Bugusa‚ Inc. Worksheet LAW/421 Version 2 1 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. In the case of WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ tort has been committed. Per the reading‚ “a tort is when one party has acted‚ or in some cases failed to act‚ and that action or inaction triggered a loss to be grieved
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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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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 intentionally
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Tsige. What is case is about is Winnie Tsige‚ has been surreptitiously looking at Sandra Jones banking records. 2. The case was heard September 29‚ 2011 by the court of appeal for Ontario‚ and the result at the original trial was does Ontario law recognize a right to bring a civil action for damages for the invasion of personal privacy. 3. The court that heard the case in the attached file was Kevin M.V. Whitaker‚ of the Superior court of Justice‚ date March 23 2011‚ with reasons reported
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products is covered under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act of 1987‚ which has mandated a general safety requirement. The producer‚ distributor or supplier of unsafe products incur criminal liability for failure to exercise due diligence. The law is strict but the criminal liability can be dispensed with after showing that they exercised due diligence and have reasonable grounds to believe that the products passed the general safety test (Ruff‚ 1995). Aside from this‚ the General Products
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presented is whether Lily can hold Walter liable in the tort of battery. To succeed in a claiming of battery‚ the P must prove that there must be an intentional and direct act by the D which causes some undesired physical contact with the P. Pinpoint the particular elements raised by the question (if any): Eg. In particular‚ the specific issue raised by the present facts is whether the requirements of intention and directness under the tort of battery are satisfied. Eg. The specific issue to
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Elements of Torts Torts and the Legal System Business and Torts Intentional Negligent Without fault (strict liability) For a business‚ torts come about in three ways A person is harmed by the actions of a business or its employees A person is harmed by a product manufactured or distributed by the business or A business is harmed by the wrongful actions of another business or person Role of Tort Law While most criminal acts‚ especially violent ones‚ involve a tort‚ most torts do not involve
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above elements pertaining to negligence in law of tort‚ we shall discuss them in detail. Duty of Care In tort law‚ a duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The claimant must be able to show a duty of care imposed by law which the defendant has breached. The duty
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the minibus and damaging it is exactly the type of outcome that should have been foreseen by the officers. It should be considered fair‚ just and reasonable that the law should impose a duty of care to Jone and Tomasi‚ Cool Cars Ltd and the Sea Snakes team. This can also look into “neighbor principle” in which the ‘extended the tort of negligence beyond the tortfeasor and the immediate party. It raised the question of exactly which people might be affected by negligent actions.’ The escapees were
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Midterm Essay Tort Law Torts and Defenses FACTS: Teenage Son has borrowed parent’s car one evening. First‚ he dropped by his girlfriend’s house to pick her up but once there met with considerable resistance from her parents. Her father stood menacingly in front of the car as your son started the engine‚ and your son‚ not one to be intimidated‚ yelled out the window that he would run over her father if he did not get out of the way. The father‚ who doggedly stood his ground until the last
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