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BUSA EXAM 1 PERRY BINDER GSU NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
When a court can choose who to follow or who not to follow is known as? - ANSWER-Persuasive Precedent (Lee and Abernathy)
Abernathy Case - ANSWER-- Binding case of precedent
- Abernathy confirmed, in order to recover psychological stress
or damage, you must prove it was cause by a PHYSICAL injury
Lee Case - ANSWER-- Mother Daughter car accident
- Chipped away binding precedent
- Used Abernathy and made minor exception
Psychological harm, caused by physical injury is? - ANSWER- Emotional Distress
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When a spouse can sue for loss of love and affection of other spouse is known as what? - ANSWER-Loss of Consortium
Ex. Lee vs. State Farm
What kind of precedent are decisions from lower courts and foreign courts considered to be? - ANSWER-Persuasive Precedents
Place a complaint is filed, by plaintiff is known as? - ANSWER- Jurisdiction
Pepsi Case - ANSWER-- Jurisdiction issues
- Could have been filed anywhere because of diversity
- Pepsi won on unreasonable judgement
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-Moved to FL FEDERAL COURTS because DOCTRINE OF REMOVAL JURISDICTION, move from state to federal if jurisdiction exists -Then moved to new york, went to trial and said no reasonable person would have seen that commercial and thought they could win
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What are the four types of jurisdictions? - ANSWER-1.Exclusive
- Concurrent
- Original
- Removal
Where you can only file in one place is known as... - ANSWER- Exclusive Jurisdiction
Where you can file more than one place (State/ Superior) - ANSWER-Concurrent Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction - ANSWER-Trial court, where cases begin, the first place you file something
Removal Jurisdiction - ANSWER-The right of the defendant to move the case filed from state court to federal court, IF jurisdiction actually exist
Long Arm Statute - ANSWER-If a contract is broken or tort committed (wrongful act), for minimum business contracts you can drag them in to your state
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