commuTorts Spring 2011 Pittman 1. Wrongful Death and Survival A. Wrongful Death 1. Moragne v. States Marine Lines 1. Facts: P’s husband killed working on a boat owned by D b/c of D’s negligence. 2. Issue: Can an action for wrongful death and a survival action be brought together? 3. Rule: Wrongful death suits can be brought along with survival suits for the pain and suffering in the time in between the injury and death 4. Wrongful death: action created by the death of a person due to the
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MANDATES Piec vs. Caisse d’economie polonaise (p. 59) (MIDTERM 2) Grandma = Stephania Wojcicka Bad Boy = nephew Tadeusz Wojcicki Niece (Margaret Wojcicka) is executor of will |Facts |Three mandates: | | |Gma goes on extended trip‚ gives power of attorney for banking matters to Bad Boy | | |Niece has
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The United States of America was the first country to adopt a federal system for their government. This form of government‚ that allows national government and the state government to share powers and obtain authority from its people‚ was created to deal with many of the problems that occurred under the Articles of Confederation. Being affected by the rule of English kings‚ the Framers feared centralizing power in one government. Therefore‚ they made both the state and the federal government responsible
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QUESTION 2 Firstly‚ Federal Express may maintain the capacity in order to keep up with China’s growth by implement the customer relationship management strategy (CRM). This is because each of the customers has different type of requirements and demands. Federal Express should expand their forwarding capability‚ expand the services territory and also improving the cycle times. Federal Express also can provide shipment information to the customers in China. Not only that‚ Federal Express also should
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From the second e-Activity‚ determine at least three ways in which United States’ businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor practices. Provide one specific example of each way that you have just determined to support your response. One way that U.S. businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor is that they should decline the products that come from sweatshop. Secondly‚ American businesses have a responsibility to make sure that their suppliers working conditions
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S. government. Our society needs to implement our own powers of individual responsibility in this wonderful‚ enlightening‚ yet sometimes detrimental intellectual frontier. Dyson compares how cyberspace is virtually the same as real estate. She states that “ you could think of cyberspace as a giant and unbounded world of virtual real estate”(420). The key words in her observation are the words that Americans have a deep love for in their genes and psyche: an unbounded world. That ’s what cyberspace
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Assignment 1 Constitutional Law (LAW437) Question Habeas Corpus is a remedy to secure personal liberty in Malaysia. Discuss with reference to some decided cases. 1.1 INTRODUCTION The main provision of the Constitution which is relevant is Art. 5(1):”No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with law.” This most fundamental of all fundamental-rights provisions is given to all persons‚ not just citizens. Art. 5 goes on to provide for the right to habeas
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art portrays the belief that the Federal Government has more power than the states. When thinking about the tension between who has more power‚ the three of us agreed that both have a say in our nation but‚ the Federal Government has more authority. We chose to give the states 40%‚ because the States are allowed to make specific laws‚ and the people within those states have rights that are protected by the Constitution. Although at the end of the day the Federal Government still has more power‚ therefore
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LAW Torts 1 – Negligence: elements of liability Objectives The law of tort has already been mentioned in other topics in a comparative sense. After studying this topic you should be able to: • discuss the nature of tort law; • explain the various interests protected by tort law; • describe the three essentials of the tort of negligence; • apply the test of reasonable foreseeability in relation to the duty of care; • explain the circumstances in which a duty of
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Federal Taxation Week 7 homework Property Transactions Question 10-1 Distinguish between realized gains and losses and recognized gains and losses. You will always have a loss or a gain due to an exchange transaction. Once the transaction is completed the corresponding amount will be recorded on your income statement. Recognition exists only in the context of tax laws‚ in some cases the exchange transaction will be excluded under IRC Section 1031. Problem 10-47 On April 18‚ 2010‚ Jane
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