Imperfection in liability system The products liability system has been criticized on equity‚ distributive‚ and efficiency grounds. The equity arguments often express a belief that cases should be inside on the basic afford and negligence. In particular‚ firm consider it in equitable to be assessed damage when there was nothing that could be done to prevent the injury. Objection had been made to the inability to use state-of-the-art design as a defense in cases governed by strict liability. In the absence
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The article “Understanding Medical Assistant Practice Liability Issues” by Carolyn Buppert informs about the liabilities of medical assistants. The author points out two issues here: liability for malpractice and exceeding scope of practice. A medical assistant should not exceed his or her scope of practice; otherwise‚ he can face serious consequences. For example‚ if a medical assistant gives a patient the wrong advice‚ and the patient suffers an injury‚ the medical assistant and his employer can
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Both of the following two texts‚ a cartoon strip and an extract from a memoir‚ share similarities and differences regarding the theme and context‚ audience‚ purpose as well as certain formal and stylistic features. The first extract is a cartoon strip written in 1986 by Cathy Guisewite. The cartoon features four panels with three female characters with narrations and speech bubbles to emphasize dialogue and the message regarding women’s rights and sex stereotyping. The context of the cartoon
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Describe the company and the product safety issue that led to the lawsuit. McDonald’s is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. McDonald’s is headquartered in the United States in Oak Brook‚ Illinois. The company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald. In 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined
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Explain the arguments for and against strict liability offences A strict liability offence is one where it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove any mens rea. In most cases of strict liability even if one did not have the intent to commit a crime‚ however reasonable‚ in relation to a particular element of the actus reus of an offence‚ they can still be convicted. This can be shown in reference to Prince and Hibbert. Prince (1875) the girl was taken by Prince even though he knew she was
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Rm 311 Comparing and Contrasting Confucianism and Legalism During the late Zhou Dynasty in China‚ war and social changes were disrupting the old ways of life. In order to restore social order‚ philosophers like Confucius developed Confucianism and Hanfeizi
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ERM and Product Liability Tort LAW 531/Business Law ERM and Product Liability Tort The product liability video scenario presents a dispute between Quick Takes Video and Non-Linear Pro. Non-Linear Pro leased a video editing system to Quick Takes Video. It is the opinion of Quick Takes Video that the editing system is not performing as promised. Since it appears that Non-Linear Pro has misrepresented the quality of the product‚ Quick Takes Video can bring a lawsuit to Non-Linear Pro for breach
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After reading Civil Liability for Acts of Off-Duty Officers‚ I’ve come to the realization that there are many possibilities and outcomes dependent upon the situations off-duty officers put themselves into. When off-duty officers act upon situations that they would normally face when on duty‚ they are fully liable for the decisions they make. In this specific event‚ as an off-duty officer‚ I witnessed a man and a woman arguing where the man then pushed the woman‚ and I‚ the officer decided to intervene
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Comparing and contrasting PCs and mainframes POS/355 February 27‚ 2012 Comparing and contrasting PCs and mainframes Mainframes and personal computers have gone through an evolution‚ which computing power contains several times more than the past years. Personal computers (PC) are used by individuals one at a time‚ which are design to be use at home and office. PC is a small powerful system‚ with advanced graphical user interfaces‚ which support many output devices. Mainframes are costly
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bank accounts for confirmation in order to obtain a moderate to low level of assurance that the aforementioned audit objectives are achieved. Bank confirmations should be sent to all banking relationships to identify accounts not included in the general ledger. Confirmation requests should be sent under our control and‚ second requests and‚ where warranted‚ third requests should be mailed when responses to confirmation requests have not been received within a reasonable time. Consider
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