IABILITY 1 A THEORY OF VICARIOU S LIABILITY J.W . N EYERS * This article proposes a theory of vicarious liability which attempts to explain the central features and limitations of the doctrine. The main premise of the article is that the common law should continue to impose vicarious liability because it can co-exist with the current tort law regime that imposes liability for fault. The author lays out the central features of the doctrine of vicarious liability and examines why the leading rationales
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lawsuits and litigation from everyone suing everyone else‚ one must ask the question "where does product liability end and consumer responsibility begin?" This question has been further complicated by occurrences that stretch to the most far-reaching ends of this spectrum‚ the spectrum ranging from strict product liability of the company to complete consumer responsibility. On the strict product liability of the company side‚ we have the cigarette industry where the CEOs of the largest cigarette companies
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Professional Ethical Standards in Criminal Justice Careers While researching a growing number of career potentials in the field of criminal justice‚ one sticks out more than the others. The field of practicing law and being a lawyer certainly created more interest than some of the others. An attorney has an interesting job‚ and the side of the law he/she chooses to practice proposes different ethical situations that would create potential dilemmas in everyday situations. Attorneys are people
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Professional Ethics Paper Barbara Morrissey HCS/478 January 23‚ 2012 Ann-Marie Peckham Professional Ethics Paper Medical professionals have a responsibility to their clients to deliver safe‚ quality care with regard for patients’ individuality‚ needs‚ and desires. Patients seek out professional health care with their own goals in mind. Their goals may not match ours‚ but we as health care providers have a duty to inform and treat our clients with competence and afford them the utmost dignity
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Professional Values Paper “Provision 3‚ the nurse promotes‚ advocates for‚ and strives to protect the health‚ safety‚ and rights of patient. 3.2 confidentiality - associated with the right to privacy‚ the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information.” It is important for the patient’s information to remain confidential References Anderson‚ Charles & Johnson (2003). The impressive psychology paper. Chicago: Lucerne Publishing. Smith‚ M. (2001). Writing a successful
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TOPIC: WHAT IS TORT‚ AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY ? From a legal standpoint‚ a tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than a breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). For example‚ when a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law‚ a tort has been committed. Tort law relies heavily on the common law‚ the legal opinions of the Courts‚ general trends in the community‚ and legal scholarship
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Journal of International Management 8 (2002) 223 – 240 Liability of foreignness to competitive advantage: How multinational enterprises cope with the international business environment Deepak Sethi*‚ Stephen Guisinger 1 University of Texas at Dallas‚ P.O. Box 830688‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0688‚ USA Abstract An expanded and holistic conceptualization of the liability of foreignness (LOF) is presented that goes beyond the traditional foreign subsidiary – local firm dyad in the host country.
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tobacco regulation is more important than allowing states to set their own standards for tobacco regulation. Tobacco use has been proven to be an addictive carcinogen and therefore its regulation should be viewed as a natural rights issue because it threatens the health and safety of the individuals protected under the constitution of the united states. Tobacco use and regulation is a moral issue. Economic pressures would prevent states from mandating and upholding an unbiased regulation standard
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under administrative investigation may be allowed to resign pending decision of his case but it shall be without prejudice to the continuation of the proceeding against him. It shall also be without prejudice to the filing of any administrative‚ criminal case against him for any act committed while still in the service. (emphasis and underscoring supplied) The CA refused to give credence to this argument‚ holding that the provision “refers to cases where the officers or employees were already
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The European Accounting Review 2000‚ 9:3‚ 371 385 Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing eŒ of liability ect insurance Ralf Ewert‚ Eberhard Feess and Martin Nell University of Frankfurt‚ Frankfurt am Main ABSTRACT This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information‚ costly litigation and risk-averse auditors. A negligence rule fails in such a setting‚ because in equilibrium auditors will deviate with positive probability
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