LEGAL ISSUES IN SPORT SPM 4723 EXAM 1 REVIEW NEWEST

LEGAL ISSUES IN SPORT SPM 4723 EXAM 1 REVIEW NEWEST

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Personal Property - ----Answers---Movable property such as sports equipment. Property that can be moved or taken with oneself

Real Property - ----Answers---Fixed property such as land, buildings, sport stadiums, fields, courts, or unmovable goals

Necessity - ----Answers---A defense to trespass in which an innocent person enters the land of another to avoid imminent and serious injury to the body or property of oneself or another person

Trespass to Real Property - ----Answers---When a person intentionally enters the land of another, or causes another person or object to enter the land of another, without permission or necessity

Trespass to Personal Property - ----Answers---The initial nonpermitted taking of another person's personal property

Conversion - ----Answers---Taking and depriving another of his right to the exclusive possession of personal property

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Disparagement of Property - ----Answers---Untrue statements about personal property that result in financial hardship to a business; types consist of slander of quality and slander of title

Slander of Title - ----Answers---Untrue statements about the ownership (title) of personal property that result in financial hardship to a business

Slander of Quality - ----Answers---Untrue statements about the quality of personal property that result in financial hardship to a business

Product Liability - ----Answers---Liability attached to the manufacture or distribution of a product

Strict Liability - ----Answers---Legal concept in which liability results regardless of fault; often used in product liability cases

Restatement of Torts - ----Answers---A comprehensive document that provides a uniform set of rules relevant to the law of torts

Breach of Warranty - ----Answers---The failure to uphold an express or implied promise to abide by certain terms and conditions relevant to the sale or lease of goods

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Contractual Remedies - ----Answers---Ways in which contract law can be applied to resolve a wrong done to a plaintiff

Express Warranty - ----Answers---An express agreement (spoken or in writing) that the product will be of a certain quality and type, as well as other agreed-upon provisions

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) - ----Answers---A lengthy document, adopted in 49 U.S. states, that provides a uniform set of rules relevant to the sale of goods (contracts)

Implied Warranty of Fitness - ----Answers---An implied promise by the seller that the product is appropriate for the particular purpose for which it was sold

Implied Warranty of Merchantability - ----Answers---An implied promise by the seller that the product is reasonably appropriate for the general purpose for which it was sold

Manufacturing Defect - ----Answers---A defect that occurs during, or is associated with, the manufacture of a product

Design Defect - ----Answers---A product that is designed in a faulty manner that ultimately results in injury to consumers

Risk - ----Answers---The likelihood or probability of harm

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