Memorandum TO: Janet Jones Supervising Attorney FROM: Susan Steichen Paralegal RE: Potential case of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman on behalf on the minor son DATE: September 22‚ 2012 Questions Presented Did the Church of Divine Light (CoDL) make threats to the minor Sherman into believing that if he left he would be “thrown into the eternal fires of Hell”? Did the CoDL intentionally brainwash Rob Sherman Jr.‚ to cut all contact from his family? Brief Answer Yes. The CoDL had brainwashed the minor
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The Concept of Intentional Action Abstract The concept of intentional action‚ which is the notion of how people assign blame/praise unto actions and how they consider them to be intentional or unintentional has been a subject of discussion within the area of philosophical theories of the mind and folk psychology. To investigate whether people assign moral considerations with regard to actions and how they consider them intentional/unintentional‚ 6 people were given a 5 question questionnaire to
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Garden Club Guests and Liability Nicola Grover Professor‚ Theresa Dike November 27‚ 2011 LEG 300 The difference between an invitee and a licensee is the level of duty of care owed to each by the landowner. A person who enters the premises of a landowner by invitation‚ as part of the general public for a lawful purpose‚ would be considered an invitee. The landowner must provide an invitee reasonable care to keep the invitee safe from harm. This means the landowner must be aware of impending
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Lifting of Corporate Veil in Tort Cases in Pursuit of Justice Introduction Limited liability has been the prevailing rule for corporations for more than a century. It creates incentives for excessive risk-taking by allowing companies to avoid the full costs of their activities. Strict application of this rule in all cases would lead to inflexibility and injustice‚ particularly in tort cases. Therefore‚ as suggested by Stephen Griffin—“in the interests of justice and to prevent subsidiary companies
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Sleet‚ 2012). However‚ because the rapid physical growth‚ strength‚ motor skills and greater independence of children during their preschool year; they become difficult to supervise and to carry out of danger which places them into the risk of unintentional injury when playing (Hoffnung‚ et al.‚ 2010). Play is the main activity of children’s everyday life in all cultures. It provides children with opportunities for learning about the world around them‚ thus making it significant to children’s healthy
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Discuss 3 actions of caregivers that may lead to unintentional injury among children. What are these unintentional injuries? Three examples of actions of caregivers that may lead to unintentional injury among children are: - The use of infant walkers to promote independent walking in infants. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics‚ reported injuries are overwhelmingly caused by falls‚ either from the walker or with the infant remaining in the walker. Stairs are implicated in 75% to 96%
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Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan University of Phoenix Business Law LAW 531 Charlisa Edelin October 11‚ 2010 When operating any business‚ the company always has the potential of facing allegation about the quality of their product‚ their environmental impact‚ and many other forms of complaints. Alumina Inc is such a company. Alumina Inc is facing a possible law suit over allegation about their environmental record. Alumina Inc is facing possible law suit for negligence
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Hot coffee spill worth cool award McDonald ’s may fork over $2.9 million Denver Post Copyright 1994 Friday‚ August 19‚ 1994 The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE - A woman‚ who was scalded when her McDonald ’s coffee spilled won a jury award of $2.9 million - or about two days ’ coffee sales for the fast-food chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck‚ 81‚ who suffered thirddegree burns in the 1992 incident‚ contended that McDonald ’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed $2.7 million in
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Pert Grantt Chart - Tutorial Exercises 1 Calculate the EET and LET for the following charts (the letters represent activities). Now Identify each CP 2 Redraw the following charts after Inserting activity N (duration 5) in them. Assume in each case it (N) must precede all activities whose initial letter is >= F (but succeed all others). Recalculate the chart and identify the CP 3 For each of the following precedence
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Critical Thinking in the Legal Environment: Torts and Products Liability University of Maryland University College Introduction Through the use of the precepts of product and service liability law‚ consumers can go to court to be compensated for the injuries and/or losses they experienced when using a particular product or service. Product liability cases are a significant portion of United States litigations; there are approximately one million cases a year (Kubasek‚ Brennan
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