What Happens If a Debtor Is Successful in a Legal

question 73

Multiple Choice

What happens if a debtor is successful in a legal action initiated by a creditor after a creditor attached property?

• A) The creditor will be permitted to sell the debtor's property to satisfy the debt.
• B) The debtor can recover actual damages only, even if the property was wrongfully attached.
• C) The debtor can recover punitive damages only.
• D) The debtor's property is returned, but no damages may be obtained by either party.
• E) The debtor can recover damages from the creditor for losses suffered while deprived of property and, if the property was wrongfully attached, may recover punitive damages.

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Definitions:

Superseding Cause

An unforeseeable event that interrupts the chain of causation and becomes the primary cause of an incident, relieving the defendant of liability.

Bystanders

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Peril

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World System Theory

A socio-economic theory that suggests the world is a complex system influenced by economic and political relationships between countries, emphasizing the division between core and periphery nations.