Last Clear Chance

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1. What opportunity is central to last clear chance?
2. Does the doctrine automatically apply to every collision where both sides were negligent?
3. Does a plaintiff’s antecedent negligence alone necessarily defeat a claim where the defendant had the legally relevant …
4. Two vehicles enter a danger simultaneously, with no appreciable later opportunity for either driver to avoid impact. A …
5. An injured passenger sues the carrier for breach of the contract of safe carriage. The carrier merely says another driv…
6. A pedestrian negligently enters a path and becomes trapped in plain view. A driver sees the peril early enough, has wor…
7. A collision occurs when a vehicle suddenly crosses immediately in front of another. The evidence establishes that the s…
8. Distinguish a real last clear chance from merely concurrent negligence.
9. Explain why last clear chance should not automatically defeat an innocent passenger’s carrier-contract claim.
10. Why is hindsight alone insufficient to prove a last fair avoidance opportunity?
11. Has the Supreme Court applied last clear chance outside motor-vehicle accidents?
12. Does last clear chance excuse a claimant from establishing the defendant’s relevant negligence?