assume Mary was injured in an automobile accident.Joe was driving…

assume Mary was injured in an automobile accident.Joe was driving the car that hit Mary.Mary was driving with her friend Tom who was sitting in the passenger seat.Mary suffered injuries including damages to her car.Tom suffered a head injury as a result of the accident.Mary wants to sue Joe;however Joe claims that the brakes of the car failed due to a mechanic problem. If a lawsuit is filed, identify the party who files the following pleadings if a pleading can filed.f.the complaint,g.the answer,h.A counterclaim,i.A cross claim,j.A 3rd party claim/

assume Robin Barker dictates a letter to her secretary.The letter is addressed to Ms. Wanda Jones. In the letter Ms. Barker tells Ms. Jones that she thinks Ms.Jones is a thief.The secretary types and mails the letter to Ms.Jones. Can Ms.Jones sue for defamation?Explain ur answer.What element is arguably missing?

/Q4/what defenses to the crimes below might be available to the following defendants? just list the defenses for each one:complete defense,partial defense,Alibi defense,ignorance or mistake,insanity defense, intoxication defense, self defense, reactive defense,entrapment,duress,necessity,deadly force,constitutional defense, defense to strict liability torts, defense to torts against property, defense to defamation, defense to false imprisonment

a.The Kleins complained to the police that the son of their next door neighbor broke their garage windows with rocks.They wanted him arrested.The police went next door to arrest the boy,&they discovered that he is7years old.They arrested him&brought him to the police station.He was charged with destroying the Kleins' property
b.Marcus was arrested for the murder of his cousin Michael.At the time that Michael was killed Marcus claimed that he was on a business trip300miles away
c.During a grocery store robbery a thief held a gun to a customer's head and demanded that he put all the money from the store safe into a bag, which he did,when the police arrived, they arrested the customer for robbery.
d.Officer Kaplan responded to an emergency call for a store robbery in progress.When the masked thief shot at the officer,Officer Kaplan shot& killed the thief.The man's family wanted Officer Kaplan charged with murder
e.George,a drug dealer,was standing on a busy street corner.He would initiate conversation with passersby.1person,Fred stopped&began talking with George&asked if George knew where Fred could buy drugs. George offered to sell Fred some marijuana. Fred was an undercover officer&arrested George.

question 21/
John go into a car that Bill was driving. Bill was obviously intoxicated. Shortly thereafter, Bill ran a stop sign causing an accident that injured John. John sues Bill for negligence.
a. John's contributory negligence in getting into a car with an obviously intoxicated driver will act as a defense to the lawsuit
b. John's assumption of the risk in getting into a car with an obviously intoxicated driver will act as a defense to the lawsuit
c. either a or b . because it is often difficult to tell difference between contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, many states subsumed the latter under the former
d. John's actions will have no bearing o the case because the responsibility for the accident w clearly Bill's

question 20/
Mark told his friends Sam that he was angry at his landlord and was going to burn down his apartment building. Sam called the police . When they arrived at the apartment building, they found that all of the smoke detectors had been disabled and that there were several cans of gasoline in Mark's apartment. Mark's fingerprint were found on the smoke detectors.
a. Mark should be charged with arson. His goal was to burn the property of another.
b. Mark should be charged with attempted arson. While he was thwarted in his goal, there is sufficient evidence of his intent to commit arson along with overt acts in furtherance of that intent.
c. Because Sam alerted the police in time, no one was hurt, and Mark should not be charged with any crime
d. Because all of the evidence against Sam is circumstantial, the government will not be able to charge Sam with any crime.

question 7/
Farmer Jones leaves a brush fire unattended. Some of the sparks land on a neighbor's roof and catch his house on fire. While the fire fighters are dealing with the ensuing blaze, the police cordon off the road to prevent harm to any passerby. Mr. White, who normally drives down this road to work, is forced to take a different route and is hit by a car that runs a red light. Mr. White wants to sue farmer Jones for the injuries he sustained i the car accident.
a. Mr. White will likely be successful because farmer Jones was negligent in leaving the brush fire unattended.
b. Mr. White will likely not be successful because the court will say the farmer Jones did not owe Mr. White any duty of care.
c. Mr. White will not be successful because