Chapter 8 Self-Quiz

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. Huber writes that the "safety tax" is responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:

Almost one-third the price of a stepladder correct incorrect

45 percent of the cost of an MRI. correct incorrect

The majority of the cost of childhood vaccines correct incorrect

A quarter of the price of a bus tour in Long Island correct incorrect

33.33 percent of the price of a small airplane. correct incorrect

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. The "safety tax" costs Americans how much each year, according to Huber's article?

$35 million correct incorrect

$75 million correct incorrect

$80 million correct incorrect

$4 billion correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What did the old tort theorists conclude was the overriding question that the “old law” asked, in accord with their assumptions regarding it?

How would a party know in what cases it was supposed to insure itself? correct incorrect

How would a party know when it would have to pay uncovered liabilities? correct incorrect

How did the parties agree to allocate the costs of the accident? correct incorrect

How did one know when a customer must be identified as the recipient of the costs? correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What is the "revolution" that Huber mentions?

The French Revolution correct incorrect

A nineteenth-century revolution in economic theory correct incorrect

The "across the board" dismissal of tort law theory correct incorrect

The abandonment of the law of contract correct incorrect

The Smithian revolution of the late eighteenth century correct incorrect

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. For a while, Huber argues, the reinterpretation of contract terms sufficed as a basis for

inventing liability standards much stricter than: correct incorrect

Negligence correct incorrect

Contracts correct incorrect

Recklessness correct incorrect

Gross negligence correct incorrect

Torts correct incorrect

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. Roy Anderson believes it is critical to understand that:

"You're in good hands with Allstate." correct incorrect

Manmade systems, such as tort law and liability insurance, operate in accordance with human beliefs. correct incorrect

Tort law is out of touch with "the real people" it is supposed to be helping. correct incorrect

The advent of liability insurance changed "things." correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Modic claims that the tort system no longer works properly for whom?

Tort lawyers correct incorrect

All lawyers correct incorrect

Individuals "priced outside of the insurance market" correct incorrect

Corporations "priced inside the insurance market" correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The "fear of living" that Fairlie talks about is what?

Americans are becoming more risk-averse. correct incorrect

Corporations and professionals fear being sued. correct incorrect

Consumers fear being hurt by defective products. correct incorrect

NASA fears there will be another tragedy like the Challenger explosion. correct incorrect

Our lives are getting more and more risky over time. correct incorrect

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. In Justice Burger's article, Walter Olson compares lawyers to what?

Sharks correct incorrect

Lions correct incorrect

Used car dealers correct incorrect

Actors correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Who brought cost-benefit analysis to the government?

Robert McNamara of Ford Motor Company correct incorrect

George H. W. Bush correct incorrect

Chief Justice Warren Burger correct incorrect

General Mark Dowie correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Why does Dowie think that Ford's cost-benefit analysis is a moral problem?

It is dishonest and includes lies about the Pinto's safety. correct incorrect

It places a dollar value on human life. correct incorrect

It shows that Ford made the Pinto unsafe on purpose. correct incorrect

It shows that Ford is out to make a profit. correct incorrect

None of the above: Dowie does not think Ford was morally wrong. correct incorrect

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. Which lawsuit(s) does Thomson NOT discuss?

Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories correct incorrect

Summers v. Tice correct incorrect

Brown v. Board of Education correct incorrect

Greenman v. Wendell correct incorrect

Both (c) and (d) correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a potential challenge that the growth of driverless car technology faces, according to Adam Thierer?

Infrastructure issues correct incorrect

Different technical standards correct incorrect

Restrictive state licensing policies correct incorrect

The costs of research and development correct incorrect

Excessive law suits correct incorrect

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. Huber argues that tort law has not changed much since the start of the twentieth century.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Thomson concerns her argument not with blame, but with who is to pay out of pocket for costs surrounding incidents.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In tort law, the concept that the guilty person must be 100 percent at fault is followed unquestioningly.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Burger believes that professionals like lawyers should not advertise.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Ford was not aware of the danger posed by the Pinto's fuel tank.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Ford's cost-benefit analysis valued a human life at approximately $200,000.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. According to the Eno Center for Transportation, if ten percent of the cars on the road became self-driving cars, that would save 1,000 American lives each year.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect