MGMT 310 Hot Coffee Essay 3-31-13 Hot Coffee This film was very interesting to watch. It made me realize how many frivolous lawsuits that have occurred. The Stella Liebeck case was huge example. Yes I understand she suffered third degree burns and had to be hospitalized for a week or so to recover but it could have possibly been prevented. The right thing to do would be to be careful when handling the cup of hot coffee. The cup itself says to be careful and why would anyone put a cup of
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careless. a) When carrying out the first annual service‚ Crankit fits a new fuel pump. This malfunctions 24 hours later‚ causing an explosion. Injuries result to Jeremy‚ who lives next door to the factory and the explosion also causes business interruption for 3 weeks. Contract of works and materials - service and goods being provided - SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES ACT 1982 The fuel pump is defective (not clear if its defective)- s4(2) and (3) - it seems that C supplied this. Discuss
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Law 199 – Law and the Movies Final Paper- My Cousin Vinny My Cousin Vinny is a film about the trial of two young men accused of murder in rural Alabama where one of the accused men has his cousin Vinny‚ a new lawyer‚ try to defend them. The whole story begins when Billy Gambini and his friend Stan Rothestein are driving through Beechum County‚ Alabama and they decide to stop at a convenience store. Once they leave the store‚ Billy realizes he forgot to pay for a can of tuna‚ and he believes this
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Consumer Protection The sale and supply of goods to consumer’s regulations 2002 State that goods when sold must be: 1. Of satisfactory quality 2. Fit for purpose 3. As described When complaining you are not entitled to anything if: 1. You were told of any faults before you bought the goods 2. The fault was obvious and it would have been reasonable for you to notice it before buying 3. If you caused the damage yourself 4. If you have changed your mind about the
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Behavior-Oriented Rating Method VS. Results-Oriented Rating Methods The behavior-oriented rating method focuses on an employees behavior. There are two ways that behavior-oriented method is used: employees behavior is compared against other employees or an employee evaluated in terms of performance without reference to others (2005). These two systems are known as relative rating system and absolute rating system. Under the behavior-oriented rating method there are several ranking systems to choose
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Chapter End Questions Chapter 12-12.1‚ 12.3 Chapter 13-13.4‚ 13.5‚ 13.7 Chapter 14-14.3‚ 14.5 Chapter 15-15.2‚ 15.3‚ 15.4 12.1 Jerome is an elderly man who lives with his nephew‚ Philip. Jerome is totally dependent on Philip’s support. Philip tells Jerome that unless Jerome transfers a tract of land he owns to Philip for a price 30 percent below market value‚ Philip will no longer support and take care of him. Jerome enters into the contract. Discuss fully whether Jerome can set aside this contract
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Question 1 (b) The problem looks at whether the existence of contract entitled Albert to claim for a breach of contract from Charlie with four elements of contract to be established here: that the offer been made by Albert and has been accepted by Charlie‚ that parties intend to create legal relationship and that the consideration was provided. The issue here is to determine if a reasonable person would consider offer had been made. An offer may be described as the indication of one person to another
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Junyi Zheng Course MGNT3145 Professor.Toson Date 06/23/2013 Facts Mitsubishi has a contract with Crown Door Company which requires Mitsubishi to sell twelve boxcar loads of plywood to Crown and Mitsubishi should import the wood from Taiwan and deliver it to Crown’s plant in Atlanta.Mitsubishi shipped the wood from Taiwan to Savannah.However‚ in Savannah‚as the railroad was negligent in loading the train which caused the cargo to shift during the trip‚finally the wood got damaged. Issue The
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Scott entered into a unilateral contract with Hume. Scott used the large signboard to offer $1000 to the ballplayer who hit a homerun over the sign. This is a promise for an act. Hume completed the performance of the act by hitting the homerun over the sign and therefore the unilateral contract between them was formed. Perry and Scott do not have a contract. The offer that he is intending to collect on was never actually offered to him as Otis did not change the sign in the allotted time frame
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAW The Law of Tort Core Reading: Lucy Jones‚ Introduction to Business Law (Oxford University Press‚ 2011). Chapter 11 on The Tort of Negligence (Refer to pages 340 – 374). Please note that we ARE NOT going through every single areas in relation to negligence. For instance‚ the area on nervous shock. Aims and Objectives: - To enable students to appreciate the general law of tort‚ especially the concept of negligence; To understand how this area applies
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