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You are employed by an attorney in Indiana. She asks you to find Indiana state cases involving a manufacturer’s liability for rollover accidents involving three-wheeled ATVs. Which of the following Boolean searches would be most useful in locating these cases?
  1. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: negligence & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  2. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  3. Limiting the search to U.S. state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover.
  4. Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheeled) /2 ATVs & rollover).
Explanation
Answer: B - Limiting the search to Indiana state cases: (product /1 liability) & ((three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!) & rollover. Answer B is a better choice than Answer D because Answer D has search parameters that are somewhat narrower than Answer B. Answer D specifies “wheeled” and “ATVs” rather than using the wildcard character (“!”) in “(three /1 wheel!) /2 ATV!)” found in Answer B. Answer D is also problematic because the second nested phrase includes “& rollover” and may limit the search to those with “rollover” within two words of “(three /1 wheeled).” The narrower parameters would yield fewer cases and potentially overlook relevant cases.
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