Appellate Opinion Research Project By: LaVetra Speight ASCM 627 Legal Aspects of Contracting University of Maryland University College Due: November 9‚ 2014 Introduction In this country‚ it is estimated that more than 1 billion venipunctures or blood drawings are performed by phlebotomists each year. According to Ogden-Grable (2005)‚ phlebotomy errors can cause serious harm to patients; up to and including death‚ either directly or indirectly. Therefore it is vital to establish‚ implement
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AJS 502 January 28‚ 2013 Instructor: Kevin Moore Court Systems As the gavel sounds there is silence in the courtroom. The Judge has made his final decision‚ and the outcome is life without the possibility of parole. The courtroom is filled with mixed emotions and the prosecution and family have a sense of justice‚ although the family of the perpetrator feels anguish. Criminal court is perceived as the place of justice where criminals are punished and the victims get closure
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3 December 2012 Court Proceedings The best part about criminal procedures here in the United States is that criminal defendants have a lot of protections and guarantees. They have the guarantees of due process‚ equal protection under the laws‚ the right to have legal counsel present‚ the right to confront witnesses‚ the right to a jury trial‚ and the right to not testify against themselves. In the movie and in real life we see this all the time. For example the way due process was portrayed in
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Small Claims Courts in the Philippines Going to court for a small sum of money has just become cheaper and faster with the establishment of small claims courts. A simple procedure makes it easy for everyone. According to former Court Administrator‚ now Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez‚ 70% of cases before Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila are small claims (involving small amounts of money) and many of the litigants in these cases are poor. The same thing is true‚ if not more
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type of court structure in the United States and describe the various components (Bohm & Haley 2012). I will identify the ten purposes of the courts. Identify the type of court structure in the United States and describe its various components. Identify the ten purposes of courts. The type of court structure we have in the United States is a dual court system which means that there is a separate judicial system for of the states and a separate federal system (Bohm & Haley 2012). The state court system
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Landmark Supreme Court Case Project Dredd Scott v. Sandford 1857 In the Dred Scott case‚ Scott filed for a lawsuit to gain freedom for him and his family. He was once obtained a slave in a slave state‚ but his master had moved around and ended up in Illinois‚ which had been a free state in 1836. His rights that were being withheld from him were freedom. The way they pleaded their case was that he lived in a territory where slavery was illegal; therefore he can’t be enslaved again. Scott lost
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The California Court System California is home to one of the largest court systems in the United States. Filing nearly nine million cases in its lifetime‚ the system has served over 37 million people (Darling). The California system can be separated into three branches. The first branch is known as the Supreme Court of California‚ and they are the state’s highest court. They review cases involving judgments of death and misconduct among attorneys. They also have the power to review cases
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Decades Old Battle of the Court Reporter vs. The Tape Recorder Allow me please to define court reporter: The court reporter is the person who uses a stenograph machine to take down every word in a proceeding. The machines have fewer keys than a standard keyboard‚ and several keys can be pressed simultaneously to represent certain sounds. The word “no‚” for example‚ is written “tpho‚” with all four keys hit at the same time. Tph is the “n.” The goal in court reporting school is to be
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The structure of state and federal court systems are similar. The main difference is federal courts hear cases only involving federal laws or the constitution. The structure of Texas court system is said to be complicated. I will break down the structure of the Texas court system and the federal court system. I will show similarities in the courts of the state vs the federal court. State vs Federal Court System Structure Most courts have the same agenda only one focuses on state issues and one
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The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that doctors can be sued for medical negligence in consumer courts set up under India’s consumer protection act of 1986. The landmark judgment‚ delivered last week‚ caps the nine year old controversy over whether doctors providing medical services to patients on payment of fees can be held liable under this act. Responding to appeals by doctors against earlier judgments by state high courts‚ the Supreme Court ruled that patients aggrieved by deficiencies in medical
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