Q #1 The factors I would consider in setting a just financial compensation for each of the victims are as follows: * Compensation for dead victims be paid according to the standards of death compensation to their families. * Seriously injured victims be paid a month to meet their food‚ medical needs‚ living expenses‚ medical expenses‚ back pay due to injury. * Victims with minor injuries be paid as a one time compensation for medical costs and economic hardship. Q #2 Stakeholder
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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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liability is a principle of the tort laws. The law imposes liability of employees and agents to their employers. Under this law‚ the liability of any tort committed by an employee that falls under the scope of his duties to the employer is transferred to the employer. This includes both the intentional and unintentional torts. The inclusion of the intentional torts came in to effect after the ruling in the case of Lister V Hensley Hall Limited. Before this case‚ intentional torts were not considered for
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Intentional torts are resolute acts that do harm to another and negligence is “failing to act to rectify a problem that can cause harm to an individual(s)”. Thus‚ for a claim to be qualified as a negligent act certain components have to be stated as proof. Including acts like assault‚ battery‚ defamation‚ intentional infliction of physical or emotional distress and even false imprisonment. Negligent tort actions hold citizens accountable for their careless
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Erin’s wedding ring symbolizes that she is married. - The tattoos on the Holocaust survivor’s arms symbolize their status as Jew. 2. Which character(s) experienced role conflict? Give an example - Although Eva and Erin both experienced role conflict‚ I feel that Erin had more of an obvious conflict. She was a teacher‚ wife‚ daughter‚ and an employee. She felt her responsibility was being a teacher for the kids‚ however that left strain on her marriage. As a daughter‚ she struggled to
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Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins
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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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Allegations‚ which Walmart denied‚ and made a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Because the four invasion of privacy torts are not recognized in Minnesota‚ Wal-Mart’s motion to dismiss was granted by the district court‚ and the court of appeals affirmed. ISSUES 1. Whether right to privacy exists in the common law of Minnesota and should it recognize any or all of the
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For this assignment I chose to watch Freedom Writers. This is a heartfelt movie about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who finds a way to unify her disadvantaged‚ racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics‚ partly by having them keep journals about their violent‚ troubled lives. The main diversity issue in this movie is cultural‚ ethnic‚ and racial tensions. According to Storti (1999)‚ “Culture is the shared assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs of a group of people which result in
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A2 law: tort: Vicarious Liability Question 2-Fairness/Unfairness. Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts of an employee‚ not for an independent contractor. There are also some rules that must be satisfied. First it must be proven that the tortfeaser is an employee. The act the tortfeaser
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