MEDICAL ASSISTANT A tort is a wrongful act that results in injury to one person by another. Medical assistants who commit a negligent act that may result in a law suit. If proven that the injury resulted from the medical assistant or doctor not meeting the standard of care‚ then a lawsuit is a possibility. However a medical assistant or doctor commits a wrongful act and the patient suffers no injury or harm‚ and then no legal action can be taken. If a medical assistant fails to report to
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necessary to change the businesses’ entity and the way in which it conducts business. ACME Fireworks has received inquiries from several large retailers that will enable the business to expand. In order to accommodate this expansion‚ ACME must consider hiring more employees. The owner is concerned about his personal liability should the company fall short of funds. In order to determine which entity best suits the company’s needs‚ we must first review all the risks and liabilities associated with production
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whether the hazard was created by them or not. However‚ when a there is the involvement of a third party‚ there can be exceptions. Road Users Feature Description Reasonable Foreseeability Was it reasonably foreseeable that the negligent acts of the defendant could cause harm/injury to persons/property?
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Thesis statement: Fraternities are bad. Background: The recent news about hazing deaths‚ cause mass uproar from parents that want their children to go to school without fear of their children dying. II. Body: 1. Criminally Negligent Manslaughter 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 5 3. Republic Act No. 8049 III. Conclusion: The fraternities of today‚ stained by centuries of misconduct and heinous acts‚ are sculpting
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Unnecessary Force by Police Sherry Morley ENG/147 September 22‚ 2014 Leslie Adams Abstract There are too many accidental deaths by the police in the United States. Whether it be shooting an unarmed teen‚ putting people in choke holds‚ or just simply beating a man that cannot even get on the floor in a hurry‚ because he is on crutches. There is a big hysteria over all the unarmed shootings‚ such as in Ferguson‚ MO‚ Philadelphia‚ PA‚ and then the using of choke holds. The New York Police Department
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Campus Security To address Security on Campus‚ our initial purpose was to compare the security information for Briarcliffe with the security information for Molloy College and Five Towns College. The first part of our research was done using each college’s website. We wanted to know‚ first of all‚ if the information was easy to find using the websites. The information needed in order to begin the research was the following; requirements to be part of the security staff‚ number of security men on
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This case was brought upon by an older lady by the name Stella Liebeck‚ who purchased a 49 cent cup of coffee at the New Mexico franchise. She purchased it through the drive-thru and while her grand son drove‚ she opened the lid while the cup was between legs to add sugar and cream. The opening of the lid was that action that caused as serious problem for McDonald’s‚ by doing so she spilled coffee on her lap. Even though coffee is know to be hot this one was a little more than hot‚ Mrs. Liebeck endured
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LAW Torts 1 – Negligence: elements of liability Objectives The law of tort has already been mentioned in other topics in a comparative sense. After studying this topic you should be able to: • discuss the nature of tort law; • explain the various interests protected by tort law; • describe the three essentials of the tort of negligence; • apply the test of reasonable foreseeability in relation to the duty of care; • explain the circumstances in which a duty of
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that she could have been negligent herself. Just by carelessly walking around‚ and not paying attention like there is not any wet napkins on the floor. It could be stated that this was causation in fact‚ but again Jane knew the risks of going into the club and possibly falling. Citation 1: 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99 This case is similar in the fact that in the plaintiff was hurt in both cases. The big difference in both is that one of them was possibly being negligent while the other was just
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Tort Law Reading Notes Week 1 Mon Sep 8 Damages pp697-729 - aim of damages: restore plaintiff to position he would have been had the wrong not occurred o as this is impossible in cases of personal injury‚ monetary compensation is used o total amount is the amount that will release the target amount over the given span of years - assessment is a matter if calculation‚ not impression (SCC 1978) - 3 probs: o 1) what kinds of items must a defendant compensate
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