The issue is whether the defendant Sykt Jebat can be held liable for the damages suffered by the plaintiffs‚ Sam‚ Jojo and Lan under the law of Occupiers’ Liability. Occupiers’ liability concerns injury caused to a plaintiff as a result of defective condition of the land‚ building and premises. In order to establish occupiers’ liability‚ the occupier must have a sufficient degree of control over the premise. Lord Denning in Wheat v Lacon & Co Ltd (1966) held that “whenever a person has a sufficient
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TEST ONE 1. A 75-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia is diagnosed with severe atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic occlusion of which the following arteries would result in insufficient perfusion of the urinary bladder? (A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic
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Natural law and sexual ethics by Janet Smith | I am honored to be among the lecturers in this series on natural law. Many of the speakers are among my heroes and friends. One of my heroes‚ Alasdair MacIntyre‚ used one of his favorite terms in his talk: he spoke of "plain persons" and their grasp of morality and natural law in contradistinction to the experts and professional philosophers and their grasp of these matters. A few years ago in Dallas he gave a talk entitled "Do plain persons need
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Abortion Abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies‚ but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. Supporters of abortion rights argue that the embryo or fetus is not a person‚ or at least that the government has no right to ban abortion unless it can prove that an embryo or fetus is a person. However‚ those who are against it think differently. Abortion is often used for those who has an unplanned pregnancy
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PRINCIPLES & LAWS Yale Law Professor Arthur Leff expressed the bewilderment of an agnostic culture that yearns for enduring values‚ in a brilliant lecture delivered at Duke University in 1979 (summarized for this book). The published lecture titled: “Unspeakable Ethics‚ Unnatural Law” is frequently quoted in law review articles‚ but it is little known outside the world of legal scholarship. The heart of the problem‚ according to Professor Leff‚ is that any normative statement implies the existence
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Uses of echocardiography Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance‚ the function of your heart valves‚ the thickness and motion of your heart walls‚ and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate your cardiac performance‚ your doctor will mainly be interested in: • Your left ventricle‚ which pumps oxygen-rich
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1 | Module: Module 6 / Topic: Distributions | An event has historically averaged 1.4 occurrences per time period‚what is the probability of exactly 4 occurrence(s) in a randomly selected time period of the same length? | you answered wrong and the Correct answer is 0.03947 Explanation: In this case‚ probability of getting exactly 4 occurrences is obtained using the following function: =POISSON(4‚1.4‚0) | | | | | 2 | Module: Module 6 / Topic: Distributions | | Given a normally distributed
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Medical Surgical Nursing 2 Date: November 6‚ 2012 Name: Judine Douglas ID#: 3111-0427 Respiratory System The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. When we breathe‚ we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the respiratory system’s means of getting oxygen to the blood. What makes up the Respiratory System
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Ethics Case Study January 18‚ 2011 HSC/335 Abstract This paper will explain the different situation that people face in their every day life. Also‚ the example will determine what a doctor‚ medical personnel‚ or patient should do in any situation involving health care situation. Healthcare has become a main focus of a person life especially if the have a certain disease or illness that’s not preventable. Patients who are in any type of critical condition will face very expensive medical
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The law places a limit upon the extent to which the defendant is liable for the loss which occurs from his breach of a duty of care to the plaintiff‚ once it is established that the loss sustained by the plaintiff is one recoverable in negligence. The test of remoteness of damage limits this liability by defining certain types of damage or losses as being irrecoverable as a matter of law. The test is carried out to protect the defendant in breach of their obligations from unusual or unexpected claims
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