Later Means Irrelevant
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.”
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Example wrong choices
20310_psalms_wax_lamp · TORTS · Choice BIt proves Ruth was contributorily negligent because Lydia added the guard after the burn.
Why it's attractive
The answer sounds fault-focused, so it feels relevant in a negligence case. The breaker is that Ruth's contributory negligence is not the breach question.
Why it's wrong
The answer shifts from Lydia's breach to Ruth's contributory negligence.
Spot it next time
Ask whose conduct the call is testing.
20310_psalms_wax_lamp · TORTS · Choice CIt conclusively proves Lydia breached her duty before Ruth was burned.
Why it's attractive
The answer sells the hindsight shortcut: Lydia fixed it later, so the earlier setup must have been careless. The breaker is the overclaim, because the later guard cannot conclusively prove breach.
Why it's wrong
The answer turns a later guard into conclusive proof of earlier breach.
Spot it next time
Replace hindsight with the prior-condition breach question.
20310_psalms_wax_lamp · TORTS · Choice DIt is always irrelevant to every issue because it happened after the injury.
Why it's attractive
The answer sells a simple timing rule: after the injury means outside the case. The breaker is the absolute, because later measures are not always irrelevant to every issue.
Why it's wrong
The answer says later measures are always irrelevant to every issue.
Spot it next time
Preserve limited uses while rejecting breach proof.
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