The text here presented is an essay written by William K. Wimsatt‚ Jr. which was included within his book named The Verbal Icon: Studies in the Meaning of Poetry published in 1954. The author introduces to us the concept of “The intentional fallacy” which describes the error of interpreting a work of art by second-guessing the intention of its author in creating it. In reading a poem the reader must lay aside all the possible intentions of the author and concentrate on the poem itself in order to
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States justice system‚ a tort is best defined as an injury or loss that was committed deliberately or negligently by a single person or an entity (Crane). The history of tort law can be traced back to the initial trespass of property or person‚ but it was not until the 18th century that the distinction between intentional and unintentional acts was made (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia). In recent years‚ tort law has become the center of scrutiny through the increase in tort costs‚ insurance liability
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Law of Tort Ian Yeats Paula Giliker Mary Luckham 2005 LLB BSc Accounting with Law / Law with Accounting BSc Management with Law / Law with Management 2660001 2770201 2770201 This subject guide was prepared for the University of London External Programme by: Ian Yeats‚ MA (Aberdeen)‚ BCL‚ MA (Oxford)‚ Barrister‚ Senior Lecturer in Law‚ Queen Mary College‚ University of London. Paula Giliker‚ MA (Oxon)‚ BCL‚ PhD (Cantab)‚ Barrister at Law‚ Fellow and Senior Law Tutor‚ St Hilda’s College
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PRACTICE QUESTION FOR TORTS John worked as a car/truck mechanic for a small business in Darlinghurst Sydney. He was a newly trained mechanic and had just commenced work at a new job last week. The day he started work he was given the task of repairing a truck engine. This required John to disassemble the engine with specialised tools. Mechanics who worked on these large engines were normally given protective head gear to prevent any piece of engine striking them in the face should a piece
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Intentional hypothermia Controlled hypothermia plays important role in reducing the oxygen consumption by the body. This step used with Jehovah’s Witnesses since they reject the transfusion. As the body temperature reduced by 5-7°C‚ the oxygen consumption reduced as well by 48% beneath the basic levels and increased in the blood. However‚ the reduction in body temperature below 30°C requires the clinician to monitor the patient to make sure that the patient did not suffer from hypothermia. Even
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Negligent and Intentional Tort Barry University EDU 674 The Legal Environment in Education Timothy D. Blevins‚ J. D. While conducting a tort walk at one of the local middle schools we identified several possible torts. One was of a building code violation‚ another in the way money was handled in the lunch room. I am going to pursue the building code violation and what the possible injury could be if not corrected. Upon our tort walk we discovered several windows open to the common
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PARTICIPATION ASSIGNMENT JS 230-020 CHAPTER 7: TORT LAW CASE PROBLEMS 1. Smiley‚ a buyer for Carrefour Fashions‚ entered the store of a rival firm‚ Boulevard Boutique‚ in order to find out what latest lines they were carrying. He was recognized by Maldini‚ the manager of Boulevard Boutique‚ who called the store detective‚ Rocco‚ and ordered him to “keep an eye” on Smiley while he‚ Maldini‚ called the police. Maldini called the police and informed them he had a “suspected shoplifter”
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Torts Notes – Negligence Contents 1 Preamble 2 1.1 Concurrent Wrongdoers 2 1.2 Death 2 1.3 Apologists 2 1.4 Vicarious liability/non-delegable duties 3 2 Duty of care 5 2.1 Immunities 5 2.2 Omissions/failure to control third party 6 2.3 Atypical Plaintiffs 6 2.4 Unborn Child 6 2.5 Mental Harm/Nervous Shock 7 2.6 Statutory Authorities 8 2.7 Pure Economic Loss/Negligent Misstatement 11 3 Breach of Duty 12 3.1 Section 5C 12 3.2 Obvious risks 12 4 Causation 13 4.1 Res ipsa loquitur
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TORTS – PRETEST (5 points each) Question 1 A HARMFUL OR OFFENSIVE CONTACT IS AN ELEMENT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TORTS? intentional infliction of emotional distress conversion BATTERY slander Question 2 AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES IN TORT ACTIONS COMMONLY INCLUDE ____. assumption of risk contributory negligence comparative negligence ALL OF THE ABOVE Question 3 ASSAULT‚ BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT ARE EXAMPLES OF ____ TORTS THAT INVOLVE INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON’S BODY. INTENTIONAL
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Assignments PLG-101-1401: Torts & Personal Injury Assignment 1 (based on class 1): View submitted answer Please find on Lexis and read the following case: Watson v. Dixon‚ 130 N.C. App. 47 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). Then‚ please answer‚ in one to two paragraphs each‚ each of the following questions: ) 1) What were the essential facts of that case? Watson and Dixon were both employed with Duke in the Sterile Processing Department of the Medical Center‚ when Watson began to experience
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