see if any situations such as this one had occurred in the past or anything of that matter in which would have resulted in him not getting hired. This falls under the negligent supervision of the basic question whether a manager acted reasonably in guiding and overseeing an employee’s actions. (pg.87) it’s also falls under negligent retention in whether a manager acted reasonably in retaining the employee’s services. (pg.88) the school might also be looking at fines by the league and higher
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Introduction The story of McDonald’s started in the early 1940s when two brothers‚ Dick and Mac McDonald‚ and Raymond Kroc founded the McDonald’s Corporation with the company motto ‘Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value’. Most of McDonald’s restaurants are operated by franchisees or by affiliates‚ some are operating under joint-venture agreements (www.mcdonalds.com). Nowadays McDonald’s is one of the most valuable brands globally and used to be the world’s largest restaurant chain‚ before Subway
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The Birth of Napster To The Death of Privacy One of the most debated issues before our society is the issue of internet privacy. Privacy is such a valued concept that in today ’s world we pay good money in order to keep intruders out of our computer systems and out of our lives. Peer-to-Peer downloading is a major factor to the internet privacy issue. Peer-to-Peer downloading (also known as "file sharing") is considered by Microsoft to be "the act of making files on one computer accessible
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This essay aims to portray each individual party’s viewpoint on the incident that occurred regarding The Macgregor Hotel and the claimants Peter and Beatrice‚ in addition the Crown Prosecution Court will also be scrutinising the events which took place that evening. The crown prosecution court will be the first party to put their argument forward. In order to achieve this‚ the consecutive order of events need to be stated: • Peter booked a room for a week at Macgregor Hotel. At the reception
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The duty of care Introduction The tort of negligence has a role in providing compensation for those who have suffered through the actions of another. A negligent act can be summarised as failing to do something that should be done or doing something that should be carried out in another manner or not at all. When determining if an act is negligent‚ a number of basic principles are called upon in order to establish whether a duty of care is owed and if so‚ by whom. Reasonable Man In determining the
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Statement of Facts: On 8 May 2015 David Smith drove his car through a red light. Afterwards‚ he then plowed into Ms. John Doe’s car‚ mangling it beyond repair. Fortunately‚ Ms. Doe escaped with minor scratches and bruises‚ even though she was seven and one-half months pregnant. Four days later she delivered a stillborn infant. The operating physicians concluded the unborn baby had died from injuries sustained in the accident. Ms. Doe had seen Dr. Horace Mann at her regularly scheduled check-up
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Week 1: Readings: Chapter 1 (principles book) What is a Tort? You mean a tart? Like a caramel tart? Torts are common law causes of action. A tort is a wrongdoing that results in injury to another person or damage to property. Torts differ from crimes in that crimes are punishable by the state in criminal court‚ whereas torts generally allow individuals to seek compensation for their injuries in civil court. Some acts can be both a tort and a crime. For instance‚ threatening to seriously injure
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enlistment in the armed services Most of these exceptions apply in most‚ but not all states. Another issue that may arise is states disagree in what would happen id a minor misrepresents his or her age. While the majority rule is that a minors misrepresentation of age does not affect the minors tight to disaffirm the contract‚ some
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NEGLIGENCE I: The legal issue here is whether Defendant is negligent towards Plaintiff R: To prove negligence‚ P must prove 3 elements: (1) duty of care; (2) breach of duty of care; (3) causation &remoteness. I. DUTY OF CARE I: Prove physical injury/ not (Neither his body nor Properties were damaged) - Therefore‚ the legal issue is whether D owed P a DOC for... II. BREACH OF the DUTY OF CARE: I: The legal issue is whether D failed to meet the standard of care to P R: A D has breached
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paid to the victim since it was vicariously liable for the damages caused by its employee.After paying for the damages‚the insurers tried to apply their subrogation rights against the victim’s son.Though the court accepted the argument that the negligent person(son) was liable to pay the recovery amount‚but because of public policy pressure the insurers had to give up their subrogation rights here. Also the Zurich Insurance Co. v. Shield Insurance Co.(1988)‚ also helps us to understand that there
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