The public duty doctrine: a) Requires public officials to protect the public. b) Creates…

The public duty doctrine:
a) Requires public officials to protect the public.
b) Creates a no duty to protect rule under common law for public officials.
c) Creates a duty to protect under common law.
d) Has no exceptions.
A key feature of the duty to control is:
a) A special relationship between the defendant and the person who needs to be controlled.
b) The ability of the defendant to control the person who needs to be controlled.
c) Knowledge of the need to control.
d) All of the above.
The duty to protect is limited by:
a) The resources available to the defendant.
b) The closeness of the relationship between the defendant and the person harming the plaintiff.
c) The foreseeability of the risks.
d) All of the above.
In
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California,
the court said that:
a) The psychologist had a duty to protect a third person whom her patient had threatened to harm even though the psychologist had no relationship with the third person.
b) The psychologist had no duty to protect a third person whom her patient had threatened to harm.
c) The psychologist had a duty to protect a third person whom her patient had threatened to harm because the psychologist had a special relationship with the third person.
d) The psychologist had no duty to protect a third person whom her patient had threatened to harm because the psychologist did not have a special relationship with the third person.
Jeff goes to a party at Dan’s house. Dan serves alcohol. Jeff drinks too much and drives himself home. Pam, who is also intoxicated, goes home with Jeff. On the way home, Jeff runs off the road and Pam is seriously injured. Pam sues Jeff and Dan arguing that Dan had a duty to control Jeff. Most courts would:
Question 5 options:
a) Find that Dan has a duty to control Jeff because he served Jeff the alcohol.
b) Find that Dan does not have a duty to control Jeff.
c) Find that Dan has a duty to control Jeff, but only if Jeff’s intoxication was blatantly obvious.
d) Find that Dan has a duty to control Jeff by taking his car keys and calling a taxi for him.
Patricia claims that her high school gym teacher sexually abused her. She sues the school for failing to protect her. Which of the following is true?
Question 6 options:
a) The school is subject to liability, but only if the abuse happened on school grounds.
b) The school is subject to liability, but only if employees who have supervisory responsibility over students have actual knowledge of the abuse.
c) The school is subject to liability if employees who have supervisory responsibility over students have actual knowledge of the abuse, or learn of facts that would lead a reasonable person to conclude the student is being abused, and do not take reasonable steps to protect the student.
d) The school is not subject to liability.