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Mike Was Sitting in His Home Watching a Late-Night Baseball

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Mike was sitting in his home watching a late-night baseball game when he heard what sounded like someone trying to break into his home. He immediately went to his closet and retrieved his 9mm. Within seconds, two men broke through the door armed with their own guns. Mike quickly shot both men and immediately called law enforcement. When first responders arrived on the scene, both men were pronounced dead.Mike was in shock that he actually was responsible for the death of two men. Within six months, Mike was informed that he was being sued by one of the deceased intruder's family members for wrongful death. Mike wondered if his rights would be validated.
-The intruder's family member plans to sue Mike in a wrongful death case under what kind of law?

Definitions:

Testcross

Cross, between an individual with a dominant phenotype and an individual with a recessive phenotype, to determine whether the dominant individual is homozygous or heterozygous.

Dominant Phenotype

The phenotype or trait that is expressed in an organism's appearance when two different alleles or versions of a gene are present.

Homozygous Recessive

A genetic condition where an individual possesses two identical recessive alleles for a particular trait, resulting in the expression of the recessive phenotype.

Genotypic Ratio

The numerical relationship showing the assortment of genotypes resulting from a genetic cross.