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Jeff goes to see a Snake Farm in Cutoff, LA.  While Jeff is out sightseeing all of the different caged snakes that the Farm has to offer, one snake gets loose and slithers into the parking lot under Jeff’s truck.  The snake is able to climb up underneath Jeff’s truck and gets into the engine area.  When Jeff leaves the Snake Farm and drives away, the snake gets into his A/C system, jumps out of the A/C dashboard unit, and falls at Jeff’s feet.  Jeff is so alarmed that he jumps out of his truck.  The truck continues to drive and crashes into a forest nearby.  The crash causes the truck to ignite, which leads to a forest fire.  The fire spreads and the next day, it inflames and burns Lucia’s home in the forest.  If Lucia sues Jeff and the Snake Farm for Negligence, the lawsuit will likely fail because of:

Homer, a crop duster, contracts with Flanders to crop dust Flanders’s farmland.  However, when Homer is in the air, he accidentally crop dusts Bart’s farmland because Bart’s farmland is right next to Flanders’s farmland.  And from the air, the two properties are hard to distinguish.  Bart notices what Homer is doing, and realizes that his crops also need dusting.  So Bart figures that he’ll remain silent and take Homer’s services for free.  After Homer has landed his plane, he realizes his error, so he then gets back into his plane and crop dusts Flanders’s farmland.  Flanders pays Homer, but Homer wants to recover from Bart, as well.  Can Homer do this?

Mary, the owner of the Chic Dress Shop, says to Peter, a painter, “If you paint my shop by July 1, I will pay you $3,000.00.”  This offer creates a _____________ contract.  The offer can be accepted only by the painter’s performance of the requested act.

  Harriet Landers is the purchasing agent for the ABC corporation and is in charge of purchasing equipment to be used by the corporation.  Neal Brown, the sales rep of a company that makes equipment that can be used by the ABC corporation, offers to pay Harriet a 10% kickback if she buys equipment from Neal.  She accepts Neal’s offer and orders the equipment from him.  Both parities are guilty of ________________.

What is a court that hears cases of a general nature that is not within the jurisdiction of limited-jurisdiction trial courts, where testimony and evidence at trial are recorded at trial and stored for future reference?

A consumer lifts a power lawnmower on its side to cut a hedge, and is injured when the lawnmower falls and cuts him.  The manufacturer or seller of the lawnmower is NOT liable for the injuries because of:

What is/are the paperwork that is filed with the court to initiate and respond to a lawsuit?

On May 1, Mrs. Colby promises to give her son $10,000 on June 1.  When June 2 arrives, Mrs. Colby refuses to pay the $10,000.  The son CANNOT recover the $10,000 because:

What is the highest court in the United States, located in Washington D.C.?  It was created by Article III of the US Constitution.

Yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater when there is no fire is: