number of bills to regulate use of cell phones on the road have been introduced in state legislatures‚ and the time has come to push for their passage. Regulation is needed because drivers using phones are seriously impaired and because laws on negligent and reckless driving are not sufficient to punish offenders No one can deny that cell phones have caused traffic deaths and injuries. Cell phones were implicated in three fatal accidents in November 1999 alone. Early in November‚ two-year-old Morgan
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University of Maryland University College FINC 351 Final Examination Answer the following questions in your own words (do not cut-and-paste from the textbook or other sources). Remember to provide citations and references as appropriate. 1. Distinguish between pure risk and speculative risk. List and explain in detail the three kinds of pure risk. Pure risk exists when there is uncertainty as to whether loss will occur. There is no possibility that a gain is presentedonly the potential for
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Barristers and Solicitors Qualification and Training Solicitors There are over 100’000 solicitors in England and Wales. Controlled by the Law Society. * Academic – Either a law degree or any other degree combined with one year training in the Common Professional Examination. * Vocational – One year Legal Practice Examination (learn how to do the job of a solicitor) * Practical – Must obtain a Training Contract for 2 years. Practical experience. Will be paid‚ although not very high
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home address and‚ on April 10‚ 1979‚ he went to Ms. Gaines’ apartment and murdered her. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Ms. Gaines’ parents brought a wrongful death/negligent hiring suit against
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Employee violence will most likely involve employees‚ supervisor‚ former employees or former supervisors. Employee violence can range from voicing threats‚ threatening conduct or even bodily assaults. Employees that have some employment related involvement within the workplace is more likely to commit an employee violence crime. Normally an individual that wants revenge or just wants to simply bring harm to the workplace commits these crimes. Employee violence is the least likely form of violence
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Justice Nix‚ quoting Justice Andrew’s dissent in Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R.‚ 248 N.Y. ‚352 argued public policy cannot allow the Defendant to be responsible for every unforeseeable proximate cause that consequently results from of the Defendant’s negligent conduct. Justice Nix admittedly quotes Sinn v.
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attendant – negligent trespass for battery A negligent battery is committed when there is a negligent‚ direct‚ and unlawful contact or without consent to another’s person. Prima facie‚ the injury suffered by Ivan was a direct injury negligently conflicted through the carelessness and negligence of the parking attendant. It would be reasonably foreseeable that someone might be standing under the shutter door. However‚ there has not been any precedent to support the view of negligent battery‚ or the
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distracted‚ or negligent driving involves failing to exercise normal care‚ or endangering people or property‚ while driving a vehicle. Many states are adding to their statutes specific language prohibiting use of certain technologies while driving. Some states include negligent driving under reckless or impaired driving statutes so that defendants plead to the lesser negligent-driving charge to avoid the more serious charge. Reckless driving is a more serious form of careless or negligent driving. It
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damages she or he might cause as well (Kubasek‚ pg. 115). Since Steel and the other members used the properties book case and used it to break down Chandler’s door all of them are liable for the damages caused to both the door and the bookcase. Negligent torts involve failure to exercise reasonable care to protect another’s person or property (Kubasek‚ pg. 117). When comparing that definition to this case it is clear that negligence does not correspond with the elements of this case. In conclusion
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were put under. USE OF PRECEDENT A previous case Barmettler v. Reno Air‚ Inc‚ was big help for this court to decide whether the family of Boorman could sue for emotional distress. In that case an emotional distress claim resulting from the alleged negligent handling of a deceased person’s remains. The court ruled in that case that it is possible to be under emotional distress and not be the person responsible for the funeral arrangements. This is why in Boorman’s case the close family members were able
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