpool as he was running away, killing Liverpool, Fielding would most likely be charged with the crime of:

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).