Case Study: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Joshua Weisman Webster University HRMG 5700 QD F2 In the case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc.‚ Joseph Oncale was the victim of repeated harassment‚ sexual‚ physical and mental‚ from at least three members of the work crew‚ of which two had a supervisory position over him. When Oncale brought his complaints to the supervisors‚ they took no noticeable actions against the harassers and‚ after he had experienced
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Supreme Court decision‚ Roe v. Wade‚ dramatically changed the legal landscape of American abortion law. The result of the ruling required abortion to be legal for any woman; regardless of her age and for any reason during the first seven months of pregnancy‚ and for almost any reason after that. ("Status of Abortion in America"). In the Roe v. Wade case‚ Roe (Norma McCorvey)‚ had claimed she was gang raped and attempted to have an abortion in Texas. ("Roe and Doe"). After hearing the case‚ the Supreme
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Adarand v. Pena 1. What constitutional issue is raised in the Adarand litigation? The issue is an affirmative action case that make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court was being asked to decide whether categorizing citizens by race in order to determine the kind of treatment those individuals would receive was constitutional or not. This is not something new to be tried within the United States Supreme Court system. Attorneys for each side of the Adarand v. Pena case presented to the
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1/23/2015 BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. | Islamicbanker’s Weblog Islamicbanker’s Weblog Just another WordPress.com weblog BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION [1966] 1 QB 742‚ [1965] 3 All ER 81‚ [1965] 3 WLR 863‚ [1965] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 218‚ 8 Legal Decisions Affecting Bankers 424 HEARING-DATES: 31 May‚ 1‚ 25 June 1965 25 June 1965 CATCHWORDS: Bank — Cheque — Condition restricting use — New cheque book on bank’s change to computer mechanisation
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CASE BRIEF FOR THE WINDSOR V. STATE OF ALABAMA WINDSOR V. STATE OF ALABAMA 683 So. 2d 1021 (1994) Judicial History: Harvey Lee Windsor was convicted of capital murder under § 13-A-5-40 (a)(2)‚ Code of Alabama 1975. The jury unanimously recommended the death penalty and the trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution. Windsor then appealed the conviction and sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Facts: Harvey Lee Windsor and Lavon Gunthrie
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2.1 (a) In the decision of District Court of New South Wales‚ Appellant (Ms Derrick) owed the Respondent (Rosannie Cheung) a duty of care‚ as she was driving at such a speed that it was beyond her ability to stop the car in time and notice that a child which suddenly darted from one of the parked cars. In addition‚ nearby shops and houses combined with the date‚ Saturday morning shortly before Christmas‚ should have alerted Ms Derrick that small children might be playing around‚ so she needed to
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Problems arise when a patient is not satisfied with care provided by the doctor or in extreme cases when a patient dies. Since most of the time it is hard to clearly determine whether the outcome was solely a result of the course of treatment chosen by the doctor or whether other factors played a role too‚ quite often patients take their grievances to court to seek justice. What makes these kind of cases complicated is the “What would have been if…?” scenarios where one can only guess what the outcome
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The plaintiff‚ Francis Hannigan‚ filed a motion to the Supreme Court of NSW pleading that the defendant‚ Inghams Enterprises‚ entered into a binding contract on the terms of a draft contract supplied to Mr Hannigan by Inghams Enterprises. Originally‚ Mr Hannigan entered into a contract with a company called Sunnybrand Chickens. As part of the contractual agreement‚ Hannigan would grow chickens on behalf of the suppliers on his farm property for the sole purpose of commercial trade. In 2011‚ Sunnybrand
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Name Geringer v. Wildhorn Ranch‚ Inc. 706 F.Supp. 1442 D.Colo. 1988. December 14‚ 1988 Procedural History: The mother and widow of deceased resort guests took an action against the resort‚ its owner‚ and others because these two deceased guests lost their lives in boating accident. Mr. Watters‚ defendant and the owner of the resort‚ brought an action against the verdict for revised decision because the trial court found him guilty. The case came in front of the court on action of defendants
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