TORTS FINAL EXAM OUTLINE INTENTIONAL TORTS 3 2. Battery 3 3. Assault 3 4. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress 3 5. False Imprisonment 4 6. Trespass 4 6.1. Trespass to Land 4 6.2. Trespass to Chattels 4 6.3. Conversion 4 AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES 5 7. Consent (Privilege) 5 8. Self Defense (Privilege) 5 8.1. Self-Defense by Force Not Threatening Death or Serious Bodily Harm 5 8.2. Self-Defense by Force Threatening Death or Serious Bodily Harm
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Reputation and the Domino Theory The Domino Theory is a theory used by Health and Safety practitioners to show how accidents or incidents happen in the workplace‚ which has direct application for Reputational Risk Managers. For those of you who have ever played dominos or have seen it being stacked at Guinness Book of World Records events‚ will know that there are a number of rules vital to domino playing: You have to line them up correctly. If you line them up correctly‚ they’ll fall down
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poverty Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs‚ which commonly includes food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[2][3] For much of history‚ poverty was considered largely unavoidable as traditional modes of production were
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MOT‚ NOT‚ BRIEF Corey Lightner‚ Attorney at Law Bar No. 85-455 Miami‚ Florida 33176 305-456-7890 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT INANDFOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY‚ FLORIDA WILMA MAPLES‚ Plaintiff‚ CIVIL DIVISION vs. CASE: 13-2014-159753 DEPT. NO: XVII DOCKET NO: WE CARE FOR YOU HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER‚ 1-5 DOES‚ 1-5 ROES‚ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT‚ NOTICE‚ AND BRIEF Defendants. ___________________________/
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the ultimate cause: why did the Europeans get the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ rather than the Africans or Aborigines? Another answer was the European’s assumed biological superiority over foreigners‚ based off of Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection. Diamond refutes this by saying that it was an underlying feeling of all European
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“The fact of the matter is that today‚ stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy‚ these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing…the bottom line. That is‚ maximizing profit‚ regardless of the social or environmental costs.” —David Suzuki Bottling of freshwater from a rare resource in the Fiji Islands‚ and harvesting of cocoa beans via child slave labor in West Africa‚ are both ethically
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INTRO TO SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW 1) Crime: “Conduct which‚ if duly shown to have taken place‚ will incur a formal and solemn pronouncement of the condemnation of the community” ; “Any social harm defined and made punishable by law” 2) Burden of Proof: “Proof beyond a reasonable doubt = proof of such a convincing character that ToF would be willing to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of their own affairs.” * Burden of Production: Prosecution has the burden
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DEFENCES IN TORTS The word “defence” bears several meanings in the tort context and a great deal of confusion has been spawned of a general failure by courts and commentators to make their intended meaning clear. Although conventionally the word defence is used to refer to those arguments which when used persuades the court to conclude that the defendant in a case is not guilty. So‚ they basically include “absent element defences” which are denials of the components of the tort that the plaintiff
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HUMAN AGGRESSION Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Department of Psychology‚ Iowa State University‚ Ames‚ Iowa 50011-3180; e-mail: caa@iastate.edu‚ bushman@iastate.edu Key Words violence‚ harm‚ theory‚ general aggression model ■ Abstract Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at which a unifying framework is needed. Major domain-limited theories of aggression include cognitive neoassociation‚ social learning‚ social interaction‚ script‚ and excitation trans-fer
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Was the Defendant’s conduct unreasonable? 2. Did the Defendant cause the Plaintiff’s injury? Elements of Negligence: 1. Duty by the Defendant to the Plaintiff 2. Defendant breached the duty of reasonable care 3. Defendant’s actions were the proximate cause (nearest cause/ number of factors that collectively caused the Plaintiff’s injuries) or actual cause (specific factor that caused the Plaintiff’s injuries) of the harm to Plaintiff 4. Plaintiff sustained damages/injuries • Foreseeability:
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