The Proximate Cause Requirement for a Negligence Tort Is Most

question 14

Multiple Choice

The proximate cause requirement for a negligence tort is most likely not met where:

• A) a customer becomes ill from food that is carelessly packed at a processing plant.
• B) a patient becomes sick from a doctor carelessly prescribing the wrong medicine.
• C) a customer in a building supply store carelessly drops a small can of paint that breaks open and is ignited from a spark caused when the metal can hits the concrete floor.
• D) a driver injures a pedestrian when rounding a curve at twice the legal speed limit.
• E) the victim of an accident was aware, prior to the actual accident, that the accident was likely to occur.

Apply the concept of present value to determine the worth of future dividends.

Understand and calculate the value of preferred stocks.

Assess the role of earnings per share (EPS) and EPS growth rate in stock valuation.

Calculate the expected price per share of stock in the future based on anticipated changes in dividends.

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