Over $75,000

The standard of care is what a reasonable, ordinary, prudent person would do who had the same physical characteristics of the defendant.

Ejusdem generis includes a catch all and noscitur a sociis does not include a catch all.

You can ask the students to give you an example of both.

Every state where it is incorporated and the one state where it has its principal place of business.

Reasonable force. You cannot use force that will cause death or serious bodily harm to defend your property.

Interpret words in such a way that they are not redundant. Two different words cannot have the same meaning.

An individual can be served 1) personally, 2) by leaving a copy at the individual’s dwelling or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and discretion who resides there, or 3) by delivering a copy to an agent authorized by the defendant.

Intent in battery claims require knowledge with substantial certainty or on purpose. Intent in intentional infliction of emotional distress claims includes recklessness as well.

A doctrine where a court interprets a qualifying clause to refer to the immediately preceding words or phrases.

Example: When interpreting the phrase: memos or letters written by the attorney, a court would read the qualifying clause (written by the attorney) as referring to “letters” but not “memos.”

Defendant

A child is required to conform to the standard of care of a child of like age, education, intelligence, and experience.

When a child engages in a potentially dangerous activity that is normally on that only adults engage in, the child will be required to conform to the same standard of care as an adult participating in that activity.

Scrivener’s error is a minor typographical mistake. It can be corrected by outside evidence if the evidence is clear, convincing, and precise.

Subject matter jurisdiction involves the court’s power over a particular type of case. Personal jurisdiction involves the ability of a court having subject matter jurisdiction to exercise power over a particular defendant or item of property.

Conversion is when the interference with the chattel is so serious in nature, or so serious in consequences, that Defendant should pay full value in damages. Trespass to chattels is when the interferences weren’t so serious in nature or consequences.

When a statute is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined in light of other statutes that are on the same subject.