TORT TUTORIAL 7 * Differences between libel and slander. Is the distinction of practical significance? Defamation protects an individuals reputation. Slander refers to a malicious‚ false‚ and defamatory spoken statement or report (non- permanent)‚ while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images.(permanent) The fundamental distinction between libel and slander lies solely in the form in which the defamatory matter is published. If the offending material
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MEDICAL LAW NOTES Semester 1 2011 Compiled by Gabe and Will Contents Topic 1: Contract‚ Battery & Negligence In order to place medical law in its context‚ each of the potential actions for redress will be explored. Contract – Medicine as trade Existence of contract A contract is an agreement between two (or more) parties 3 elements required for a contract to exist Offer and acceptance (also called agreement) Consideration Intention to create legal relations In the context of a
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Tort Liabilities Nursing homes have the potential to have tort liabilities if the problems are not corrected if harm should occur. A nursing home is a busy place and with different people coming and going throughout the day. A nursing home is a high demand for care of residents. Nursing home staff should be knowledgeable about the resident’s quality of care and should be licensed to perform the care that is given. Possible Tort Liability: Resident that wanders. These residents are
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Mindy Sidwell MG-495 Midterm Exam Student’s Answer Sheet Each Multiple Choice Question is worth 3 points. Please place the letter that corresponds with your answer(a‚ b‚ c‚ d‚ or e) in the appropriate box below. 1. b 14. b 2. a 15. a 3. a 16. a 4. a 17. d 5. c 18. a 6. e 19. e 7. b 20. d 8. a 21. b 9. b 22. c 10. a 23. c 11. a 24. c 12. a 25. b 13. c . . Each
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Intentional Tort is a purposeful act committed by a person against another person that results in harm. In this case it is a nursing assistant harming a patient. An example is a nurse put poison in the patient’s food to inflict harm on them. The case I found was about 16 year old Rachelle Harris. On July 4th‚ 1988 Rachelle tried to commit suicide and was checked into a psychiatric unit of Baptist Hospital. Rachelle was then raped by a nursing assistant on July 16th‚ 1988. Dr. Isabelle L. Ochsner
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stockholders’ equity was the only item affected by the omission. c. assets and liabilities were understated but stockholders’ equity was not affected. d. assets and stockholders’ equity were understated but liabilities were not affected. 5. Reversing entries are most commonly used in relation to year-end adjusting
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Business Law I‚ BMGT 380 Midterm Examination This midterm examination is open book‚ open notes‚ but you are on the honor system not to seek assistance from anyone to complete this exam. There are 25 multiple choice questions worth 2 points each and 10 essay questions worth 5 points each‚ for a total of 100 points. Answer all the questions because for the essays partial credit is given where appropriate. Just submit the question number and your answer. Please do not submit the entire exam with
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Question 1 What legal issues does this situation raise and what are the possible legal consequences? Issue 1--duty of care The tort of negligence to be constituted depend on whether the defendant violate the principle of ‘Duty 0f Care’. Because of the case of Donoghue v Stevenson [1]‚ ‘Duty 0f Care’ has been established in common law: 1. Defendant whether or not fulfill the duty of care. 2. That defendant whether or not breached that duty. 3. whether Breach the duty of care is the main
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2011‚ p. 209). Then‚ it has the third element‚ the specificity‚ which means in its ad WHIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ specified the particular party‚ business and product (Melvin‚ S.P.‚ 2011). Janet has signed a contract with BUGusa she is committing intentional tort because she is intentionally leaving one company knowing that she has an agreement. She is intentionally leaving them to go work for the competitor so that she can get more money. She can be held liable for any harm or money loss for BUGusa because
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M2- Compare and contrast the methods of law making Before any law and acts are made‚ there is a long procedure in the process of it being passed. If there are new laws it usually is chosen by majority decision usually in courts or the parliament. For example‚ the executive or the government form laws in the House of Commons by setting out bills. Sometimes it may come from their election mandate in order to be chosen‚ for example recently how labour vowed to ban fox hunting which can be shown as
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