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    Three Ways Medical Negligence Can Lead to Injuries to a Baby or a Mother Birth injuries to a child or the mother can happen through no one’s fault‚ but there are situations where an injury could have been prevented. Through negligence on the part of a doctor or hospital staff‚ a child is harmed. This injury can have an impact throughout the child’s life. A parent may be entitled to compensation for the increased medical and child care expenses due to this injury. The following are three situations

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    The law places a limit upon the extent to which the defendant is liable for the loss which occurs from his breach of a duty of care to the plaintiff‚ once it is established that the loss sustained by the plaintiff is one recoverable in negligence. The test of remoteness of damage limits this liability by defining certain types of damage or losses as being irrecoverable as a matter of law. The test is carried out to protect the defendant in breach of their obligations from unusual or unexpected claims

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    The different between negligence and fraud is intention. The critical issue in this case study is the responsibility of auditor. Should Ernst & Ernst be civilly liable for defrauded investors of First Securities Company of Chicago under Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under Rule 10b-5. According to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under Rule 10b-5‚ plaintiff which was the defrauded investor Hochfelder needed to prove that Ernst & Ernst intentionally manipulate the escrows investors

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    Negligence: Moe V. Barry

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    1. NEGLIGENCE The issue is whether Moe is likely to prevail on a negligence claim against Barry. An action for negligence requires Plaintiff to prove that Defendant had a duty of reasonable care‚ Defendant breached that duty‚ the breach was the actual and proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries‚ and some sort of damage occurred to the plaintiff. a. Duty A general rule is that the defendant whose actions expose others to an unreasonable risk of harm owes a general duty of care to any foreseeable

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    The article "Nursing Home Neglect" is about ways someone working in a nursing home can prevent negligence from happening. Negligence is failure to do a task or a failure to do a what a reasonable and careful person would do in certain situations. These types of incidents are increasing. The article is also about how you can prevent it from happening and the warning signs of negligence. In this article‚ they go into depth on the different types of neglect. There are different primary types of neglect

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    d. Elements of Negligence The four elements of negligence must be present in order for a plaintiff to recover damages cause by negligence. These are duty to care‚ breach of duty‚ injury‚ and causation. In duty of care‚ there must be an obligation to conform to recognized standard. In breach of duty‚ there must be a deviation from the recognized standard of care and there must be a failure to adhere to an obligation. In injury‚ there must be actual damages. And lastly‚ in causation‚ the departure

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    appropriate medications and councils patients regarding their medications. Occasionally‚ there are cases where pharmacists are held liable for negligence by dispensing improper dosage of medication prescribed by the doctor or may have written the wrong instructions to go with the medication. Being an important role in the health care industry‚ pharmacist negligence could cause a patient detrimental harm‚ such as; allergic reaction‚ sever health risks‚ or even death. Therefore‚ it is very important for

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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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    This problem concerns clinical negligence by omission for failing to diagnose Jane for meningitis and encephalitis. For the hospital to be held vicariously liable for the actions of its doctors‚ Jane must prove misdiagnosis was carried out negligently and directly caused the injury. Lord Bingham said‚ ‘For the purposes of analysis‚ and for the purpose of pleading‚ proving and resolving the claim‚ lawyers find it convenient to break the claim into its constituent elements: the duty‚ the breach‚ the

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    lays on the ground from the other 3 bullets that were placed in him. I also can back this up by saying these were at least 12 officers on the spot and Officer Jason Van Dyke was the only officer to shoot. There are 5 elements in which to prove “Negligence Tort” I believe that all 5 can be proven in this case. I believe that the officer will be convicted‚ as well he will be sued for a wrongful death case. The family already settled for a few million dollars from the City. I believe once this trial

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