Absolute Overclaim Trap
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
17018_youth_dodgeball_consent · TORTS · Choice ANo, because the plaintiff was injured.
Why it's attractive
The stem says the contact was customary and within the rules; injury does not change that.
Why it's wrong
The stem says the contact was customary and within the rules; injury does not change that.
17018_youth_dodgeball_consent · TORTS · Choice BYes, but only because the player did not intend any contact.
Why it's attractive
This choice says 'yes,' which is the right result, but it relies on lack of intent rather than consent.
Why it's wrong
This choice says 'yes,' which is the right result, but it relies on lack of intent rather than consent.
17018_youth_dodgeball_consent · TORTS · Choice DNo, because consent to a sport never covers intentional contact.
Why it's attractive
The word 'never' is the tell; contact sports regularly involve intentional contacts that are within the scope of implied consent.
Why it's wrong
The word 'never' is the tell; contact sports regularly involve intentional contacts that are within the scope of implied consent.
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