Duties of Care

Question 1

No duty is owed to an undiscovered…

Answer 1

trespasser.

Question 2

For discovered or anticipated trespassers, land possessors must…

Answer 2

warn or make safe any conditions that are:
1. Artificial;
2. Highly dangerous;
3. Concealed; or
4. Known to the land possessor in advance.

Question 3

Licensees are ones who enter land with the possessor’s….

Answer 3

permission, for their own purpose or business.

Question 4

Land possessors owe licensees a duty to…

Answer 4

warn or make safe hazardous conditions that are concealed or known to the possessor in advance.

Question 5

Although Virginia rejects the attractive nuisance doctrine, Virginia recognizes that….

Answer 5

where children are concerned, the degree of care to be exercised is greater than where adults alone are involved.

Question 6

Virginia’s good samaritan statute applies to…

Answer 6

all persons who provide aid in an emergency situation, not just medical personnel.

Question 7

A Defendant must act as a reasonably prudent person would under emergency conditions. The emergency is not to be considered, however, if it is…

Answer 7

of the Defendant’s own making.