Jane Chambers, filed a personal injury action alleging negligence by the defendant, Giorgio's Grill. She alleges that she slipped and fell on a wet napkin, breaking her leg. The defendant denied any negligence.…
PL sues D in negligence for damages from injuries suffered caused by the D’s failure of meeting the duty of exercising reasonable care to protect PL, a business patron.…
Smith filed a complaint in trial court claiming that the store was negligent with maintaining safety of their store. She is seeking damages for injuries that she suffered from the fall. The store claims that Smith is just as much at fault as they are and that she was not paying attention to where she was walking because she was too distracted by her child.…
Statement of facts- Samantha Smith was shopping at a local grocery store in Indiana a few months ago and had an accident. She slipped and fell on some shampoo that had leaked out of one of the bottles. The day Samantha fell, the employee in charge of the aisle inspection was an older gentleman with glasses. The shampoo on the floor was a clear gel. The store alleges that Samantha had a duty to avoid the spill in the aisle. The store claims that she is at much as fault as they are. Further they allege that she was too distracted by her 2 year old son in the cart, who was misbehaving, to notice the floor.…
The plaintiff, Margaret Hollar was not employed at the time of the accident in question. The plaintiff had a history of having an L4-S1 discectomy and laminectomy. Ms. Hollar testified that she had a history of severe headaches, which began when she was 20 years of age. The plaintiff was involved in an accident in 2001 in which she slipped on ice and injured her neck and back. That injury led to her back surgery, as a result of her chronic back pain she was unable to return to work. The plaintiff has a history of severe depression and anxiety and inpatient psychiatric treatment.…
On June 15, 2006, the Settlement of this action was approved by the Superior Court. Loblaws would pay $150.00 to each class member and all the cost of notification, administration, and distribution of the settlement fees. However, Loblaws supermarkets and loblaw companies didn’t admit any wrongdoing or liability on their part. The settlement has been made to maintain loblaws’ good will with its customers and its concerns with the inconvenience they may have sustained as a result of this…
On or about February 28, 1997, at approximately 4:20 p.m. in the offices of the Missouri Division of Employment Security located at 505 Washington Avenue, in the City of St. Louis, Missouri 63101, Defendant, John Doe, came up behind the Plaintiff who was then sitting at her desk and wrapped the fingers of his hands around her face and tried to push his fingers into her mouth. Defendant is a very large man and Plaintiff was unable to free herself from his vise-like grip. Defendant pulled Plaintiff's head back during his attack on her and caused her to suffer physical pain, emotional trauma and extreme fear for her…
Over the course of the attack, Plaintiff sustained damage to his spleen, multiple hemorrhages, a broken nose, a broken cheekbone, three broken ribs, and…
Mismanagement by company-appointed agents is an issue that challenges organizations with hubs in various worldwide locations. Agency problems are detrimental to firms, and if left unchecked, can spell out disaster for a company. For charted companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, managerial commitment was highly impacted by the lengthy gaps in communication with firm directors; often leading to opportunistic behavior among overseas management. While several companies failed, the Hudson Bay Company successfully established a mix of business practices that strived to dismiss workplace deviance. By raising opportunity costs, increasing accountability and developing a social environment, the Hudson Bay Company was successful in minimizing the…
Risings costs, difficulties associated with opening new stores while maintaining growth, prosperity of existing ones…
1. What are ‘natural foods’? Is ‘natural foods’ a good business definition? What opportunities do natural foods offer for producers, distributors, retailers?…
To be able to help GREENoneTEC management to develop the company, we need to analyze the product and company first. The company is part of the solar industry and went from a one-man business into one of the industry leaders in manufacturing flat plate solar thermal collectors for water heating. In 2003, Kioto became GREENoneTEC’s sister company by manufacturing photovoltaics modules. The plan was to exploit all opportunities of the market.…
The lawsuit ended with Stella Liebeck’s injuries meriting an award of $200,000 compensatory damages; however that award was reduced proportionately to $160,000. The jury also awarded Ms. Liebeck $2.7 million in punitive damages, but because it was allegedly a fraudulent lawsuit, it was reduced by the trial court to $480,000 and stated that McDonald’s engaged in “willful, reckless, malicious, or wanton conduct”. Although this was a reasonable lawsuit, it was occurring when tort reform was gaining speed in the public eye, and was used in different means in the communities to help grow the idea of frivolous lawsuits.…
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This week, I will discuss my findings from the authoritative sources that relate to the case and then apply those concepts and explain how they relate to the case directly. Since the Controller of Thomas Foods is inexperienced with regards to accounting for hedging strategies, I have been asked to provide examples of different hedging strategies and explain how each example is implemented as well as how it is accounted for.…