Clients who feel that they have suffered damages as a result of a professional's breach of his or her duty of care can bring a negligence case against the professional referred to as a _____________ case.

Tina negligently hits student Susie with her car. Which of the following is true? 
A. Tina has no duty to come to the aid of Susie.
B. Tina has a duty to come to the aid of Susie because she negligently hit her.
C. Tina has a duty to come to the aid of Susie only if police are not on the scene within a reasonable amount of time.
D. Tina has a duty to come to the aid of Susie only if Susie has no insurance.
E. Tina has a duty to come to the aid of Susie only if no one else is willing to do so.

In some cases, however, the courts hold that individuals have a duty to aid strangers in certain types of peril. For example, if Sam negligently hits Janice with his car and, as a result, Janice is lying in the street, Sam has a duty to remove her from that dangerous position.

Clients who feel that they have suffered damages as a result of a professional's breach of his or her duty of care can bring a negligence case against the professional referred to as a _____________ case. 
A. Malfeasance
B. Malpractice
C. Mistake
D. Physician liability
E. Physician guilty

Clients who feel that they have suffered damages as a result of a professional's breach of her duty of care can bring a negligence case against her. These actions are referred to as malpractice cases.

The violation of a duty of care is called _______. 
A. Breach of responsibility
B. Breach of statute
C. Breach of duty
D. Objectionable breaching
E. Negligent breaching

Once the plaintiff has established that the defendant owes her a duty of care, she must prove that the defendant's conduct violated that duty. This violation is called a breach of duty.

Which of the following is true regarding the duty that a business owes to customers? 
A. A business owes no duty to its customers other than to sell safe products.
B. A business owes an absolute duty to keep its customers safe and is strictly liable for any harm.
C. A business only owes a minimal duty toward customers.
D. A business owes a negligence per se duty toward customers.
E. A business has a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.

The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.

Which of the following are elements of causation? 
A. Actual cause and proximate cause.
B. Actual cause and significant cause.
C. Actual cause and clear cause.
D. Proximate cause and significant cause.
E. Proximate cause and real cause.

Causation has two separate elements: actual cause and proximate cause.