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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).

¶ 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: