FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT DISPUTE IN KRENZKE V. ALEXANDRIA MOTOR CARS‚ INC. In the case Krenzke v. Alexandria Motor Cars‚ Inc.‚ the appellate court must decide whether or not Julie Krenzke deserved a claim to unpaid absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Julie Krenzke was employed by Lindsay Lexus of Alexandria Motor Cars‚ Inc. as a Financial Services Manager. She worked from March 2002 until October 2004‚ demonstrating superior knowledge and work ethic in her field of work. However
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MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company This case overviews MacPherson who bought a Buick who had a faulty wheel that collapsed‚ causing an accident that injured MacPherson. Buick had not manufactured the wheels but had contracted a manufacturer to make wheels for them. MacPhereson sued Buick for the accident. The lower and higher courts agreed that Buick was responsible for the defect. While it had not manufactured the wheels themselves‚ Buick was responsible for the final product that made it to
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Progeria‚ otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome is an extremely rare‚ generic childhood disorder with reported incidence of about one in a million. Hutchinson has reported the syndrome in 1886 when he found the first patient with Progeria. In 1904 Gilford described a second case of Progeria‚ thus creating the term to reflect the syndrome ’s senile features. There are only about a hundred reported cases since the disorder has been discovered over a century ago. Currently‚ there are
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reversed through Farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTI) treatments. Formally known as Hutchinson - Gilford syndrome‚ Progeria is a genetic disorder that affects 1 in every 8 million babies born. The disorder is known for its unusual appearance of premature aging in children. Progeria was first discovered when it showed up in a child in 1886 by Dr. Hutchinson. The second case was later discovered by Gilford a year later. In 1889 Badame named the disorder Progeria‚ derived from a Greek word meaning "old
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Imagine growing old before having the chance to grow up. Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome‚ commonly referred to as progeria‚ is a disease that has this effect on a significant amount of children around the world. Although there are many different forms of progeria‚ Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is the classic type. The name progeria comes from Greek origin and means “prematurely old”. Those who suffer from this disease take on the effects of early aging. Although their bodies begin to age early
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Midler V Ford Motor Co. 849 F.2d 460 (9th Cir. 1988) Facts: In 1985‚ Ford motor Company (defendant) and it advertising agency‚ Young & Rubicam‚ Inc. advertised the Ford Lincoln Mercury with a series of nineteen 30 or 60 second television commercials in its “The Yuppie Campaign.” Which is supposed to bring back memories of when they were in college. The agency tried to contact the original people who had popularized the songs‚ to sing them. This idea failed and decided to go with sound alike
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million newborns born in the world will develop Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria. Even though this disease is strikingly uncommon‚ it still effects children and death cannot be given. Progeria is a genetic disorder that affects children starting at a very young age. Because Progeria affects so much of the body‚ has many symptoms‚ and there are not many treatments for it‚ more people need to be educated on this frightening disease. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria influences the cells and many body systems. Many
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a gene disorder characterized by the rapid aging in the beginning stages of childhood. The children affected by HGP may look ordinary at birth and in the early stages of life‚ but soon they will begin to develop more slowly and not gain weight at a healthy rate. The syndrome will affect the child’s appearance and development. HGP is a serious childhood disorder that can really affect‚ not only the child‚ but the family as well. To start off‚ the cause of HGP
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a genetic condition that is characterized by the rapid appearance of aging beginning during the childhood of whomever is affected. Those affected typically look normal at birth‚ but then as they begin to grow the symptoms become more apparent. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is an incurable premature aging disease caused by the accumulation of progerin. Progerin is a toxic Lamin A mutant protein and is most often generated by a silent point mutation
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Progeria is known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Progeria is a mutation that occurs within your genes. This disorder is extremely rare but fatal. In the gene Lamin A is the mutated protein gene. LMNA is responsible for giving instructions to make the protein Lamin A within the cell. This protein‚ Lamin A‚ is necessary for holding the center of a cell together‚ known as the nucleus (Progeria Research Foundation). The failure of LMNA results in making all the cells destabilized. The
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