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A person with impaired hearing attempts to cross a busy street using a crosswalk. A taxicab driver's
  line of sight is blocked by a truck and hits the person. The duty of care that the cab driver owes to the
  person is
 
  A) that of a reasonable deaf person
  B) that of a reasonable mentally-ill person
  C) that of a reasonable person
  D) no duty of care, because the person crossing the street never looked at the on-coming traffic

Question 2

The duty of care owed, in general, is
 
  A) that of a prudent person B) circumstantial care
  C) that of a police officer D) slight care


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Reply #1 on: Aug 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


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