Tort case scenarios Tort Case Scenarios Tort Case Scenarios The scenarios below provide several examples of torts to include negligence‚ unintentional torts‚ intentional torts‚ assault‚ battery‚ etc. Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. These wrongs result in an injury or harm constituting the basis for a claim by the injured party (Cornell‚ 2010). Scenario 1 Scenario 1 has multiple instances that happen during the game that raises attention between
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Previously‚ jury trials were possible only in cases brought under the EPA or the ADEA. Under the provisions of the 1991 Act‚ parties could now obtain jury trials‚ and recover compensatory and punitive damages in Title VII and ADA lawsuits involving intentional discrimination. The Act placed statutory caps on the amount of damages that could be awarded for future pecuniary losses‚ pain and suffering‚ and punitive damages‚ based on employer size. The 1991 Act added a new subsection to Title VII‚ codifying
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into the following categories: intentional torts‚ negligence and strict liability. Torts can be intentional and unintentional. The most common unintentional tort is negligence (Best/Barnes‚ 2010). People have a duty to conform to a specific standard of conduct for the protection of others from unreasonable risk or harm. Someone who is injured as a result of another’s failure to conform to those standards have a case for negligence. Negligence is the unintentional failure to live up to the community’s
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IRAC Brief Law/531 Facts of the Case According to United States District Court District of Massachusetts Civil Action 11-10313-GAO (2013)‚ Anderson‚ Silva‚ Johnson and Funches contracted through a limited liability company by the name of SLS to perform delivery services work on behalf of HDA (United States District Court District of Massachusetts‚ 2013). Plaintiffs Case Each driver was provided with their truck Trucks provided to the contractors bore Sears Logo Uniforms bore both Sears and
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information between two and a group of living creatures. Also any act by which one person gives to or receives from person information about that person’s needs‚ desires‚ perceptions‚ knowledge‚ or affective states. Communication may be intentional or unintentional‚ may involve conventional or unconventional signals‚ may take linguistic or non-linguistic forms‚ and may occur through spoken or other modes. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and a recipient‚ although the receiver doesn’t have
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confusion on understanding the difference between child abuse and neglect‚ is that they can occur simultaneously. If you take into account their definitions of the different forms of abuse‚ it becomes clearer that child abuse usually involves an intentional form of maltreatment‚ while neglect is usually an inactive form of maltreatment. The authors are not alone in feeling that the definitions are somewhat misleading or
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Illegal Activity and behavior can causes harm to patients and others. Criminal conduct can take place when someone has performed not permitted by law or not performed an act required by law. There are many cases of crimes such as murder‚ manslaughter‚ burglary‚ robbery‚ assault and battery‚ the list goes on. In medical facility‚ patients have the right to keep medical records confidential. Disclosing patient health information is an violation of HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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Buchbinder and Shanks define fraud as an "intentional act of deception"(2017). Intentionally upcoding or undercoding and filing false claims are examples of fraud (Washlick‚ 2014). A physician commited fraud because he signed blank prescriptions and certificates for medical necessity without even seeing the patient ( Rudman et al.‚ 2009). The outcome of this particular example was an order to pay 727 thousand dollars and a sentence of twenty four years in prison (Rudman et al.‚ 2009). The physician
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behaviors occur because they are under antecedent control. The antecedent and consequences of the environment are responsible for a large portion of human behavior. Usually there is reinforcement that is strengthening the problem behavior. 4. Intentional or unintentional reinforcement added to the environment by another person following the behavior. It includes both attention and access to specific items and activities. a. Ex of behavior maintained by this event: i. A student is rowdy independent
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Business Regulation Simulation Alumina‚ Inc. manufactures auto parts and aluminum packaging material‚ mines bauxite‚ and refines and smelts aluminum (University of Phoenix‚ n.d.). After reviewing the simulation‚ it is easy to see how a business can be the target of legality. In this scenario‚ fingers were pointed at Alumina‚ Inc. for contaminated water that may have been the cause for a case of leukemia in a female child. In any business‚ management teams must take caution that tort and regulatory
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