Vicarious Liability * Employer’s liability for employee’s wrongdoing committed by employee in course employment- strict liability/ absence of wrongdoing by defendant * Employer will not be liable unless employer-employee relationship/ employee must commit a tort/ must be during course employment * Casual potency important * Must be committed by an employee- employer/employee relationship: * Distinguished between contract of employment/contract for employment * Ready
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Duty of Care General: Duty is the primary control device which allows the courts to keep liability for negligence within what they regard as acceptable limits and the controversies which have centered around the criteria for the exercise of a duty reflect differences of opinion as to the proper ambit of liability for negligence. Before Donoghue v Stevenson‚ there was no liability for negligence in a case where there is no special relationship between parties. Because in Case of Assault or Battery
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Tai Tai’s case‚ it would be likely that Samantha had created a situation of peril. Had she not throw the water in‚ the fire might not have increased in strength. Under such situation‚ she would have the duty of care to Eric and might be liable in negligence for the injury of Eric. It is therefore apparent that Samantha would not be entitled to the damaged but might be liable
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Valdez v. J. D. Diffenbaugh Co.‚ 51 Cal. App. 3d 494‚ 124 Cal. Rptr. 467 (1975). Negligence has four causes of actions that all must be proven for there to be negligence. The elements of a cause of action for negligence are 1) a legal duty to use due care‚ 2) a breach of that duty‚ 3) a reasonably close causal connection between that breach and the plaintiff’s resulting injury‚ and 4) actual loss or
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Introduction to Business Law Critically evaluate‚ in relation to the common law duty of care‚ the liability of employers for references. How‚ if at all‚ does the liability of a university (such as the University of Sussex) differ regarding references given to potential employers in respect of current (or former) students. Candidate number: 122970 Seminar Tutor：David Davies Module
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Rainah Herring Student number: 17038485 When working within the nursing profession‚ it is of great importance for a nurse to act lawfully within their roles and responsibilities. It is imperative for nurses to comprehend legal aspects such as negligence‚ duty of care‚ documentation and confidentiality. As such acting lawfully will protect and reduce the risk of becoming deregistered and provide a high standard of care for the patients. I choose to study nursing for various reasons. My family
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75 Tex. L. Rev. 1801 Texas Law Review June‚ 1997 W. Page Keeton Symposium on Tort Law MIXED THEORIES OF TORT LAW: AFFIRMING BOTH DETERRENCE AND CORRECTIVE JUSTICE Gary T. Schwartza Copyright (c) 1997 Texas Law Review Association; Gary T. Schwartz Introduction Currently there are two major camps of tort scholars. One understands tort liability as an instrument aimed largely at the goal of deterrence‚ commonly explained within the framework of economics. The other looks at tort law as a way
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Negligent Tort Deaundra Chatman BUS670: Legal Environment (MFH1446A) Instructor: Leah Westerman Date: January 15‚ 2015 Negligent Tort Manufacturing industries are in the business of making products for the consumer industry‚ products that supposed to be sustainable and have the potential to improve the lives of the people using them. In most cases‚ they get it right; they make a product that does not have any problems when it comes to using it. However‚ in some situations‚ there happens
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reasonable person would not have done and caused harm to a patient. There are two Latin terms that can be used to describe aspects of negligence. These are known as doctrines. Res ipsa loquitur‚ or “the thing speaks for itself”‚ is the term used in cases that involve situations when a nick is made in the bladder while a surgeon is performing a hysterectomy. The negligence is obvious. The other doctrine‚ respondent superior‚ “let the master answer‚ “expresses that physicians are responsible for their
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True Story of Erin Brockovich Anderson v. PG&E [pic] Michael Kelly Business Law Professor Chowdry Erin Brockovich is the story of a woman who helped 650 people in Hinkley California get justice for the actions of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E.) The case was titled Anderson v. PG&E and was actually settled outside of court. It was settled in the Superior Court for the County of San Bernardino‚ Barstow Division. The parties agreed on a settlement of
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