Tort Law | Strict Liability | Alabama Law | | Shannon Martin | 12/22/2011 | | Alabama Tort Law is the only truly comprehensive resource on tort law in Alabama. With expert discussion of proof requisites and defenses‚ it covers all the elements of each tort actionable under Alabama law. It provides the information necessary to determine if there is a case and what is needed to prove or defend it. Alabama Tort Law not only provides up-to-date coverage of relevant case law and analysis
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station he explained the situation and was released. Questions: 1. What might Smiley have against Boulevard‚ Maldini or Rocco? 2. Does Boulevard have any cause of action against Smiley? In order to answer these questions there are a few tort liability issues that need to be discussed. The first issue is false imprisonment. “False imprisonment is the intentional confinement of another person within fixed boundaries without lawful justification.” (Kerr‚ 19) In this case‚ Smiley could have
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English law is made up primarily of Civil and Criminal Law. Civil Law is concerned with the the Laws of Tort and Contract. Civil law can be defined as that area of law which is concerned with private disputes that occur between individuals or between individuals and organisations and where a proceedings in court is initiated by the aforementioned. In contrast‚ criminal law seeks to punish those that has done wrongs against the community. For example‚ a person who decides to take the life of someone
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automatically disabled‚ but many find alternatives to express these emotions. Erin McGraw in “Bad Eyes” learns to express her emotions through the use of extensive metaphors that allow the reader to feel what she is writing. The metaphors create a bridge that helps us to understand what McGraw faces throughout her life. The reader gains insight to her troubles‚ fears‚ and growth‚ which creates a deep understanding of the text. Erin McGraw’s extensive use of metaphors‚ gives the reader access to her mind
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teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the unruly children in this locale from their limited and culturally inferior worlds. The students are expected to cultivate new academic skills and cultural values with the help of this teacher. Erin Gruwell plays the super-hero-teacher who demonstrates relentless devotion and attention to her angry‚ frustrated and violent students. Despite her difficult colleagues and sometimes unsupportive administration (both which serve to make her appear much
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Genetic Ethical Dilemmas Finding out that you are having a baby is supposed to be one of the most exciting times of your life. I cannot imagine how worried Erin and Dan were when they found out that Dan was a carrier of Huntington’s disease (HD). I can only imagine how heart wrenching it would be to find out that the baby has a 50% chance of acquiring the mutated gene for HD and that there is no cure. While Dan informs his doctor of the results of his genetic test‚ however he fails to mention
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company can face fines or become caught up in major litigation‚ costing the company major expenses. In this memo I will identify common tort and risk found in the organization of Alumina‚ and describe different measures to manage risk. Some common torts found at Alumina are negligence‚ defamation/slander/libel‚ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)‚ and strict liability is tort liabilities uncovered. Alumina Violation Alumina is an aluminum maker base in the United States and has operation in eight countries
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In May 2008‚ a major earthquake hit Sichuan in the south west of China‚ it was estimated that around 69 000 to 80 000 people were killed and buildings collapsed with people in them information from an OCR science booklet‚ a news sheet. In my case study‚ I will be writing about Should we spend more money on predicting for an earthquake than on preparing a town for an earthquake I will do this by discussing different point of views of people if they agree or disagree with the statement above and use
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sun‚ Erin walks into a giant concrete building. She is wearing her favorite outfit; black converse sneakers‚ black skinny jeans‚ and a black oversized t-shirt. But she is not emo‚ she just likes her outfit. Once she enters the school‚ she stumbles and almost trips while she is cutting through the crowd of mean teenaged kids. As she passes each teen‚ she listens while their mouths whisper “Oh my God! She must be emo” and “She obliviously cuts herself.” People are not always who they seem. Erin had
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Homer Zuckerman‚ for the tort of intrusion upon seclusion after Zuckerman suspected Bolger of malingering and sent another employee to secretly videotape Bolger in his home. Due to the doctrine of respondeat superior‚ Zuckerman bears the responsibility for his employee’s actions that he ordered. Ever since Abby Scuito successfully sued a member of the paparazzi for the tort of intrusion upon seclusion after he broke into her hospital room‚ Oklahoma has recognized this tort. Scuito v. National Tattler
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