Persuasive Essay: In Harm’s Way The sinking of the USS Indianapolis was a horrible event‚ which killed hundreds of soldiers‚ and left hundreds floating adrift in the sea with swarms of sharks circling around them. Captain McVay‚ the captain of the Indianapolis‚ was charged with negligence. Truly‚ Captain McVay did his job with what he had‚ and should not be the scapegoat for the navy. Generals‚ Lieutenants‚ and Commodores are all partially responsible for the sinking due to negligence‚ miss communication
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v. S.E. DOWNEY REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR‚ P.A. et al. was a case in Maine that Downey was negligent in his work and thus resulted in the damages the Graves sustained from the negligence. The background of the case is the Graves owned land in Bar Harbor‚ Maine that was bordered on the East and North sides by the Acadia National Park. The Graves
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1.0 Introduction In today’s rapidly changing business world‚ the need has arisen to harness the resources to its optimum use in order to gain success in the business arena. Technology plays a vital role as this applies to the most valuable resource of Human resource too. Technology has greatly influenced the transformation from traditional and personal management to a more strategic human resource management approach. The ongoing technology improvement has paved the way for quick access to
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The casualty doctor owed a duty of care and was in breach of his duty as he did not examine the patient‚ however‚ the court held that the doctor should not be liable to pay compensation as there was evidence that even if the doctor had not been negligent and had admitted the claimants husband to hospital he would have died of the arsenic poisoning‚ thus conveying the fundamental rule of factual causation. The test widely used to decide the issue of factual causation is the ’but for’ test. This
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2. | If this problem developed into a liability suit‚ what factors would the courts consider in judging whether you were negligent? Your Answer: | If this problem was developed into a liabily suit some of the factors that could possibly looked at would be not paying attention to Daimen and his partner because you know what type of student he can be.I could be showing negligent by doing a project with out help and extra eyes to watch students. Also another thing would be doing an assignment that
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succeed? Explain your answers. Yes‚ Norris can sue the estate agent for the statements about the business. “People who unintentionally or carelessly give false advice‚ information or opinions on business or professionals matter may be liable for negligent misstatement if the receiver reasonably relied on the false material and suffered economics loss” Here‚ Norris being an indivisual interested to buy a property as mentioned above who even did some homeworks before buying it.Evatt being a professional
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personnel by stating that‚ “If the employee has a duty‚ breaches that duty by failing to meet the required standard of care‚ and that breach is proximate cause of injury to the plaintiff‚ the employee is negligent and may be legally liable” (Cotten & Wolohan‚ p. 53). Despite each employee being negligent‚ they will still all become held individually liable for not acknowledging the complete risks that could lead to injury or harm from their actions associated with it. Although‚ this situation only involved
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in front of him‚ killing a passenger. As a judge‚ focused on the classical theory‚ chuck can be charged with many different counts. One main charge that chuck would get is involuntary or negligent manslaughter. To clarify‚ involuntary manslaughter refers “a killing that occurs when a person’s acts are negligent and without regard for the harm they may cause others.” (criminology Text pg268). Many jurisdictions sentence differently based on other counts that may be involved. He could be sentenced
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Citigroup Global Markets’ case Name: Affiliation: Discuss how administrative agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) take action in order to be effective in preventing high-risk gambles in securities / banking‚ a foundation of the economy. The role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to maintain an orderly‚ fair and efficient market‚ protect investors as well as to facilitate
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Knowing what Nursing Liabilities and Negligence’s are And Preventing them from Occurring Sandy E. Preza HSM-320–10364 Dr. Wojtecki 09/29/2012 To be able to understand and know what a words definition is describing we must know in nursing‚ the nursing standard that follows clinical words. In defining Liability one can say it means to be responsible of one’s action when committing to patient care. Nursing Liability standards puts every nurse to be an advocate of each patient they encounter
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