Current Liabilities Week 3 Assignment Beverly Clarkson November 23‚ 2014 Daniel Carraher RUNNING HEAD: CURRENT LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Current liabilities
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Torts of negligence are breaches of duty that results to injury to another person to whom the duty breached is owed. Like all other torts‚ the requirements for this are duty‚ breach of duty by the defendant‚ causation and injury(Stuhmcke and Corporation.E 2001). However‚ this form of tort differs from intentional tort as regards the manner the duty is breached. In torts of negligence‚ duties are breached by negligence and not by intent. Negligence is conduct that falls below the standard of care
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Intentional Tort is a purposeful act committed by a person against another person that results in harm. In this case it is a nursing assistant harming a patient. An example is a nurse put poison in the patient’s food to inflict harm on them. The case I found was about 16 year old Rachelle Harris. On July 4th‚ 1988 Rachelle tried to commit suicide and was checked into a psychiatric unit of Baptist Hospital. Rachelle was then raped by a nursing assistant on July 16th‚ 1988. Dr. Isabelle L. Ochsner
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Q.1 Define Tort and explain its essential elements. Distinguish Tort from breach of contract and Crime. Ans. The term “Tort” has been derived from the Latin term “Tortum” which means to twist.It means twisted‚ crooked‚ unlawful‚ or a wrongful act rather than an act which is straight or lawful. Tort may be defined as a “Civil Wrong” which is repressible by an action for unliquidated damages and which is other than a mere breach of contract or breach of trust” Tort is a civil wrong as opposed
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R. v. Dudley and Stephens I am arguing the Defence and I’m seeking the verdict of not guilty. The Defence of Necessity clearly states three points. The first one being that there must be an urgent situation of clear and imminent peril. The second one being that the accused must have had no reasonable legal alternative to breaking the law. The last one states that the harm inflicted by the accused must be proportional to the harm avoided by the accused. Tom Dudley‚ Richard Parker‚ Edmund
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ABSTRACT This essay deals with the law of torts‚ and more specifically the tort of negligence. It discusses cases and judgements related to it. It concludes by looking at the elements of negligence and their meanings. THE LAW OF TORTS A tort is basically a civil wrong. A civil wrong is an act‚ intentional or otherwise‚ the consequences of which include‚ but are not limited to damage to life or property‚ injury to a person‚ emotional or mental trauma‚
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CHAPTER 6 ASSET-LIABILITY MANAGEMENT: DETERMINING AND MEASURING INTEREST RATES AND CONTROLLING INTEREST-SENSITIVE AND DURATION GAPS Goals of This Chapter: The purpose of this chapter is to explore the options bankers have today for dealing with risk – especially the risk of loss due to changing interest rates – and to see how a bank’s management can coordinate the management of its assets with the management of its liabilities in order to achieve the institution’s goals. Key Topic In This Chapter
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in the business of receiving deposits (liabilities) and to issue debt securities on one hand and create or invest in assets on the other hand during these transactions banks incur costs for their liabilities and earn income from their assets. Asset – liability management is therefore very critical for the sound management of the finances of any organisation that invests to meet its future cash flow needs and capital requirements. An efficient asset-liability management requires maximising the bank’s
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Assignments PLG-101-1401: Torts & Personal Injury Assignment 1 (based on class 1): View submitted answer Please find on Lexis and read the following case: Watson v. Dixon‚ 130 N.C. App. 47 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). Then‚ please answer‚ in one to two paragraphs each‚ each of the following questions: ) 1) What were the essential facts of that case? Watson and Dixon were both employed with Duke in the Sterile Processing Department of the Medical Center‚ when Watson began to experience
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two principles of criminal liability which have to be relied upon in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused person. Therefore the aim of this essay is to discuss the two principles of law for criminal liability with reference to the Penal Code Act‚ Chapter Eighty Seven (87) of the Laws of Zambia and Zambian decided cases. In order to effectively do this‚ the essay will begin by generally talking about the two principles of law for criminal liability which are the “Actus reus”
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