relationship. d. false imprisonment. 2. The four basic elements in a negligence case are: a. duty‚ proximate cause‚ cause in fact‚ and harm. b. unreasonable behavior‚ a foreseeable plaintiff‚ causation‚ and harm. c. an intentional act‚ breach of duty‚ causation‚ and injury. d. duty‚ breach of duty‚ causation‚ and harm. 3. A movie star sued a tabloid newspaper for statements it made regarding her abuse of drugs. The story was not true‚ having been invented by the editors to sell newspapers.
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Student Safety and University Liability Case Analysis U10a1 Introduction Student safety and University liability are major issues of concern for all institutions of higher education. In many instances‚ students and parents allege institutional liability for injuries or character defamation that result from negligent student behaviors‚ on and off campus. Then‚ there are the instances in which a party‚ other than a student‚ is at fault. Each of the cases presented below represent a variation of
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Reputation and the Domino Theory The Domino Theory is a theory used by Health and Safety practitioners to show how accidents or incidents happen in the workplace‚ which has direct application for Reputational Risk Managers. For those of you who have ever played dominos or have seen it being stacked at Guinness Book of World Records events‚ will know that there are a number of rules vital to domino playing: You have to line them up correctly. If you line them up correctly‚ they’ll fall down
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Standard form of business………………………………….P10-13 Q3. Types of contracts and their liabilities…………………….. P14-15 Q4. Conditions‚ warranty and innominate terms………………P15-17 TASK 2 Liability and Negilgence…............................................................ p.17-27 Q1. Liability under contract & under Tort………………………..P.17-19 Q2. Nature of liability in negligence………………………………P.19-24 Q3. Vicarious liability………………………………………………P.24-27 REFERENCES: Books & Websites…………………………………………P.28 Case
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Under Washington case law‚ plaintiffs are required to prove causation with expert testimony if alleged injury involves obscure medical factors. [cite]. The trickier question is whether the expert needs to demonstrate a direct causal link between the alleged injuries and the negligent act or if the expert merely must demonstrate that the plaintiff’s injuries are of a type that can be caused by the negligent act. Washington courts have come down on both sides of this question. I. Plaintiffs are Required
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sales force‚ and third-party wholesalers‚ resellers‚ and value-added resellers. The Group operates in the United States‚ Europe and Japan. Key Factors Influencing the Current Financial Condition From the Thomson Financial Annual Financial Summary‚ we can get that total assets‚ total liabilities‚ net income‚ net cash
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a) An omission is failing to act. There is no liability for a failure to act. For example‚ if a person is drowning‚ we are under no legal duty to help him‚ even if we are close enough to do so. However‚ there are exceptions to this. When a person is under a contract to act‚ his failure to do so can mean the defendant is criminally liable. This is shown in R v Pittwood (1902) where the gatekeeper of a train track forgot to close the gate. A car went over and the passengers died. The gatekeeper was
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CH7 Crime-business community: Elements of crime(criminal law)1 actus reus(guilty act) wrongful behavior. 2 mens rea(guilty mind)wrongful state of mind. When liability is assessed without guilty mind it is liability without fault or strict liability ex. unknowingly selling alcohol to minor. Criminal burden of proof –guilty beyond reasonable doubt civil b.o.p-a preponderance of the evidence(more likely than not). Classification of crimes:1 felony serious crimes punishable by imprisonment for over one
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Titanic Case Analysis Estate of Hans Jensen vs. The White Star Line Facts: The White Star Line was owner of the Titanic‚ which was the largest and most luxurious ship in the world at the time. On April 10th‚ 1912‚ the Titanic left from Southampton‚ England with 2‚227 passengers aboard bound for New York City. On April 14th‚ the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank about 2 ½ hours later. Passengers‚ mostly women and children‚ were loaded into lifeboats‚ however only 705
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involves elements of risk of injury‚ and where there is negligence there is scope in the sporting arena for those harmed to take legal action. During this assignment a sporting injury is analyzed under the requirements of Tort law and the Civil Liability Act QLD 2003 Negligence is defined as breaching the duty of care owed to someone and can be due to a person’s actions or omissions. Duty of care is the legal obligation to care for the rights of other people. Various factors and tests are often
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