CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS 1. Why do you‚ as a healthcare professional‚ need professional liability insurance? List and discuss nine reasons. At any time and in any given situation‚ a dissatisfied individual can choose to bring a complaint against you. When people sue‚ they usually name everyone they perceive as having had anything to do with the situation—you‚ your business‚ those with whom you share office space. Routinely‚ claimants sue as many individuals as possible. Regardless of who is negligent
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1) Patty owned Patty’s Cakes in Jacksonville‚ Florida. She sold her business to Fruity’s‚ Inc. a national pastry company. There was a non-compete agreement in the contract for the sale of her business. In the non-compete‚ Patty agreed not to work in any capacity in the food industry for 10 years on the entire east coast. A court would likely determine that the non-compete agreement a) violates federal law b) is unenforceable c) is enforceable d) both A and B 2) A liability that may extend
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CLAW1001: Commercial Transactions A Case Analysis Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 44 Submitted by: Sindhuja Shankar SID: 305 127 950 3/10/2007 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Case Summary 3 Facts 3 Issues 3 Ratio 3 Decision 4 Critical Analysis 4 Commercial Implications 5 Legal Implications 6 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 Appendix † Research Plan 8 Introduction The case Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd[1] confirms the long held doctrine that employers are vicariously
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The preliminary issue in the question is fast food restaurant is vicariously liable for the Cathy’s negligence. Since the concerns about the law of tort‚ the following analysis will focus on the possible tortuous liability instead of the potential breach of the contractual obligation and the criminal acts. In principle of vicarious liability‚ to make an employer liable for a wrong committed by an employee‚ the plaintiff must establish that: 1. defendant is an employee ( as opposed to an independent
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Family Insurance I. 3 Reasons to Work with an Insurance Call Center As an Insurance agent‚ do you still have time for yourself to relax? Do you have time between one event and the other? Do you have time between one meeting and another meeting? If you’re answer is negative then you’d rather be conscious of the great options for you to have a time control. And if you want to be a person who is guided by more conscious choices for rapid growth of business‚ you need to look how you use your time.
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Vicarious Liability Monday‚ January 12‚ 2015 10:00 PM Vicarious Liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another. This is usually where an employer is liable for the torts of employee. For the employer to be liable: i) A tort‚ (such as negligence‚ battery or even in breach of statutory duty (Majrowski v Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Trust 2007)) ii) committed by his employee‚ iii) during the course of employment. • Original defendant (employee) must be liable in tort first Prepared
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An investigation into the use of science by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in relation to climate change 1. Introduction Climate change is now the greatest environmental problem confronting the earth ecosystem and human beings. It is largely caused by unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions all over the world from industry and many human activities. It can be prevented from becoming worse if some decisive measures and actions are in place (Total Environment Centre‚ 2012).
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CONCEPT OF AGENCY Part A INTRODUCTION The legal concept of agency plays an essential role under commercial transactions. This essay will first explain the definition of agency and methods of creating agency relationship‚ then the benefits and drawbacks of agency will be illustrated. Finally‚ there are two examples presenting formal and informal agency relationship. THE LEGAL CONCEPT OF AGENCY An agency refers to a legal relationship between agent and principal. A broad concept of agency is a
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Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies Legal Environment of Business (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency The administrative agency we decided on was the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It was created by President Richard Nixon in 1973 through an Executive Order to establish unified command to combat. It was formed to regulate and put a stop to drug trafficking. It has nearly 5‚000 Special Agents and a budget of $2.02 billion per year. Also‚ a few more reasons on why it is formed: Manage
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forms of Agency. Agency is a way to express your own opinions and act upon them. It is a way to stand up for what you believe in and can be expressed in many ways. Agency can be expressed through violence‚ protesting‚ letters and many other ways. It can be one person or a group of people. This essay is going to talk about how with all that Natives and Slaves endured with the Europeans how they responded‚ and how they demonstrated agency throughout that time.
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