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Doris locks Phil in a first floor room. Phil sues Doris for ...
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Doris locks Phil in a first floor room. Phil sues Doris for false imprisonment. Which of the following is true?
a. Doris would escape liability if she let Phil out of the room after one hour.
b. According to some courts, Doris would escape liability if Phil slept through the entire period that the door was locked and thus was unaware that he was being detained.
c. Even if Phil could easily have escaped through an open window, Doris still is liable.
d. Doris would not be liable if Phil could have escaped by traveling two miles through a narrow, filthy, rat-infested sewer line that periodically floods with water.

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March 15 10:05 AM (30 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
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