Author Question: An ambulance travels at a reasonable speed to get to a hospital; its passenger was injured in an ... (Read 79 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

An ambulance travels at a reasonable speed to get to a hospital; its passenger was injured in an auto
accident. On the way to the hospital, a truck hits the ambulance, and the passenger suffers additional
injury. The passenger sues the driver of the car, from the first accident, and the truck driver. To escape
liability, the car driver's best argument to escape liability will be to say

A) the truck driver was a superseding cause
B) the ambulance driver was the actual cause
C) the truck driver was an intervening cause
D) the truck driver was the actual cause

Question 2

Defendant is found liable for negligence, but the jury says that plaintiff is entitled only to recover
one dollar. That means that plaintiff will recover

A) nominal damages B) compensatory damages
C) no damages D) punitive damages