Legal issues September 30‚ 2013 Case of Negligence 1. During the day‚ duct tape had been used on the floor near the boundary lines of a badminton court. In the evening‚ a participant playing badminton caught her shoe on the tape and suffered a torn meniscus in her knee. Arthroscopic surgery was required and a lengthy convalescence ensued. The municipality was responsible for cleaning the community center‚ including the gym‚ and knew that the tape had been placed on the floor during the day
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TORTS Table of Contents Breach of Duty 3 General Principles for Establish a Breach of Duty 3 The Calculus of Negligence 4 Who is the Reasonable Person? 9 Causation 13 Factual Causation under the Common Law 13 Factual Causation under Statute 16 Novus Actus Interveniens 18 Successive Causes 20 Exceptional Cases 21 Remoteness 24 Foreseeability of Damage 24 Kind of Injury and Manner of its Occurrence 25 Eggshell Skull Rule 26 Concurrent Liability 28 Vicarious Liability 28 Non-delegable
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Common law duties were then set to provide and maintain: Safe place of work‚ safe means of access/egress Safe systems of work Safe appliances‚ equipment and plant Competent and diligent people - selection‚ training and supervision THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE - breach of common law legal duty of care to exercise reasonable care towards others‚ resulting in loss‚ damage or injury. Key defining case - Donoghue V Stevenson (1932). Three main points to test for negligence: 1. Defendant
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Subject: Negligence Liability of Accountants ______________________________________________________________________ Facts By law‚ accountants may be responsible for customers that hire them in various legal theories‚ including contract‚ fraud and negligence. Accountant malpractice happened when he or she violates the duty of reasonable care‚ knowledge‚ skills and judgment that he or she is due to a client or to the laws to provide auditing and other services. South Asset Management Co hired
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Amputation Mishap; Negligence Carmen Holder HCS/478 February 4‚ 2013 Barbara Gilbert‚ EdD‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNE Amputation Mishap; Negligence Confused by a repeating dream‚ Joseph Benson wakes up and realizes the wrong leg was amputated. Even under the best of circumstances‚ mishaps such as this one do occur as a result of negligence and cause unnecessary duress to patients. This paper will discuss the difference between negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice. I will present my opinion of
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2011‚ p. 209). Then‚ it has the third element‚ the specificity‚ which means in its ad WHIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ specified the particular party‚ business and product (Melvin‚ S.P.‚ 2011). Janet has signed a contract with BUGusa she is committing intentional tort because she is intentionally leaving one company knowing that she has an agreement. She is intentionally leaving them to go work for the competitor so that she can get more money. She can be held liable for any harm or money loss for BUGusa because
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Intentional Tort of Defense Erica Davis Introduction to Tort June 7‚ 2012 Facts On a Saturday night there were an incident between two males and a female in a bar called Bottom’s Up. A man name John had too much to drink and was intoxicated. He was shouting obscenities toward a lady name Jane that was sitting at a table next to another guy name Leroy‚ which he was a frequent customer. However‚ Jane ignored John and continued to drink her beer. When she ignored him than he approached her looking
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“Contract law and Tort law are like cheese and biscuits‚ different but complementary” (Holyoak 1983). A contract is an agreement between two parties that is legally enforceable. Contract law outlines the duties and responsibilities to one another‚ what a person can and cannot include in a contract and the remedies for breach of their contractual duties. Elements of a contract are offer‚ acceptance‚ intention to create legal relation‚ consideration‚ capacity of the party to contract and legality
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Chapter 12 Torts The Basis of Tort 1. The Purpose of Tort Law a. Damages Available in Tort Actions Compensatory damages (including special damages and general damages) : compensate or reimburse the plaintiff for actual losses Special damages: compensate the plaintiff for quantifiable monetary losses. General damages: compensate individuals (not companies) for the nonmonetary aspects of the harm suffered‚ such as pain and suffering. b. Punitive Damages: Only when the defendant’s conduct was particularly
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In this scenario‚ a negligence case was fully established. Duty of care was established because the nurses went against their supervisors permission and proceeded to go on with the delivery. Instead‚ the nurses could have found another OBGYN or at least someone who has experience with delivering a baby instead of handling this situation themselves. This would have never lead to them getting stuck in a position where they didn’t know what to do. If they asked for assistance or waited until the other
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