care towards the people they look after. That means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. ‘Duty of care’ means a requirement to exercise a ‘reasonable’ degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people. Working with children and young people brings a
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Offices represent personal injury clients in compensation claims. Personal Injury Attorneys on Your Side If you have suffered a personal injury‚ obtaining legal representation is essential to obtaining the compensation you are due by law. When the negligence or carelessness of another has led to your pain‚ you deserve to have someone advocate for you to determine the damages and liabilities associated with your injury. You may qualify based on physical‚ mental or emotional injuries. Slip and Fall Accidents
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Reading: Lucy Jones‚ Introduction to Business Law (Oxford University Press‚ 2011). Chapter 11 on The Tort of Negligence (Refer to pages 340 – 374). Please note that we ARE NOT going through every single areas in relation to negligence. For instance‚ the area on nervous shock. Aims and Objectives: - To enable students to appreciate the general law of tort‚ especially the concept of negligence; To understand how this area applies in business context and its wider importance; The relationship
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the history of the United States which cost about $64 million. Brief Analysis for Cause-in-Fact The issue that arises in this plot is whether the conglomerates are negligent for the contamination of the water supplies of the town‚ and if their negligence contributed to the injuries (leukemia) of the multiple plaintiffs. After finding that there has been a breach of duty‚ one must consider if the defendant’s conduct was the cause-in-fact of the
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police in this case and the proper weighting of public policy. In this case‚ the public policy of the need to preserve the springs of information‚ and to protect informer is weighted against another public policy- the immunity from liability for negligence in the investigation of crime of police; And the former is considered with greater importance. Therefore‚ the immunity of police cannot apply in this case. Viewed thus‚ the police owe a duty of care to
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Introduction There are many situations or acts that are not directly marked as crimes and not arise out of contracts or statutes. Those acts are considered as civil wrongs and cause damages and injuries to individuals or businesses. These damages‚ injuries or wrongful acts are called tort. Tort is the area of law where in response to a private or civil wrong or injury the courts provide the remedy of allowing a lawsuit for those wrongs‚ injuries or damages. Thus‚ the goal of tort is to restore
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08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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Does Whittens “work: satisfy the requirements for a claim grounded on negligence? Yes‚ the plaintiff alleging claims that Whitten’s work was “substandard‚ not to code‚ unsafe and not done in a [workmanlike] manner. Whitten failed to act with duty of care and breached his contract by doing bad work. The tort of negligence occurs when someone suffers injury because another’s failure to live up to a required duty of care. Negligence The careless performance of a legally required duty of the failure
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actions because Walter acted under the doctrine of apparent authority (Melvin‚ 2011‚ pp.251) Scenario: BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Plant Parking Lot What defenses may be available to BUGusa‚ Inc.? Explain your answer. The delivery guy could file a tort suit of negligence against BUGusa‚Inc. BUGusa knew that a few of the
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I have had many important experiences in my life‚ but my most important experience was senior year of high school. During this time‚ I learned who I wanted to be‚ how to face all of my difficulties‚ and I was the first to graduate on moms side of the family. At first‚ I wanted to be a psychologist for children; Therefore‚ I took a psychology in my junior year. The class did not intrigue my interest that much‚ but I still decided to take AP psychology my senior year. My interest for psychology
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