Defamatory statement made about the defendant

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1. If you are testifying in court you cannot be sued for a defamatory statement made about the defendant, even if it untrue.

True

False

2. Proving the statement you made about the plaintiff is true is a defense to Slander and Libel.

True

False

3. If you write a bad review about a professor on "Rate my Professor" stating that are very boring, give too much homework and grade unfairly, you can be successfully sued for defamation.

True

False

4. Mark an honors student, age 16 gets injured on a muddy football field and sue the school for his injuires. The school is:

a. Liable for his injuries because Mark is a minor

b. Liable for his innjuries under the Negligence Per Se doctrine

c. Not liable for injuries undet the Res Ipsa Loquitor Doctrine

d. Not liable for his injuries under the Assumption of Risk doctrine

6. Alice was crossing against the light in a state that applies the doctrine of "Contributory Negligence" and she was struck by Jay's motorcyle because he went through a red light. The jury found Alice to be 60% liable. In a contributory negligence state:

a. Alice would collect nothing because she was more than 50% liable

b. Alice woiuld recover 50% of her inuries because both she an Jay were reponsible.

c. Alice would ecover 40% of her injuries

d. Alice would recover 100% of her injuries

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