following problems: Use the scenarios in the BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. 1. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. 2. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Janet) Has WIRETIME‚ Inc. committed any torts? If so‚ explain. 3. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Steve and Walter) Discuss any liability BUGusa‚ Inc. may have for Walter Law - Business Law Resources: University of Phoenix Material: Case Scenarios:
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“The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher remains a tort of strict liability. The statement posed to us above is quite contentious‚ a statement which attracts diverse views from a number of different jurisdictions. The main question to consider here is whether the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher remains an independent tort of strict liability or whether there has been a move towards negligence and nuisance in recent years. There is a great emphasis placed on the rule of Rylands v. Fletcher for law students‚
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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 organization‚ and it put a negative frame of mind to BUGusa’s clients. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Janet) Has WIRETIME‚ Inc. committed any torts? If so‚ explain. In this case
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Assignment III- Tort (Negligence/Res ipsa loquitur) Prof Lindsey Appiah Tort Law November 18‚ 2012 Define a Tort A tort is a civil wrong‚ other than a breach of contract‚ for which courts provide a remedy in the form of an action for damages (Schubert‚ 2012). The difference between a crime and a tort is the government’s involvement. A law will be passed by government to prohibit certain acts‚ making those acts a crime. Those who break the law may be punished by the government for the crime(s)
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leaders have told Steve even if he leaves his neighbors as well as members of the church will be notified of his past. In this paper I will discuss which privacy torts are involved as well as if this is a libel case. I will also discuss whether the expectation of privacy applies to the facts of this case as well as the defenses to the tort and if there is a legal difference in disclosing personal indiscretions to members of the church‚ its’ elders and to the general public. Invasion of privacy
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Module 1- Intentional Tort Samuels vs. Southern Baptist Hospital taking place February 13th 1992 in Louisiana. A minor age sixteen Rochelle Harris and her family sue for an Intentional tort from the Southern Baptist’s former employee Raymond Stewart. The injury that occurred here was an incident of a common everyday tort known as rape. Ms. Rochelle was sixteen at the time of this intentional tort she had been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Southern Baptist Hospital by her parents from an attempt
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ASPECTS OF CONTRACT AND NEGLIGENCE OF BUSINESS Task: 1.1: Explain the importance of the essential elements required for the information of a valid contract? Offer A valid offer identifies the bargained-for exchange between the parties and creates a power of acceptance in the party to whom the offer is made. The communication by one party known as the offeror to the another party called the offeree b) Acceptance To constitute a contract‚ there must be an acceptance of the offer
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Two-time Academy Award®-winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell‚ whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black‚ Latino and Asian gang members who hate her even more than each other. When Erin begins to listen to them‚ she begins to understand that for these kids‚ getting through the day alive is enough – they are not delinquents but teenagers fighting ‘a war on the streets’ that began long before they were born. Erin gives them something they never had from a teacher before
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Armington The Case is that Armington‚ while robbing a drugstore‚ shot and seriously injured Jennings‚ a drugstore clerk. Armington was subsequently convicted in a criminal trial of armed robbery and assault and battery. Jennings later brought a civil tort suit against Armington for damages. Armington contended that he could not be tried again for the same crime‚ as that would constitute double jeopardy‚ which is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Armington is standing by the Fifth
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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 works for one month only. An intentional tort occurs when a party intentionally caused another party to suffer injury or damage (Larson‚ 2005). In
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