I have followed the case in Chicago regarding the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald‚ who was shot 16 times by a police officer. The case happened in Chicago on October 20th ‚2014. The cases are still being investigated However‚ Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged after the video tape was made public on November 25th‚ 2015. The video was only made public after a freedom of information act request was made. How the request was made; an individual that had knowledge of the tape informed
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This case is in regards to the tort of negligence‚ with the central issue being causation. With the evidence provided‚ it is necessary to determine whether Vera and PC Webster are owed a duty of care and subsequently have any claims. Firstly‚ the ’but for’ test is to be applied‚ in which the courts ask: ’but for the defendant’s action‚ would the damage have occurred?’ The courts have accepted that drivers automatically owes a duty of care to every other road user ‚ including pedestrians. Jack’s
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“The case‚ Reilly v. St. Charles Hospital‚ centered on the birth of Shannon Reilly in 2002. The jury determined that the Long Island hospital and the obstetric nurse had failed to properly monitor the pregnant mother and her fetus‚ missed important signs that the baby was in distress‚ and then failed to take corrective action” (Cohen 2013) What if this happen to you? Is there a fixed price‚ which can make up for the mistakes that were made? I think that there shouldn’t be a cap to the monetary damages
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Spears contends that she is a victim of a medical malpractice and of Texas’ newly reformed tort laws. Texas lawmakers unanimously passed a tort reform package in 2003 which topped noneconomic damages that a plaintiff could receive in medical malpractice at $250‚000. That became the negligence standard for emergency care. It also required an expert witness to substantiate evidence of negligence before a trial. Tort reform advocates approve the law as a way to reduce frivolous lawsuits against health care
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Six Scenarios Assignment Evaluate 6.1 1. Jack Nietzche Should you tell Jack that he isn’t going to be promoted? What should you say if he asks about whether the new assignments were made? Position-Related Currencies is definitely what has influenced Jack to work as hard as he has to ensure the segments of the project were completed on time (Larson & Gray‚ 2010‚ pg. 364). The fact that the promotion is no longer probable will be detrimental to Jack’s performance since he can be pretty emotional
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Who is the reasonable man? Factors considered whether he adopted necessary care? Tort of negligence = failure by Def to conform with standard of behaviour. Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable person guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs would do or doing something which a prudent & reasonable person would not do. While a loss from an accident usually lies where it falls a defendant cannot plead accident if‚ treated
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Business Case Scenario: State Street Bank - Investment Bank (Custodian Bank) and the Use of IT services History: State Street Corporation‚ known as State Street‚ is a US-based international financial services holding company. State Street was founded in 1792 and is the second oldest financial institution in the United States. The company’s headquarters are at One Lincoln Street in Boston and it has offices in 25 countries State Street is organized into three main divisions. The Global Services
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to the ‘floodgates problem’. What is more‚ the courts sometimes treat certain groups of defendants leniently by limiting their liability in some cases. On one hand‚ the courts draw a line to mark out the bounds of duty to protect the interests of and compensate those who have suffered a loss and injury and this is also one of the major aims of tort law. In Donoghue v. Stevenson‚ the courts judged the manufacturer of the ginger beer‚ David Stevenson of Paisley owned a duty of care to Mrs Donoghue
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME‚ Inc. (WIRETIME) has committed defamation because WIRETIME wrote damaging words about BUGusa‚ Inc.’s (BUGusa) product. All four elements of defamation are present in this case. First‚ defamatory statements were made‚ a 3rd party became
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Tort of Negligence case study The law of contract: a contract is a legally binding agreement‚ its a promise between two or more to parties with certain things‚each party must fulfill there promises if one of them don’t fulfill there promise then the contract is breached (VOID). The law of tort: A tort is a civil wrong in the sens that is committed against an individual‚ tort is compensated by a sum of money called “DAMAGES”. Contract laws and tort laws share many similarities. At
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