Intentional torts are resolute acts that do harm to another and negligence is “failing to act to rectify a problem that can cause harm to an individual(s)”. Thus‚ for a claim to be qualified as a negligent act certain components have to be stated as proof. Including acts like assault‚ battery‚ defamation‚ intentional infliction of physical or emotional distress and even false imprisonment. Negligent tort actions hold citizens accountable for their careless
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Q #1 The factors I would consider in setting a just financial compensation for each of the victims are as follows: * Compensation for dead victims be paid according to the standards of death compensation to their families. * Seriously injured victims be paid a month to meet their food‚ medical needs‚ living expenses‚ medical expenses‚ back pay due to injury. * Victims with minor injuries be paid as a one time compensation for medical costs and economic hardship. Q #2 Stakeholder
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after acquiring the clubs‚ Cindy went golfing with her friend‚ Kate. While Cindy was swinging a five iron‚ the grip came loose and the club sailed through the air‚ striking Cindy’s golfing partner‚ Kate‚ in the forehead. According to the text; Torts and Personal Injury Law (Okrent‚ 2009); absolute (strict) liability holds a tortfeasor responsible for his or her behavior regardless of fault. Some people feel that it is unfair to hold a defendant accountable especially if he or she did not behave
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Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet – Team B 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 a tort. WIRETIME took out an ad that was designed to hurt BUGusa’s reputation. This constitutes defamation‚ because the defamation was written it is libel. For BUGusa to recover from WIRETIME‚ it will have to meet four elements
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Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins
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Introduction A Tort is the French word for a "wrong." A tort is a civil wrong. A civil wrong involves a breach of a duty owed to someone else‚ as opposed to criminal wrongdoing which involves a breach of a duty owed to society. Torts are civil wrongs other than breaches of contract and certain equitable wrongs. The law of torts law is a remainder category of civil wrongs once other wrongs are excluded. It covers a grab bag of legal cases comprising such disparate topics as auto accidents
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on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. Wiretime‚ Inc.’s ad in the well-known industry magazine stated that BUGusa‚ Inc. electronic recording devices are low quality and not reliable for more than a month (University of Phoenix‚ 2013). This tort is defamation since it can harm the company’s reputation. This written defamation‚ or libel‚ falls under the element of specificity because
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A2 law: tort: Vicarious Liability Question 2-Fairness/Unfairness. Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts of an employee‚ not for an independent contractor. There are also some rules that must be satisfied. First it must be proven that the tortfeaser is an employee. The act the tortfeaser
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Erin’s wedding ring symbolizes that she is married. - The tattoos on the Holocaust survivor’s arms symbolize their status as Jew. 2. Which character(s) experienced role conflict? Give an example - Although Eva and Erin both experienced role conflict‚ I feel that Erin had more of an obvious conflict. She was a teacher‚ wife‚ daughter‚ and an employee. She felt her responsibility was being a teacher for the kids‚ however that left strain on her marriage. As a daughter‚ she struggled to
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For this assignment I chose to watch Freedom Writers. This is a heartfelt movie about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who finds a way to unify her disadvantaged‚ racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics‚ partly by having them keep journals about their violent‚ troubled lives. The main diversity issue in this movie is cultural‚ ethnic‚ and racial tensions. According to Storti (1999)‚ “Culture is the shared assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs of a group of people which result in
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