Fairness Intuition Substitution
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
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Example wrong choices
17044_goat-lily · TORTS · Choice ANo, because the snake had never bitten anyone before this incident.
Why it's attractive
This choice states the law backwards for wild animals. Prior harm is a domestic-animal scienter requirement, not a wild-animal rule.
Why it's wrong
This choice states the law backwards for wild animals. Prior harm is a domestic-animal scienter requirement, not a wild-animal rule.
17044_goat-lily · TORTS · Choice BYes, but only if Lily knew the side panel was cracked.
Why it's attractive
This choice reframes the case as negligence. The cracked panel is how the escape happened, but strict liability doesn't require proving the keeper's knowledge of any defect.
Why it's wrong
This choice reframes the case as negligence. The cracked panel is how the escape happened, but strict liability doesn't require proving the keeper's knowledge of any defect.
17044_goat-lily · TORTS · Choice DNo, because the electrician was injured while performing paid contract work.
Why it's attractive
The electrician's employment status has no bearing on strict liability for wild animals. This is a fairness intuition, not a legal rule.
Why it's wrong
The electrician's employment status has no bearing on strict liability for wild animals. This is a fairness intuition, not a legal rule.
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