Negligence: Duty

Answer the following questions.

  1. Is there a common law duty to rescue someone in distress?
    a. Under what conditions does such a duty exist? Give an example.
  2. What is the voluntary-undertaking doctrine?
  3. How does the duty of a public entity compare to that of a private individual?
  4. What is the doctrine of respondeat superior?
  5. Finally, analyze a verse you find in the Bible in which God establishes a duty to avoid causing personal injury.

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