Tort law worksheet with answers

When two tortfeasors cause the same indivisible damage, the claimant can usually:

1. ARecover the full damages from either of them
2. BSue only the one who acted first
3. CRecover only half from each of them
4. DSue only if both are joined in one claim

Contributory negligence usually leads to:

1. AA reduction in the claimant's damages
2. BA higher award of damages
3. CComplete defeat of the claim in all modern systems
4. DCriminal liability for the claimant

False imprisonment is:

1. ARefusing to let someone enter your house
2. BBlocking one of several routes a person wants to take, however briefly
3. CWrongly reporting someone to the police
4. DUnlawfully and completely restricting a person's freedom of movement

Heat from a neighbour's ordinary activity damages specially sensitive paper stored by the claimant, but would not harm ordinary paper. Under Robinson v Kilvert, the claim:

1. ASucceeds, because the paper was valuable
2. BFails, because nuisance does not protect abnormally sensitive uses
3. CSucceeds, because any physical damage to goods is an actionable nuisance
4. DFails, because heat cannot be a nuisance

Under Froom v Butcher, if wearing a seatbelt would have prevented a car passenger's injuries entirely, damages are usually reduced by:

1. A75%
2. B25%
3. C10%
4. D50%

Patients are paralysed by anaesthetic contaminated through invisible cracks in glass ampoules, a risk unknown to doctors at the time. Under Roe v Minister of Health, the hospital was:

1. ANegligent, judged by the medical knowledge available at trial
2. BNegligent, because harm occurred in hospital
3. CStrictly liable for any harm from drugs
4. DNot negligent, judged by the knowledge available at the time

A man is prevented from walking along part of a bridge closed for an event, but is free to go back the way he came. In Bird v Jones, the court held:

1. AThere was no false imprisonment, because his freedom was not totally restricted
2. BThere was false imprisonment, because the bridge was public
3. CThere was an assault, because he was blocked
4. DThere was false imprisonment, because he could not continue the way he wanted to go

For a public authority, a negligence claim about how it exercised a statutory power often fails because:

1. AStatutory powers automatically create a private law duty to use them carefully for each citizen
2. BThe authority must be sued in a criminal court
3. CCourts are reluctant to impose duties for failing to confer benefits or for policy decisions
4. DAuthorities are always immune from all claims