To lighten a passenger plane which is coming perilously close to hitting some trees, the captain of
the plane orders the crew to eject all luggage. Doing so lightens the plane so that the captain can gain
enough altitude to bring the plane to its destination. If passengers on that flight sue the airline for
damages due to the loss of luggage, the airline likely will avoid liability by claiming the defense of
A) public necessity B) mistake of law
C) private necessity D) mistake of fact
Question 2
Because hurricane-force winds threaten to destroy an abandoned house, a state emergency services
team tears it down. The owner of the property sues the government on the grounds that this was done
without the owner's permission. The emergency services team will escape liability due to
A) an unavoidable accident B) public necessity
C) an Act of God D) private necessity
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Bonobos are close relatives of chimpanzees and of humans.
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