Chapter 8: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Caption: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Citation: California Court of Appeals‚ Fourth District‚ 1981 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 Facts: 1. Ford developed a new model‚ later to be known as the pinto‚ changing the design drastically. 2. Ford discovered that the fuel tanks position was in a ’vulnerable place’ and the car failed to met crash safety standards. 3. Ford was aware of the small cost to help the fuel tanks meet standards but refused to
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Rico v. Mitsubishi Motors Corp.‚ 42 Cal. 4th 807 (2007) Judicial History: Various plaintiffs sued Mitsubishi Motors Corporation after a sport utility vehicle rolled over while driven on a freeway. The trial court entered an order granting the defense a motion to disqualify plaintiff’s legal team and experts. The California Court of Appeal affirmed its decision and plaintiffs sought review. Facts: Plaintiffs’ attorney obtained notes from one of the defense attorneys and used them during
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Legal Analysis Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Facts In 1972 a Ford Pinto‚ purchased six months prior‚ unexpectedly stalled on the freeway in California. The Pinto was hit from behind by a Ford Galaxy‚ erupting into flames instantly. The driver of the car‚ Lilly Gray‚ suffered from fatal burns and died a few days later in the hospital. The passenger‚ a 13-year old boy named Richard Grimshaw‚ was also severely injured from burns‚ which caused his face and body to be permanently disfigured. After
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Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome is an extreme rare genetic disorder that catastrophically influences children in pre-mature aging and dying in their teenagers. So far‚ all drugs used to treat this disease are focusing on reducing complications and extending the life spans of patients‚ but no treatment has been proven to treat this disease directly and effectively. Fortunately‚ the new drug named farnesyltransferase inhibitors appears recently in the research field of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria
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University Legal accusations of race‚ gender and age bias was bases for the 2001 class action lawsuit of Streeter et al. vs. Ford Motor Co and Siegel et al. vs. Ford Motor Co. for possible age bias. The legal accusations of gender and race claims were dismissed in the Streeter lawsuit but age was still a legal accusation. Ford Motor Co. denied any legal accusations of wrong actions in either lawsuit (The Union Times‚ 2001). “The reverse-discrimination lawsuits claimed that Ford
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Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd (Salomon) has created an impressive case in English Law history. The decision of the House of Lords in Salomon has reaffirmed the separate legal personality of a company. A separate legal personality is also known as the corporate personality. It is one of the consequences of the Company Act 2006 which incorporated a sole trader company to a limited company. When a company has undergone incorporation‚ it simply means that the shareholders of the company are separated
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The kooks brought a lot more soul into the song compared to the other two versions in my opinion. The way Lena Horne sang the song made it a good song if your goal is to fall asleep. When I listen to music I desire to listen to something that has either meaningful lyrics‚ catchy‚ or both. I could not understand all the lyrics while she was sing which is another reason I do not like her version. I looked up the lyrics and found out that they are really depressing to read. I think that the way she
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PSALMS 19 ANALYSIS A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. MARK MCGINNISS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE OBST 610 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY SONJA HILL JULY 6‚ 2012 The Book of Psalms is a compilation of beautifully exquisite poems which were used as prayers as well as sung as praise and worship songs for public and private worship by the children of God. The Psalms are not simply prayers nor are they simply hymns‚ they cannot
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A SEMINAR REPORT ON TESTING OF BRAZING JOINT OF FIELD COILS CIRCUIT OF TRACTION MOTOR TYPE TAO-659 AND HS-15250A Submitted by: VARUN BALI Roll No. 09EI59(EE) B.Tech. 4th Year (Electrical Engineering) DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY‚ BAREILLY (2012-2013) ACKNOLEDGEMENT I am extremely grateful to Mr. M. A. Ansari (Senior Lecturer)‚ Mr. Sanjay
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for Children Ages 4.1-5 years) Submitted by: Adolfo‚ Mary Grace G. Villagonzalo‚ Garlyn Joy D. CONTENT OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. PURPOSE OF THE EXAMINATION III. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE IV. EXAM FORMAT AND ITEM TYPES V. TEST INSTRUCTIONS VI. ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING VII. SOURCES I. INTRODUCTION All children go through different stages of development. An infant or very young child will play alone happily. If another child wanders onto the scene‚ he/she
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