17‚ 2017 STATEMENT OF FACTS (Palsgraf v. LIRR‚ p. 224) The Plaintiff‚ Ms. Palsgraf was trying to purchase a ticket at a railroad‚ when a man carrying a package rushed to board a train. This train was owned by the long island railroad. Two railroad employees tried to help him. In the process‚ the package containing fireworks fell and the contents exploded. As a result of the explosion‚ some scales at the other end of the platform fell and hit the Plaintiff. Ms. Palsgraf sued the train station and a
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BMGT440 Section 0301 Readers Digest Case Founded in 1922‚ by DeWitt and Lila Wallace‚ Readers Digest described itself as “A reader-driven‚ family magazine” that used both freelance and staff writers to choose segments of or summarize articles and books. Going public in 1990‚ Readers Digest had a worldwide circulation of 23 million and by the time of this case was being published in 48 editions and 19 languages. The magazine had over 100 million readers a month. Reiman Holding Corporation
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READER’S DIGEST CASE ANALYSIS By Bobby Renner March 6‚ 2013 Overview: This case analysis is about Readers Digest’s recent struggle to succeed in business. Reader’s digest was the number one consumer of magazines in the US and has struggle in the passed decade after the invention of Internet. They have recently hired a new CEO Mary Burner to help restructure RDA. Issues: * INTERNET- The internet is RDA’s biggest competitor. It offers information of all kinds free of charge to everyone
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CIR vs PAL FACTS: PHILIPPINE AIRLINES‚ INC. had zero taxable income for 2000 but would have been liable for Minimum Corporate Income Tax based on its gross income. However‚ PHILIPPINE AIRLINES‚ INC. did not pay the Minimum Corporate Income Tax using as basis its franchise which exempts it from “all other taxes” upon payment of whichever is lower of either (a) the basic corporate income tax based on the net taxable income or (b) a franchise tax of 2%. ISSUE: Is PAL liable for Minimum Corporate Income
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witnesses (Palsgraf vs. Long Island RY. CO.). On August 24‚ 1924 between the hours of ten and eleven in the morning‚ the plaintiff‚ Helen Palsgraf‚ along with her two daughters were at the East New York station waiting to board a train. This station is owned and operated by the Long Island Railroad Company that is organized in the state of New York. A large crowd of people was gathered at the station that morning. Approximately five minutes after arriving at the station‚ Ms. Palsgraf was standing
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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company Issue: Ms. Palsgraf‚ a customer of the Long Island Railroad Company‚ was injured one day while awaiting her train. Her injury was sustained as two railroad employees assisted another passenger onto a train and the other customer’s package which contained fireworks (concealed) fell onto the rails as a result of the assistance provided by the company’s employees. Consequently‚ the fireworks caused an explosion when it came into contact with the rails and
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Case Digest PALE Soliman M. Santos‚ Jr. v. Atty. Francisco R. Llamas A.C. No. 4749 January 20‚ 2000 Misrepresentation and Non-payment of IBP Dues November 10‚ 2010 Facts: Complaint for misrepresentation and non-payment of bar membership dues. It appears that Atty. Llamas‚ who for a number of years now‚ has not indicated the proper PTR and IBP OR Nos. and data in his pleadings. If at all‚ he only indicated “IBP Rizal 259060” but he has been using this for at least 3 years already. On the
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I N S T I T U T E f o r S T AT I S T I C S GLOBAL EDUCATION DIGEST 2009 Comparing Education Statistics Across the World UNESCO GLOBAL EDUC ATION DIGE S T 2 0 0 9 Comparing Education Statistics Across the World UNESCO The constitution of the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was adopted by 20 countries at the London Conference in November 1945 and entered into effect on 4 November 1946. The Organization currently has 193 Member
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G.R. No. L-31455 February 28‚ 1985 FILIPINAS ENGINEERING AND MACHINE SHOP‚ Petitioner‚ vs. HON. JAIME N. FERRER‚ LINO PATAJO et. Al. Cuevas J. FACTS: In preparation for the national elections of November 11‚ 1969‚ then respondent Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) issued an INVITATION TO BID CALL No. 127 on September 16‚ 1969 calling for the submission of sealed proposals for the manufacture and delivery of 1 1‚000 units of voting booths. Among the seventeen bidders who submitted
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CASE # 78 Fidel Salamera v. Sandiganbayan G.R no 121099 February 17‚ 1999 Pardo‚ J.: Facts; The Sandiganbayan convicted Mayor Fidel Salamera of Casiguran Aurora for the crime of Malversation of Public Property. This was about the Smith & Wesson revolver gun that was mortgaged to him by barangay chairman Antonio Benavidez. The said gun was owned and licensed to Ponciano Benavidez. When the owner demanded the return of his gun the latter cannot produce the item because it was conficted by the
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