ISSUE Is the defendant negligent and liable for injuries to the plaintiff? RULES In negligence‚ a plaintiff must prove: duty; breach duty; causation; and actual injury. Cite A person owes a heightened duty of care where children may be present. Cite ANALYSIS In Aarons v. Peterson‚ the defendant kept a hammer and nails in a toolbox on the floor of his basement. His eleven-year-old son took the hammer and a nail from the toolbox to repair a knock hockey board that he and his nine-year-old
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Penicillin V (generic name) is an antibiotic drug largely used in pharmacy practice‚ belonging to the Penicillin group of drugs. There are many other drugs that are also in the Penicillin family such as amoxicillin‚ ampicillin‚ carbenicillin‚ dicloxacillin and oxacillin. These are used in patients to treat bacterial infections. (https://www.drugs.com/penicillin.html). Penicillin was discovered by chance by Alexander Fleming in 1928 when Penicillium spores had been introduced to the culture medium
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P1: OTA c01 JWBK501-Kettell May 30‚ 2011 12:46 Printer: Yet to come 1 Case Study 1: Ijara Contract 1.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES After working through Case Study 1 you should be able to do the following: PY R IG HT ED MA TE RI AL r Define the Ijara contract. r Define the Ijara wa Iqtina contract. r Distinguish a conventional loan from Ijara. r Describe the elements of an Ijara transaction. r Contrast Ijara with the other modes of Islamic finance. r Identify
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VOL 20 NO 157 REGD NO DA 1589 Dhaka‚ Saturday‚ May 04‚2013 http://www.fe-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDVfMDRfMTNfMV8yN18xNjgzMjU= Of disasters‚ negligence and liability: Nimtoli tragedy revisited Published : Saturday‚ 04 May 2013 In case of fire in garment factories and accidents in unauthorized buildings‚ the regulators like the Fire Service or Rajuk come up with arguments that the factories or buildings do not have licence or permission‚ But they cannot avoid the ‘tortfeasor
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Case Brief #1 Tieera Hill Metropolitan State University Case Brief #1 Relevant facts of the case The court case Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics Huntsville involves a dispute concerning the employment of John Harrison (plaintiff) at a company called Benchmark Electronics Huntsville Inc (BEHI). Aerotek is a company that helps with placing temporary workers at BEHI and they assigned the plaintiff to work at the company as a Debug Tech. The plaintiff suffers from epilepsy‚ but he
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Tiffin University Denny v. Ford Motor Company MGT623 Legal and Ethical Issues in Management Dr. Scott Basinger Submitted by: Ashley N. Brown 10-07-12 Denny v. Ford Motor Company Nancy Denny believed she was buying a Bronco II‚ which gave her the ability to switch between two-wheel and four wheel drive. According to the sales manual this feature would be appealing to women due to the vehicles’ ability to drive safer on snow and ice. Nancy Denny bought the vehicle
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1. Name of the Case: Linda W illiamson v. City of Houston‚ Texas‚ 148 F.3d 462‚ 1998. 2. Facts: In 1990‚ Linda Williamson‚ a police officer with the City of Houston Police Department‚ was assigned to the Organized Crime Squad. Officer Doug McLeod‚ another member of this squad‚ began sexually harassing her on a daily basis and this behavior lasted for approximately 18 months. The harassing behavior occurred in front of other police officers‚ including the officers’ supervisor‚ Sergeant Bozeman. McLeod’s
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Gideon v. Wainwright – 372 U.S. 335 (1963) Keilah Herring Kaplan University PA 260: Criminal Law Professor Chiacchia March 6‚ 2012 Gideon v. Wainwright – 372 U.S. 335 (1963) Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with a felony under Florida State Law. He allegedly broke into a poolroom with the intent to commit a misdemeanor‚ thus making it a felony. Mr. Gideon was indigent and asked the court to appoint counsel for him. The court stated that because Gideon was not charged with a capital offense
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Question: In Baptist v. Sampson‚ the Texas Supreme Court did not agree with the appellate court that holding hospitals liable for the negligence of ER doctors should be a non-delegable duty. Explain why you agree or disagree with the Supreme Court. Under what theory can a hospital be held liable for the conduct of emergency room physicians who are independent contractors? You should be able to answer question three in no more than 2-3 pages. You need to discuss the theory of liability‚ what the
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Kubasek‚ N.‚ K.‚ Brennan‚ B.A.‚ and Browne‚ M.N. (n.d.). The legal environment of business: A critical thinking approach (3rd Ed). In R. Hartigan (Ed.). Ethics and legal concepts for business. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Peason/Prentice Hall. Liebeck’s v. McDonald’s Rest.‚ P.T.S. Inc. and McDonald’s International‚Inc. No. CV-93-02419‚ 1995 WL 360309 (N.M. Dist.Ct. August 18‚ 1994). Press‚ A.‚ & Carroll‚ G. (1995‚ March 20). Are lawyers burning America? Newsweek‚ 125(12)‚ 32. Retrieved February 14‚
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