Zippittelli v. J.C. Penney Company‚ Inc. Zippittelli v. J.C. Penney Company‚ Inc. The plaintiff‚ who is 63 years old‚ brought this employment discrimination suit against her employer‚ J.C. Penney‚ after the company failed to promote her to the position of shift operations manager at the company ’s Moosic‚ Pennsylvania Customer Service Center. She alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She brought these claims against both
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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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NUMERICAL REGISTERING COMPANY v. SAMPSON [EQUITY] [L R] 19 Eq 462 (1875) SIR G. JESSEL‚ M.R.‚: The buyers were about to form a company to work the invention‚ that means to produce tickets with numbers. That was to be their business. They were to produce and sell a commodity‚ the object of the invention being to produce that commodity more cheaply than had been done before. It was an old commodity‚ an old product‚ but had not been produced in the same manner before. The object of the company‚ therefore
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uncollectible accounts to be reported in the balance sheet of V company: Estimated Uncollected Accounts Details Total Amount ($) Percentage Considered Uncollectible (%) Allowance for Doubtful Debts Accounts ($) A B C D 0 – 30 Days Past Due 60‚000 5% 3‚000 31 – 60 Days Past Due 4‚000 10% 400 Over 60 Days Past 2‚000 70% 1‚400 Total 66‚000 4‚800 Therefore‚ the amount of allowance for uncollectible accounts to be reported in the balance sheet of V Company is $4‚800. E8-11 1. Compute the rates of increase in
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General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Lauren Sherlock Jason Park JP Zendman 12/9/2009  General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Situation Analysis: In December 2000‚ management at General Mills (GM) proposed a plan to acquire Pillsbury‚ a baked- goods producer‚ in a stock-for-stock exchange. Pillsbury is currently controlled by Diageo PLC‚ one of the world’s leading consumer–goods companies. The deal specifies that General Mills is to create
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• standard of the policy was improper. In evaluating the any occupation provision of the policy‚ Common does not have an obligation to find Hocker a position‚ however‚ it does have an obligation to look at age‚ employability‚ and the ability to obtain a job in the relevant labor market. In Hocker’s case‚ Lee Weiser concedes that these factors are relevant to the any occupation inquiry‚ but does not do a sufficient investigation to evaluate these factors. Weiser bases his 1999 decision to terminate
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color‚ sex‚ national origin‚ religion‚ disability or age. In the Supreme Court case‚ Griggs v. Duke Power Company (Duke)‚ it was decided that Duke used a selection process which had a disparate impact on the employment opportunities of members of a race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin group. Disparate impact is sometimes confusing and tricky. In the case of the Albemarle Paper Company (Albemarle) v. Moody‚ proved just how tricky disparate impact is. Albemarle administered tests without validating
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CASE ANALYSIS: Case: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 Introduction: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company Ltd is one of the most leading cases in the law of contracts under common law. Known for both its academic importance and its contribution in the development of the laws relating unilateral contracts‚ it is still binding on lower courts in England and Wales‚ and is still cited by judges in their judgements. This research paper aims to critically examine and analyze the
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In the court case Mitchell v. Fortis Insurance Company‚ there is a dispute of the ruling. The question at hand is that after the break of contract of the insurance company’s service‚ are the punitive damage charges worthy? The court ruled in favor of Mitchell in a break of contract with Fortis Insurance Company. When Mitchell was turning 18 years old‚ he had to be insured as an independent. He later found out that he was HIV positive when he tried to donate blood. Fortis argued that Mitchell
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Chapter 8: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Caption: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Citation: California Court of Appeals‚ Fourth District‚ 1981 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 Facts: 1. Ford developed a new model‚ later to be known as the pinto‚ changing the design drastically. 2. Ford discovered that the fuel tanks position was in a ’vulnerable place’ and the car failed to met crash safety standards. 3. Ford was aware of the small cost to help the fuel tanks meet standards but refused to
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