Task 4 – Torts and Product Liability CHAPTER 7: 1. What is an intentional tort? 2. Describe the tort of negligence. What are its elements? 3. What is strict liability? 4. Define the intentional torts of assault and battery. 5. Describe the torts against property: trespass and nuisance. 6. What is product liability? 7. Describe comparative negligence and contributory negligence. How do they differ? 8. What is assumption of the risk? 9. What is a warranty? 10. Describe the difference between an express warranty and an implied warranty. Torts and Product Liability Please read the TRAMPLED TO DEATH CASE on Page 283 of the textbook and respond to the following questions: 1. Who bears the blame for Damour’s death? How do we decide where the blame lies? Explain. 2. Were the shoppers guilty of criminal behavior? Immoral behavior? Explain. 3. Did Walmart fail to fulfill its responsibilities to its employees and customers? Explain. Two Page Minimum for the Trampled to Death case; 12-point Times New Roman; double spaced; and page numbering. Government Regulation of Business 1. What are government regulations? 2. Why would the government decide to impose regulations on business practice? 3. What is the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution? 4. Describe the Supremacy Clause. 5. What is the preemption doctrine? 6. What federal agencies regulate business practice? 7. What are the three broad categories of a federal regulatory agency’s authority? 8. Describe the concept of “checks and balances”. 9. What is the role of the Federal Communications Commission? 10. How do the Commerce Clause, the Supremacy Clause and the preemption doctrine work to regulate business practice? Please read REGULATE VIDEO GAMES on Page 333 of the textbook and respond to the following questions: 1. In your judgment, are violent and sexually explicit videos harmful to children? 2. Will the free market and industry ethics satisfactorily protect society from any harm that may emerge from video game playing or is legal intervention necessary? Explain. 3. Do we need to protect children from video games, whether violent or not? Explain. If so, would government intervention be the most effective way of offering that protection? Explain. Requirements: • Two Page Minimum for the Regulate video Games ; 12-point Times New Roman; double spaced; and page numbering.
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