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    Medical Malpractice Law Medical Malpractice is a serious offense that has affected the lives of many. It became important to recognize this type of unintentional offenses and bring them under the law to give justice to the sufferers. Hence‚ the medical malpractice law was devised to provide protection to the sufferers and make the medical practitioners more careful towards their work. Factors that make a Valid Case There are certain factors that make a case valid under the medical malpractice

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    considerable amount of trust given to the healthcare professional. They took the time and patience to make sure that their patient received the highest quality of care. Today‚ the healthcare industry is not as personable due to the rising number of lawsuits from patients claiming negligence. I would like to examine the field of pharmacy and explore how an individual in this profession might be held liable for negligence. I will also examine ways that they may proactively avoid or prevent that negligence

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    acting in violation of the prisoner’s First Amendment rights. Perez was identified by officers at another prison as a member of the Mexican Mafia. After he was identified in 2005‚ Perez was transferred to Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit. The lawsuit was filed against the officers who claimed they identified him as a member of the Mexican Mafia. Perez claims that their determination and decision to reassign him was a violation of his rights by way of the constitution. The case was settled near

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    possible lawsuits in lieu of recalling and repairing the Ford Pinto. Many deaths and catastrophic injuries were the result of Ford’s unethical decision that resulted in dozens of lawsuits and also led to the three reckless homicide indictments against Ford Motor Company. If Ford had the right business ethic and moral integrity to put consumer safety first‚ instead of profit and competition‚ there would have been no loss of life or financial suffering because there would not have been lawsuits.

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    Hooters Current Ethical Issue Over the years the national chain restaurant Hooters has had lawsuits brought against them for discrimination based on gender. Currently‚ the issue is weight discrimination. Not just one lawsuit‚ but two‚ and maybe three lawsuits may be filed. The waitresses claim that they lost their jobs because they weighed too much. They were put on a 30-day weight probation and offered gym memberships. The ethical issue here is the fact the company practices such discrimination

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    Local Lawsuit Alyssa Harpster Professor Richard Landoll Business Law 100 November 4‚ 2012 Local law firms (2012) states that Fischer Hardware of Springfield‚ VA has filed a lawsuit against Ace Hardware over Business law violations. According to 7 on Your Side (2012)‚ Fischer Hardware has been around for over sixty years and was convinced by Ace Hardware to purchase the franchise based on fraudulent papers. 7 on Your Side (2012)‚ states

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    Situational and Psychological Determinants of Wrongful-Termination Claims‚ the authors were trying to determine factors that contributed to employees filling wrongful-termination lawsuits. They reviewed the literature relevant to wrongful-termination lawsuits and constructed twelve hypotheses of why they believed these types of lawsuits occur. However‚ their main argument suggests that the attitudes of the former employee are based upon how fair they believed their former employer was during their employment

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    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 ’s employee evaluation system preferred candidates

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    English Only or Not? I Table of Content Page Content 1. Introduction 2. English only Policies 3. Lawsuits of Discriminations 4. EEOC vs. Pro English 5. Conclusion 6. Works Cited English Only or Not? Introduction In the United States we are filled with different cultures and backgrounds form other countries‚ for that reason many other languages other than English are often spoken in the workplace and

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    selling them to consumers at rock-bottom prices every day. In late 2005‚ the ILRF on behalf of factory workers from Indonesia‚ China‚ Bangladesh‚ Nicaragua‚ and Swaziland filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores charging that Wal-Mart knowingly and systematically violated its Standards for Suppliers. On July 10‚ 2009‚ this lawsuit was dismissed by the 9th Circuit court in California. In February 2009‚ the Clean Clothes Campaign launched the Better Bargain campaign targeted at reforming the purchasing

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