resulting from the loss or injury according to the proportionate fault of each party.***** The real issue before us is whether we should now replace the doctrine of joint and several liability with one in which the liability of codefendants to the plaintiff is apportioned according to each defendant ’s respective fault. According to Disney‚ this Court in Hoffman set for itself the goal of creating a tort system that fairly and equitably allocated damages according to the degrees of fault. Therefore
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Small Claims Courts in the Philippines Going to court for a small sum of money has just become cheaper and faster with the establishment of small claims courts. A simple procedure makes it easy for everyone. According to former Court Administrator‚ now Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez‚ 70% of cases before Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila are small claims (involving small amounts of money) and many of the litigants in these cases are poor. The same thing is true‚ if not more
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London and owned a number of vans with ‘C’ licences‚ which did not allow them to carry for reward the goods of others. The plaintiffs were carriers with offices in London and Leeds and their vehicles had ‘A’ licences‚ which enable them to carry the goods of others for reward. There was an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant for carrying goods by van The plaintiff did not know that the defendant’s vans had only ‘C’ licence. The goods from the loaded van were stolen on the way to London
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the Court of Appeals as follows: Plaintiff Johnny Ong tried to acquire from the defendants a "townhome" described as Unit No. 4 of Atrium Townhomes in Cebu City. As reflected in a Contract to Sell‚ the selling price of the unit was P3‚400‚000.00 pesos‚ for a lot area of eighty-eight (88) square meters with a three-storey building. Out of the purchase price‚ plaintiff was able to pay the amount of P1‚060‚000.00. Prior to the full payment of this amount‚ plaintiff claims that defendants Andre Almocera
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DANIER LEATHER INC: DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND LITIGATION ACCOUNTING 1 1998 was a hot year. According to Environment Canada‚ it was so hot that such a year can be expected only once about every 2‚500 years. Between December 1997 and November 1998‚ average temperatures were about 2.5 degrees higher than normal‚ and record high temperatures were set in almost every month of the year. In fact‚ July was the warmest month in Canada – ever! It was a also a record-setting year for Danier Leather Inc. In
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overlooked for the job due to her age. All four women had the same job title and when they were interviewed by Personnel Manager James Johnson‚ he determined that three of the four candidates‚ including the plaintiff‚ were qualified for the position. Johnson then ranked the applicants‚ making the plaintiff his third choice (Twomey‚ pg. 527). After a consultation with Johnson’s supervisor‚ he hired his first choice‚ Patti Cruikshank. Zippittelli was convinced her age was to blame for her lack of success
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car crashes‚ and Woo is seriously injured. Woo retains the law firm of Kraft and Molina and they file a lawsuit claiming damages for these injuries. Brady works as a paralegal in that law firm. 11. In the lawsuit‚ Kraft and Molina are the plaintiffs. 12. Brady would be allowed to interview witnesses to the accident. 13. Brady would be allowed to prepare a draft of the complaint to be filed in the action. 14. Before filing a lawsuit‚ the parties would be required to arbitrate their dispute
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Dell Computer Case Questions Please provide a detailed answer to each of the following six questions for the Dell Computer case. 1. What has made Dell Succeed to date? 2. What is Dell’s position in the industry to date? 3. An August 12‚ 2002 Business Week article‚ indicated that by 2007 Dell intended to double revenues to $60 billion. How should Dell go about building the nearly $6 billion annual sales growth needed to achieve that target? 4. What are the implications
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property‚ of which he is not the owner‚ may be compelled specifically to deliver it to the person entitled to its immediate possession‚ in any of the following cases:- (a) when the thing claimed is held by the defendant as the agent or trustee of the plaintiff; (b) when compensation in money would not afford the
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One of he most difficult and burning problems in administration of civil justice is of delay. The delay can be addressed from two side’s namely compulsory delay and intentional delay. Compulsory delay is caused due to our age old legal system and intentional delay is caused by the persons who are instrumental in administration of justice and more specifically the lawyers and parties to the suits. three classes of people may be mainly responsibility for delay in disposal of cases. They are court staff
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