Attila Nagy 9/18/2017 ENC3465 Legal Brief 3 State of New York v. Robert Strong Facts Robert Strong belongs to the Sudan Muslim religious faith‚ which later named him one of the leaders. As part of a well-known ceremony‚ he performed a religious exercise on the victim by plunging three knives into his chest to stop his heartbeat and breathing without any health repercussion thereafter. Even though this has occurred for over forty years without any fatality‚ the victim did not survive this exercise
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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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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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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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applicant background screening. The Pros of Employee Background Checks Why do background checks? The benefits of comprehensive employment background screening include: increased applicant and new hire quality‚ reduced workplace violence‚ reduced negligent hiring liability‚ reduced losses from employee dishonesty‚ making the right hire the first time‚ and avoiding negative publicity. The bottom line is that pre-employment background checks help an organization be more successful. That means greater
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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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Court of Colorado 831p.2d1316 FACTS Plaintiff Connes worked as a hotel clerk at a Holiday Inn and was sexually assaulted by Taylor who was employed as a long-haul truck driver by defendant Molalla Transport. Connes sued Molalla on the theory of negligent hiring in that Molalla should have known that Taylor would encounter members of the public and that Molalla breached its duty by failing to fully and adequately investigate Taylor’s criminal background. Defendants argued that it had no legal duty
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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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