Megan, a Resident of Ohio, Runs a Red Light in Texas

question 8

Multiple Choice

Megan, a resident of Ohio, runs a red light in Texas and hits Sarah, a Texas resident. Sarah files suit against Megan. The statute that allows the Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over Megan is called a(n)

• A) long arm statute.
• B) in personam statute.
• C) in rem statute.
• D) out-of-state jurisdiction statute.

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Definitions:

Non-Competitive Market

A market situation where individual sellers have significant control over prices and market share, reducing the influence of consumer choice.

Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, and a product for which every seller’s offering is identical.

Economic Difference

The disparity in wealth, income, and living standards between different economies or within sectors of the same economy.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, where each has negligible influence on the market price of homogeneous products.