time of the accident‚ Plaintiff received a telephone call immediately after the collision at work informing her that her daughter had been involved in an automobile accident. Plaintiff arrived at the scene of the accident a few minutes later. Procedural Posture: Defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in the nature of a Demurrer granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiffs Appealed. The Superior Court of Philadelphia County affirmed and Plaintiffs Appealed. The Supreme
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SEATTLE -- In a verdict that could have sweeping consequences for employers and cost Taco Bell Corp. millions of dollars‚ a jury here found the Mexican fast-food chain guilty of intentionally cheating hourly employees out of wages by having them work "off the clock‚" among other things. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor recently reported that off-the-timeclock violations are among the most common complaints against employers by employees. "This judgment sends an important message that
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Res sub judice1+2* Section 10 of Code of Civil Procedure‚ 1908 deals with the stay of civil suits. It provides that no court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which the matter in issue is also directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit between the same parties and that the court in which the previous suit is pending is competent to grant the relief claimed. Section 10 reads thus: Stay of suit: No Court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which the matter
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TENNESSEE DALE M. ROEHNIG‚ ) ) ) Plaintiff ) ) ) JURY DEMAND vs. ) ) No._________________ ) HERMAN A. SHULMAN‚ ) ) ) Defendant. ) COMPLAINT COUNT I Comes the Plaintiff Dale M. Roehnig‚ a minor‚ resident of Davidson County‚ Nashville‚ Tennessee‚ sues the Defendant
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In this simulation imagine that you currently work at GarLing Lawyers at Mt Gravatt. (we used this fictitious firm to do your practical tasks in class). You therefore need to consider the following: * taking initial instructions from the plaintiff client; * confirming monetary jurisdiction of the court; * confirming the geographical jurisdiction – most appropriate court location; * confirming of full names and addresses of parties; * reference to the UCPR rules that prescribe
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Memo Format Date: 3/13/2013 Re: A.16 (pg1223): Cafazzo v. Central Medical Health Services‚ Inc 542 Pa. 526‚ 668 A.2d 521‚1995 (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) Facts Cafazzo (Plaintiff) sued Central Medical Health Services and Physician that did the surgery (Defendants) for product liability for an implanted medical device that failed six years after his surgery in 1986. Cafazzo had surgery for the implantation of a mandibular
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CHAPTER II INSTITUTION OF SUITS Presentation‚ Examination and Registration etc. of Plaints 7. A plaint‚ along with a copy thereof for the purpose of drawing up of a decree at the relevant stage‚ may be presented at any time during the Court hours to the Clerk of the Court or to such officer as the Court appoints in this behalf under Order IV‚ rule 1‚ Civil Procedure Code‚ or in the absence of such officer‚ to the Judge himself. Immediately after it is presented‚
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court approved in its Decision dated 13 December 1991. However‚ NMC still failed to comply with its obligation under the compromise agreement. Hence‚ trial proceeded and judgment was rendered in favour of plaintiff ordering defendant INTRA STRATA ASSURANCE CORPORATION to solidarily pay plaintiff the total amount of SIXTEEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED PESOS (P16‚993‚200.00)‚ Philippine Currency‚ with interest at the legal rate from
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the pure nature of employees that are dissatisfied with their current positions. The company that’s being publicly humiliated by their current employees takes these events very serious‚ and with the use of pseudonym being used‚ it’s hard for the plaintiffs to figure out who is behind this debacle. “Courts are being asked whether they should authorize this expedited pre-service discovery to establish posters identities sufficiently such that they may be served with process in accordance with the Federal
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land to Smith who‚ in 1944‚ leased the land to Snipes Hall Farm Ltd. In 1946‚ the banks burst and flooded the adjoining land‚ because of the defendant’s negligence in maintaining the banks‚ in breach of the 1938 covenant. It was held that the plaintiffs could enforce the covenant as it touched and
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