Abnormally Dangerous Overuse
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Torts1
Example wrong choices
19382_martha-riverwalk-booth-mats · TORTS · Choice BNo, because Peter must sue only Daniel Event Services, which created the tripping hazard.
Why it's attractive
The word only is too strong because contractor liability does not exclude Martha's duty.
Why it's wrong
The word only is too strong because contractor liability does not exclude Martha's duty.
19382_martha-riverwalk-booth-mats · TORTS · Choice CYes, but only because installing rain mats for a crowded festival is abnormally dangerous.
Why it's attractive
The activity is ordinary safety maintenance, so the dangerous-activity label is the wrong reason.
Why it's wrong
The activity is ordinary safety maintenance, so the dangerous-activity label is the wrong reason.
19382_martha-riverwalk-booth-mats · TORTS · Choice DNo, because Daniel Event Services was independent and Martha was not negligent in hiring it.
Why it's attractive
The independent-contractor fact is real, but the ordinance duty is the splitting fact.
Why it's wrong
The independent-contractor fact is real, but the ordinance duty is the splitting fact.
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