In certain cases courts allow a party to recover more damages than the reasonable compensation for the injury for the primary purpose of punishing the defendant for the reprehensible conduct.
What is exemplary damages (or punitive damages)
100
The usual contract of employment is oral and terminable at the option of either employer or employee.
What is employment-at-will?
100
Land and anything firmly attached to it.
What is real property?
100
False statements made about a person tend to expose him or her to public ridicule, contempt, or hatred.
What is defamation?
100
The right to peaceably assemble.
What is the First Amendment to the Constitution?
200
As a substitute for court actions, a procedure in which a dispute is submitted to an impartial umpire or board of umpires whose decision on the matter is final and binding.
What is arbitration?
200
Competent parties
Agreement
Consideration
Lawful purpose
Form
What are the 5 elements of a valid contract?
200
Property such as goods, chattels, money and accounts receivable.
What is personal property?
200
The owner may be held liable for injuries sustained by children on his/her property under the following conditions:
1) the owner knew that the dangerous conditions would be attractive to children;
2) the owner had reason to expect children would play there
What is an attractive nuisance?
200
An unlawful arrangement in which a new employee must be a union member before being employed.
What is the closed shop arrangement?
300
Voluntary giving up a right to which one is legally entitled.
What is a waiver?
300
An item added into the bid to cover unexpected events
What is a contingency?
300
Having made, used, or sold an invention in violation of the monopoly granted by the patent.
What is a patent infringement?
300
1. The existence of a duty,
2. its breach,
3. an injury, and
4. damages
What are the requirements of negligence?
300
An unfair labor practice to force or threaten an employer to refuse to handle the products of some other company.
What is a hot cargo agreement?
400
Insurance, donee beneficiary, creditor beneficiary, and intended beneficiary are all examples of this type of contract.
What is a third-party beneficiary contract?
400
1. Conception of the idea
2. Reduction of the idea to practice
3. Refinement and oversight
What are the stages of a project?
400
Land donated by the owner that is required for public use such as a road or school playground.
What are dedications?
400
A person making false and misleading statements about a competitor's products.
What is trade libel (or disparagement)?
400
Disability involving the permanent loss of function of some part of the worker's body.
What is permanent partial disability?
500
An expert in a particular field, requested to provide advice and consultation for a trial.
What is an expert witness?
500
Gives the owner financial protection in case of default by the contractor.
What is a bond?
500
Name the grantor & grantee;
Describe/identify the property;
Use words of conveyance transferring ownership; and
Be signed, sealed, witnessed, delivered, and accepted by the grantee.
What are the essentials of a deed?
500
When a plaintiff brings a suit against another merely as an annoyance or harassment; hinging on the presence of probable cause.
What is malicious prosecution?
500
The basis for most of the standards and procedures related to worker injuries and illness incurred on the job.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)