The Reasonable Person Standard Compares the Actions of the Wrongdoer/tortfeasor

question 310

Multiple Choice

The reasonable person standard compares the actions of the wrongdoer/tortfeasor with those of a hypothetical person known as the reasonable person. The reasonable person:

• A) represents a standard of how the average American citizen ought to behave
• B) represents a standard of how the average business CEO ought to behave
• C) represents a standard of how middle class Americans ought to behave
• D) represents a standard of how all voting-age Americans ought to behave
• E) represents a standard of how persons in the relevant community ought to behave

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Definitions:

Wealth Gap

The unequal distribution of assets across a population.

Inherited Properties

Attributes, possessions, or genetic traits transmitted from parents to their offspring through genes or by legal means after death.

Federal Minimum Wage

The lowest hourly wage that employers can legally pay their workers as mandated by the U.S. federal government.

Redlining

Discriminatory practice by banks or other financial institutions of denying or limiting financial services to certain neighborhoods based on racial or ethnic composition.