Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.‚ 834P. 2d 745 – Cal: Supreme Court 1992 Summary of the case The litigation was brought by investors of Osborne Computer Corp. a computer manufacturing company. The business was founded in 1980 by Adam Osborne. The Company grew rapidly‚ and by fall of 1982‚ sales reached $10 million per month‚ making the company one of the fastest growing enterprises in the history of American business. Late in 1982‚ Osborne planned an initial public stock offering. In the process
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Derek Brown Dr. Janet Smith Employment Law BA370 30 June 2011 EEOC V. FEDERAL EXPRESS The EEOC filed suit complaining that FedEx violated Title I of the ADA by failing to provide reasonable accommodations and for discharging him in retaliation for his discrimination complaint. Additionally‚ the complaint sought compensatory damages (i.e.‚ damages paid to compensate the claimant for actual injury or harms they suffered) and punitive damages (i.e.‚ exemplary damages paid to penalize the defendant)
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Case Legal Brief Case: Mullins V. Parkview Hospital (2007) Facts: At a teaching hospital‚ Mullins who is the plaintiff marked or ticked the section of approval form that consented to “the presence of healthcare learners”. She was assured by the attending Anaesthesiologist that she would handle the anaesthesia. However‚ when Mullins was unconscious during the surgery‚ a student (VanHoey) was allowed by the Anaesthesiologist to perform intubation. Mullins’ oesophagus was lacerated by VanHoey as
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1. Case 9-1: Facebook v. Winklevosses The settlement agreement is enforceable. Based on the four necessary conditions on constructing a valid (bilateral contract in this case) contract: (1) Agreement: Winklevosses agreed that he has “no further right to assert against Facebook” and “no further claims against Facebook and its related parties” in exchange for cash and Facebook stock from Zuckerberg (promise for a promise); (2) Consideration: What Zuckerberg offered was a legal value in exchange for
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V for Vendetta Essay V The main character in the movie V for Vendetta is simply named V. His name is partly used as a symbol for the roman number five. Through his rebellion actions he became a revolutionary figure for the population in England. The city of London‚ the set of the movie‚ is supposed to be playing during 1980-1990‚ led by a fascist party. The original V for Vendetta story is a ten-issue comic book series and subsequently made into a movie in 2006. Comparing the movie with the original
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The Korematsu v. United States (1944) case was an unjustifiable case towards individuals with a particular race‚ but even though at the moment it seemed like the appropriate action to take for the protection of the people in our country‚ the action towards this race was completely inappropriate and unconstitutional. During the War of World War II‚ the president of the United States‚ Franklin Roosevelt put a float the Executive Order 9066 that targeted individuals from the Pacific Coast of Japanese
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In the legal case (Unites States v Leon) On August 1981‚ police in Burbank received intel from an informant that Patsy Stewart and Armando Sanchez were selling narcotics from their personal residence. Police began surveillance of their home without a warrant and identified suspects Ricardo Del Castillo and Alberto Leon. Based on their investigation and information obtained from another informant‚ a warrant was obtained. A search of the residence was conducted‚ and large amounts of drug paraphernalia
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Page 1 Case Name: Saelman v. Hill Between Jacques Saelman and William Wuerch‚ plaintiffs‚ and Dennis Wayne Hill and Sylvia Ann Hill‚ defendants [2004] O.J. No. 2122 [2004] O.T.C. 440 20 R.P.R. (4th) 118 2004 CanLII 9176 131 A.C.W.S. (3d) 367 Court File No. 13526/00 Ontario Superior Court of Justice Kingston‚ Ontario Hackland J. Heard: April 5-8 and 13-16‚ 2004. Judgment: May 20‚ 2004. (47 paras.) Damages -- For torts -- Affecting property -- Real property -- Nuisance -- Inconvenience -Psychological
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In the case of Keller v. Inland Metals All Weather Conditioning‚ Inc. Inland Metals did have an express warranty with the humidifier it sold to Keller. According to NOLO (2015) “an express warranty is a verbal or written statement that guarantees that a product is of a certain quality or will work in a certain way or for a certain amount of time.” In the case of Keller v. Inland Metal‚ Inland Metals provided both verbal and written statements about the quality of the humidifier they sold the
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Roberts v Colorado State is a case based on former members of the Colorado State University women’s varsity softball team ("ROBERTS v. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Leagle.com‚" n.d.). During the summer of the 1992‚ CSU experienced many financial burdens as their state aid was taken away and many beneficiaries bailed out. This put the school in a deficit‚ causing them to drop many of their sports teams. One of which was the women’s softball team. The players found this to be wrong because they were
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