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    art (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2013). “I began understanding my role as an artist. The great novelists see the whole picture…they empathize with the thief and with the saint. They feel the whole thing and they show the whole thing. Ideologues don’t” (Gross‚ n.d.). In one of Marlette’s cartoons for Newsday newspaper in 1999‚ he drew two vehicles side by side. The one on the left had a bumper sticker by the N. R. A. (National Rifle Association) that said‚ “Guns don’t kill – people do!” The other vehicle

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    Four Areas of Compensation for Wrongful Death That You May Be Entitled To When a loved one has died through the negligence of another‚ the emotional loss is devastating‚ but the financial impact on those who were dependent on the deceased can be great. Our court system recognizes this and allows for a lawsuit due to wrongful death. Along with the obvious loss of wages‚ there are other lessor known areas for compensation that may apply in your situation. The following are four of them. Compensation

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    1. According to this case‚ when does the duty to preserve arise? In this case‚ the duty to preserve arised when the defendant received service of the complaint‚ as well as‚ when the plaintiff received a response to the complaint from the defendant. 2. Define what adverse inference instruction means and why such an instruction would be useful in a civil trial. Adverse inference instruction is a rule that is applied to a case were spoliation of evidence has occurred. This instruction would be useful

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    University of Leicester Civil Safety and Security Unit Name: Emmanuel Andres ARTUSA Student Number: 139048615 Course: MSc in Risk‚ Crisis and Disaster Management Essay Title: Can legalistic mechanisms such as “corporate liability” be effectively used to promote organisational safety? Use two specific cases to illustrate your argument. Intake: Sept 2013 Module: 1 Submission Date: 09/12/2013 Word Count: 3.652 Tittle: Can legalistic mechanisms such as “corporate liability” be effectively

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    Did the appellants owe a duty of care towards the deceased? If the appellants did owe a duty‚ how did they both breach that duty. In this case the appellants argued that to establish a case of manslaughter by negligence it must be proved by the prosecution that they duty of care has to exist between the parties. As Stone agreed to take Fanny into his home‚ both Stone and Dobinson assumed a duty of care to take care of her. They did not pursue this duty leading to Fanny’s health severely deteriorating

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    Facts In 1972‚ three people lived in Bolton‚ Yorkshire at 75 Broadwater. These three people were defendant Ted Stone‚ his mistress Gwendoline Dobinson and Stones son Cyril. Stone was an ex – miner who was almost completely blind‚ partially deaf‚ had no appreciable sense of smell and was low of intelligence (Archive‚ 1976). 67 year old Stone was living with his mistress Mrs. Dobinsion‚ aged 43‚ who had been housekeeping for Stone for 6 years. Dobinson was ineffectual and inadequate. Stones son Cyril

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    Civil Complaints Process HCS/430 October 10‚ 2010 Brenda Young Civil Complaints Process Civil complaints can arise when a patient feels as if they have been mistreated according to the “standard of care”. Some patients have legitimate cases‚ yet there are other people who are looking for a possible lawsuit. This paper will explore the process for filing a civil complaint against a physician. This paper will discuss what patients and consumers will use in the event of suspected misconduct

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    1a) External auditors obviously know what to look for in an audit‚ it’s what they do for a living. Having your company’s external auditor work for your company instead can give insight as to what they look for when doing an audit and therefore make it easier for a company to commit fraud. 1b) A client hiring former auditors may or may not affect the independence of current external auditors. It may affect their independence if they would rather work for the client; they could think that if they

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    uncertainty and the ultimate exposure and cost to BP will be dependent on many factors. Furthermore‚ the amount of claims that become payable by BP‚ the amount of fines ultimately levied on BP (including any potential determination of BP’s negligence or gross negligence)‚ the outcome of litigation‚ the amount and timing of payments under any settlements‚ and any costs arising from any longer term environmental consequences of the oil spill‚ will also impact upon the ultimate cost for BP. Although the

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    (petitioner herein) gross negligence in issuing the checks was the proximate cause of the loss and (2) assuming that the bank was also negligent‚ the loss must nevertheless be borne by the party whose negligence was the proximate cause of the loss. On March 5‚ 1990‚ the petitioner filed this petition under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court setting forth the following as the alleged errors of the respondent Court: 1 I THE RESPONDENT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN RULING THAT THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE DRAWER IS

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