You are presently working as a paralegal in a large law firm in San Diego‚ California. Your supervising attorney‚ Janet Jones‚ has called you into her office. Janet just finished an interesting meeting with some potential clients. Rob and Bunny Sherman have a 15-year-old son named Rob Jr. Rob Sr. and Bunny want to bring suit against the Church of the Divine Light. It is similar to the Church of Scientology‚ but not actually related to any one‚ organized church. The parents allege that Rob Jr. was
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according to the textbook as an intentional tort against persons but could be put into intentional tort against property. Torts against persons are intentional acts that harm an individual’s physical or mental integrity (Kubasek‚ pg. 111). A person who is legally injured may be able to use tort law to recover damages from someone who is legally responsible‚ or “liable‚” for those injuries. According to the case‚ Prudence’s physical integrity was harmed
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TORT LAW REVISION GUIDE: LLB/LLM PROGRAMME 2014 General Guidance All topics covered on the Tort module are potential examination topics. This revision guide covers only those potential examination topics deemed core areas of knowledge in tort law. All students‚ whether studying toward the LLB or LLM‚ must have full command of these core topics for any assessment in tort law. Unless these notes expressly state otherwise‚ students can expect core examination topics to appear in either essay
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1. What risks exist for the company? How can the company alleviate these risks? Investments‚ lawsuits and fines and penalties. The company can prevent all of these by being safe‚ professional‚ follow all the labor/environmental laws and meet all deadlines when needed. 2. What competition does the company have in the current market? When it comes to competition for Wal-Mart there is a lot to talk about. In North America the competition includes Target‚ ShopKo‚ Kmart‚ and Aldi’s. For Sam’s
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Facebook.com/Thaya PK (Last minute Exam Revision) Tort: Negligence: MEDICAL Prima facie duty owed by the Hospital/Doctor to patient Cassidy v Ministry of Health (Vicariously liable) BREACH via Standard of Care Wilsher v Essex Experience irrelevant as a doctor; trainee or not‚ same standard “Bolam Test” Bolam v Friern Management Hospital Committee Expert opinion/body of professional opinion‚ vice-versa test Level of skill and competency Bolitho v City of hackney Health Authority Applied Bolam
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THE DUTY OF CARE IN IRISH TORT LAW Author: Anna Louise Hinds‚ B.Corp.Law‚ LL.B (N.U.I.)‚ LL.M (Bruges). Examiner – Legal Framework Formation 1. Introduction The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence‚ a relatively recently emerged tort. Traditionally‚ actions in tort were divided into trespass and trespass on the case‚ or simply ‘case’. Trespass dealt with the situation where the injury was immediate‚ in other words direct and foreseeable. Actions based in case however‚ covered consequential
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3.5 a. Brandywine Homecare Statement of Income Year Ended December 31‚ 2007 | Revenue: | Net service revenue | $12‚000‚000 | Expenses: | Other Than Depreciation (75% of revenue) | $8‚000‚000 | Depreciation Expense | $1‚500‚000 | Net Income | | $2‚500‚000 | b. Net Income is $2.5M as shown in part a. The Total Profit Margin is Net Income ($2.5M)/ total revenues ($12M) = Total Margin of 0.208 (20.8%). The cash flow is the net income plus the depreciation costs
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Grade: A University of London LLB‚ 2nd year Tort Law Question Amber Valley Primary School was closed 6 months ago by Amber Borough Council (ABC)‚ the local education authority‚ which owns all the land and buildings. The school has been standing empty while ABC attempts to find a buyer for the site. Although ABC placed fencing around the site‚ local residents reported that youths had broken into the site on a number of occasions. Last week a group of youths from a nearby young offenders
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University of Cambridge Faculty of law Tripos INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Breach of Confidence/Trade Secrets Lionel Bently March 10 & March11‚ 2011: The Basics April 28: Employees May 2: Privacy and Publicity March 7 and 11‚ 2011 BREACH OF CONFIDENCE: THE BASICS Bently & Sherman (3d ed)‚ 1003-1066 ***Coco v Clark [1969] RPC 41 *A-G v Guardian (No.2) [1988] 3 All ER 545 **Campbell v MGN [2004] 2 AC 457 **Douglas v Hello [2008] 1 AC 1‚ 45-50 (paras 108-28 per
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Unit 3 Assignment: Case Briefs Jody A. Gibson PA 201-02 Introduction to Legal Research Professor Cynthia Middleton June 18‚ 2013 Patterson v. University Park Associates 860 N.E 2d 928 (Table) Ind. App.‚ 2007 January 24‚ 2007 FACTS: On June 13th 2003‚ Patterson was walking through the common area of the University Park Mall ( the Mall) when she slipped and fell on a liquefied cheese substance‚ “which was like cheese whiz”. Due to the high volume of traffic‚ Patterson did not
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