Case Scenarios BUGusa‚ Inc LAW421 Name Date: xxxxxx‚ 2012 Instructor University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME has committed an intentional business related tort known as Defamation. In this case all four elements of defamation are present. A defamatory statement was
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc. Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc. link to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc. committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME has intentionally carried out a business associated tort most commonly known as Defamation. In this case all 4 factors of defamation are there. A defamatory declaration was made; it was displayed to a 3rd party‚ the declaration was very particular to one
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BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts If so‚ explain. Scenario WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Janet) Has WIRETIME‚ Inc. committed any torts If so‚ explain. In this case Janet is working for BUGusa‚ the contract she signed will be valid for 2 more years. In the contract it states that Janet is not to work for any competitors wither it is if
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. Reading the article I’ve found that WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement is wrong doing to the BUGusa‚ Inc because of the statement in their advertisement that states “that BUGusa‚ Inc.’s electronic devices were low quality and did not
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Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. A Tort was committed by WIRETIME‚ Inc. which means “a civil wrong where on party has acted‚ or in some cases failed to act‚ and that action or inaction causes a loss to be suffered by another party” (Melvin‚ S.P.‚ 2011) The statement made by WIRETIME‚ Inc. will
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Case Scenario: Bugusa Inc Introduction BUGusa is a company that designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells electronic recording devices. These devices are very complicated and used by local police departments and the FBI. The devices are normally used to record sounds and noises through houses. Because these devices are highly sophisticated‚ BUGusa spends a lot of money to the do research and develop these devices. The huge investment that BUGusa spends to make such exceptional devices can
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When it comes down to the basics strict liability actions and negligence actions go hand and hand. When the elements and defenses come into play the actions may differ‚ however‚ where one might not apply the other might apply depending on the extent of care taken by the tortfeasor. Negligence is defined as the failure to exercise reasonable care to avoid injuring others or the property belonging to others. This would be if somebody does not exercise the amount of care that a reasonable careful
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Scenario: BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Plant Parking Lot What defenses may be available to BUGusa‚ Inc.? Explain your answer. The tort of negligence applies in this scenario. Negligence is described as a party who fails to act reasonably‚ even when the act is not intentionally‚ or it does not intend for harm to occur (Melvin‚ 2011). In this scenario BUGusa did not have direct intentions for the vendors‚ and its employees to get attacked and robbed‚ however; the company’s negligence to act reasonably and
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Distinguish between a liability and a environmental liability. Is there any difference in the principle? A liability is a present obligation of the enterprise arising from the past events‚ the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of resources embodying economic benefits whereas An environmental liability is an obligation to pay future expenditures to remedy environmental damage that has occurred because of past events or transactions‚ or to compensate a
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. It seems WIRETIME‚ Inc. (a relatively new competitor) committed intentional tort advertising negative information in a well-known industry magazine in regard to BUGusa‚ Inc.’s devices being low quality and stating the devices
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