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melina_rosy

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Metro Chemical Co manufactures chemical pesticides at its facility. An eighteen wheeler truck crashes into the plant when the truck driver suffers a heart attack and veers off the road and onto the company's property. In the collision, a chemical storage tank is ruptured and noxious fumes are released into the atmosphere where they are inhaled and cause illness to workers at neighboring industrial sites. Is Metro Chemical Co strictly liable for this harm?
 
  a. Yes because manufacturing pesticides is an abnormally dangerous condition or activity.
  b. No because manufacturing pesticides is not an abnormally dangerous condition or activity.
  c. No, because Metro Chemical Co.'s conduct did not cause the harm.
  d. No because the truck driver trespassed on Metro Chemical Co.'s land.

Question 2

Pamela threatens to report her ex-boyfriend Steven's tax fraud unless Steven agrees to allow Pamela to keep the house they shared. What tort has Pamela committed?
 
  a. malicious prosecution
  b. abuse of process
  c. intentional infliction of emotional distress
  d. none because Steven is a criminal and Pamela should report him



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Answer to Question 1

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