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    "if harm to the claimant would not have occurred ’but for’ the defendants negligence then that negligence is a cause of the harm... If the loss would have incurred in any event‚ the defendant’s conduct is not a cause." When applying the ’but for’ test to the Barnett case it is found that as the claimants husband would have died from the arsenic poisoning regardless of the doctor not admitting the patient‚ the doctors negligence was thus not the cause of the death. Another case which applied the ’but

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    known as the ‘neighbour principle’ ‚ which relies on combination of proximity and a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm. In Victoria‚ the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) (the ‘Act’) is used to determine and administer negligence claims and damages. Section 48 The first component of a negligence claim is the alleged existence of a duty of care to the plaintiff

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    her daughter’s leukemia. The five-year timeframe fit Kelly’s situation and she had a solid case against Alumina Inc. Alumina Inc. was being charged with an unintentional tort‚ known as negligence. To be successful in a negligence lawsuit‚ the plaintiff must prove that injury occurred as a direct result of negligence (Cheeseman‚ 2012). If the defendant’s act caused the plaintiff injury‚ the lawsuit could be damaging. Another possible tort violation would be negligent infliction of emotional distress

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    tort? Tort: A civil wrong not arising from a breach of contract; a breach of a legal duty that proximately causes harm or injury to another. Q2: What are the four elements of negligence? They are Duty‚ Breach‚ Injury‚ and Causation. Q3: Is Shannon liable for the tort of negligence? Yes‚ she is. First of all‚ she has been told by her physician that not to drive after taking the medication. Thus she has the duty not to drive in order to take care of other

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    Whether or not MIT was liable for the injured athlete. Rule: The jury found that each defendant‚ as well as the plaintiff‚ was negligent and that the defendants’ negligence was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. Analysis: Both the plaintiff and the defendant are negligent in this case‚ but the defendant’s negligence lead to the injuries. With the defendant knowing the length of the landing pit and its location very close to a hard surface provided an unsafe environment for pole

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    omissions as wrongs which give rise to civil liability. Tort of Negligence It arises when damage is caused to a person or his property by a failure to take such reasonably cares as the law requires in the circumstances of the case. The damage could be caused by a negligent act or omission; meaning that the defendant did something or the defendant failed to do what he should have. Elements of negligence To succeed in an action for negligence‚ the plaintiff must prove ALL the followings: The defendant

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    The Negligence of Proper Care by Doctors Introduction Opening/Vague Statement: All doctors have the duty to provide their patients with the proper care. Specific Statement: To neglect the proper care/help to a patient is medical malpractice. Malpractice happens throughout the world. Thesis Statement: The penalty for malpractice should be much stronger. Main arguments: A. Hard to win a malpractice case B. Not many claims C. The impact and the amount of people affected Development:

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    potential hazards‚preventing mistakes or accidents and making the right wise choices about the certain steps taken in a role. If duty of care is not met in a role the the person who was responsible can be held responsible and accountable for the negligence that has happened. There are many examples of how we do this in my setting. Within the workplace we carry out daily checks to ensure that the environment inside and outside is safe for the children and young people‚ we do this in the morning

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    mean "How important can toilet paper be‚ after all?" Even its very definition given in the Webster’s New Century Dictionary an absorbent paper‚ usually wound around a cardboard cylinder‚ for cleansing after defection or urination sounds...dirty. Who would pay attention or value something that is dirty? Well‚ let me tell you something‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ the whole society has a problem with appreciating little things in life. It’s the same thing with the toilet paper‚ other called toilet tissue-

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    TPFormatV07 TERM PAPER FORMAT 2003 11 03 INTRODUCTION The preparation of a research paper -- be it for a class term paper‚ a professional journal article‚ a technical report at a job‚ or a graduate thesis -- may generally be divided into five tasks: (1) identifying the problem or question to be dealt with; (2) collecting data (measured observations and/or bibliographic references) about the problem or question; (3) analyzing the data‚ either by statistical examination of the observations‚

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