Patrick Asks Keanu to Participate in a Bank Robbery

question 50

Multiple Choice

Patrick asks Keanu to participate in a bank robbery.Before the robbery,he gets Keanu to sign an exclusion clause stating that Patrick is not liable for any injury during the robbery.Keanu agrees because Patrick is a professional bank robber.Keanu is shot during the robbery and sues Patrick for negligence.Which of the following is Patrick's best defense?

• A)Contributory negligence because Keanu stepped into a dangerous situation
• B)Voluntary assumption of risk because he signed an exclusion clause
• C)Illegality because it is illegal to rob a bank
• D)Any of these would work as complete defenses
• E)Any of these would work as defenses,but only volenti and illegality are complete defenses

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