| Problem 19.7 Reread the Case of the College Prank below. Assume that the plaintiffs can prove duty, breach, and causation. List all types of damages each plaintiff might have suffered. Could they recover all of theses damages? Explain your answer. Problem 19.8 A bartender who never smoked develops lung cancer as a result of inhaling secondhand smoke produced by patrons where he worked for many years. Should the bartender be able to recover damages against cigarette manufacturers? Give your reasons. Problem 19.9 Analyze each case below. Identify the plaintiff and defendant and decide whether the defendent has a legal defense. Assume the state has a comparative negligence law. a. Caroline and her firends go to an amusement park. She decides to ride the scariest roller coaster. Afrer each rider is seated, the attendant secures that rider with a rollbar. Caroline tells her friends that she does not need the rollbar. After the first large hill, she detaches it. Later in the ride, shhe is thrown from the roller coaster and is badly hurt. b. A large sign is posted at the foot of the lifeguard station warning of a very dangerous undertow beyond the first sandbar. There are buoys floating around the sandbar. Howard swims out beyond the sandbar and drowns before the lifeguard is able to reach him. c. Jerry's car runs out of gas on a railway crossing in a rural area. He puts on his flashers to warn approaching cars and begins walking to the nearest gas station, which is a mile away. A freight train approaches, and the engineer sounds his horn several times, thinking the driver will move off the tracks. By the time the engineer realizes that the car is abandoned, it is too late to stop the train. The car is totally demolished. |