may be caused deliberately or carelessly * One person’s single harmful act to another person (deliberately or carelessly) can give rise to one or more legal liabilities * Legal Liabilities * Tortious Liability: harmful act can be a tort (civil wrong)‚ other than breach of contract‚ remedy is compensation (commenced through litigation) * Vicarious Liability: Liability for harmful act caused by another * Statutory liability: harmful act by breach of statute‚ prosecution
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from anything that happens suddenly or by chance. Tort law brings these legal claims into conformity with rules causing from personal injuries. This law is a type of social law that determines a petitioner with compensation for personal injuries. Frequent sorts of personal injury cause from carelessness‚ but personal injury events also include further resources of liability for example strict responsibility and intended torts. What is a Tort? A tort is any wrongdoing any wrongdoing to a person or
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2.2 The Coal Miner Dawnyel Donaldson Franklin University Healthcare Law and Ethics HCM742-H1WW (F14) Julia Matthews JD/MPH November 23‚ 2014 2.2 The Coal Miner Distinguish among negligent torts‚ intentional torts‚ and strict liability. Describe the major laws that were developed to protect individual’s rights in the healthcare profession. Note several from your text and at least three not listed in your text located from an external source. Answer the discussion questions for the People Stories:
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Executive Summary This report is going to analyse the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) and torts in Australia. The Wrong Act 1958(Vic) is one of the most important proposed law in Victoria‚ It has been amendment in 2002 and 2003. The aim of the wrong Act was to legislate for wrongs against a person‚ Torts is an important part in The Wrong Act. This assignment will presentation in three parts. In the first Part‚ what is torts will first be discuss‚ Then‚ The Wrong Act and the intention of Wrong act will be
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Chapter 12 12.1-12.2 1. What is an intentional tort? List three examples in your answer. An intentional tort is a person deliberately causing harm or loss to another person. Examples are trespassing‚ causing a nuisance and defaming are intentional torts. 2. Why do many potential tort actions not result in legal actions? A certain amount of interference with individuals’ right occurs on a daily basis and is considered acceptable in a busy‚ interactive society. 3. Why might a young child not
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Business Law‚ 31st ed‚ 2012‚ ¶4-090 Recognised duties of care. P231 * Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 5B (1) (2) * Domestic Animals Act 2000 (ACT) Division 2.6 45 * Cooke J Law of Tort Ninth Edition‚ 9thed‚ 2009‚ C1 General Principle of Tort Law. P6 * Jones L Introduction to Business Law 1st‚ 2011‚ C11 the Tort Law of Negligence. P342
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after acquiring the clubs‚ Cindy went golfing with her friend‚ Kate. While Cindy was swinging a five iron‚ the grip came loose and the club sailed through the air‚ striking Cindy’s golfing partner‚ Kate‚ in the forehead. According to the text; Torts and Personal Injury Law (Okrent‚ 2009); absolute (strict) liability holds a tortfeasor responsible for his or her behavior regardless of fault. Some people feel that it is unfair to hold a defendant accountable especially if he or she did not behave
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Anthony Mastroianni v. County of Suffolk Case Decided in 1997 Facts of the Case: Law at Issue: The law at issue is Tort Liability for Municipal Corporation through the formation of a "special relationship between the municipality and the injured party" as outlined in Cuffy v. City of New York‚ 60 NY2d 225‚ 260. (Page 2 first full paragraph) Legal Issue: Whether the Municipal Corporation failed to provide reasonable protection to the decedent despite the existence of an order of protection
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on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. Wiretime‚ Inc.’s ad in the well-known industry magazine stated that BUGusa‚ Inc. electronic recording devices are low quality and not reliable for more than a month (University of Phoenix‚ 2013). This tort is defamation since it can harm the company’s reputation. This written defamation‚ or libel‚ falls under the element of specificity because
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Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet – Team B Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME has committed a tort. WIRETIME took out an ad that was designed to hurt BUGusa’s reputation. This constitutes defamation‚ because the defamation was written it is libel. For BUGusa to recover from WIRETIME‚ it will have to meet four elements
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