A Business Can Become Involved in a Tort Action

question 463

Multiple Choice

A business can become involved in a tort action:

• A) if an individual is harmed or injured by the actions of the business or its employees
• B) if an individual is injured by a product produced by the business
• C) if a business harms another business
• D) all of the specific other choices
• E) none of the other specific choices

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Definitions:

Fossil Fuels

Natural fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas formed from the decomposed remains of ancient plants and animals, used as a primary energy source.

Tragedy of the Commons

A situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource.

Public Goods Dilemma

A situation in which the consumption of a good by one individual does not reduce its availability to others, leading to potential overuse or depletion.

Fads

Interests or practices followed enthusiastically for a relatively short period of time.