Which of the Following Statements Describes the Applicable Standard Used

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes the applicable standard used in determining the liability of a common carrier when harm befalls property that is the subject of a bailment placed in the care of the carrier?

• A)The carrier is liable only if gross negligence can be proven.
• B)The carrier is generally strictly liable for harm to the bailed property.
• C)The carrier is liable only if ordinary or gross negligence can be proven.
• D)Because of the doctrine of assumption of risk,the carrier is not liable for harm to the bailed property.
• E)The carrier is liable only if it can be proven that the carrier acted in a reckless manner.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how spread out the data are.

Deviations

Differences between observed values and some reference value, often the mean of the dataset.

Standard Deviation

A gauge for assessing the spread or differentiation of values within a group of data points.

Variance

A measure of the spread of a set of values, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.