Re: Jim Peters Negligence Lawsuit Date: September 22‚ 2014 SUMMARY OF FACTS Melissa Gilbert of Gravel is Us of Cleveland Ohio‚ has a contract with the State of Ohio do road repairs on I-90. Gravel is Us closed down the road and commenced dynamiting procedures. The company posts a guard and one sign on the highway to make sure that no cars enter the area. The guard fell asleep on the job; Jim did not see the sign and drove into the dynamiting zone where he suffered severe injuries. Jim has come to
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1. Historical Perspective of Mental Illnesses in the Philippines Pre-Spanish Regime During this period the Filipinos believed in a world that was equally material and spiritual. The concept of illness was based on the belief in such material and spiritual worlds‚ thus the treatment of both physical and mental illness depended heavily on the valid and authentic rituals and ceremonies aimed at converting the punishment and at the same time maintaining and protecting the psychological well-being and
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs PSY/240 January 9‚ 2011 Mary Jane Dugan Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs A psychiatric disorder is defined as disorder of psychological function so severe that it requires treatment usually by psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. The abnormal behavior expressed by people suffering from psychiatric disorders prevent them from living normal lives some of these disorder include schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorder‚ and Tourette
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Negligence Paper Wrong site surgery has become a frequent incident in health care facilities across the nation. “Research in the US has suggested that wrong site surgery happens every 5-10 years‚ or one in 112‚994 cases” (Edwards‚ 2008‚ p. 168). Recent studies have shown that despite the focus by governing bodies over wrong site surgery in the past few years‚ wrong site surgery continues to happen at an alarming rate of 40 times per week in the United States alone (“Wrong-site surgery still happens
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within their workplace. Breach of these duties will constitute in a criminal case as it is in Alf’s case. On the other hand this event could also be a civil case as Alf can sue Skimpy PLC for compensation for his personal injury. Alf will have to prove that the company caused the injury negligently or without taking reasonable care to avoid injuring others. Alf will also have to prove a duty of care was owed‚ breach of duty and damaged caused by the breach‚ then only will the law allow compensation. The
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Torts Assignment 2011 Semester 2 Fred v Ivan- Battery Battery is committed when there is an intentional‚ direct‚ and unlawful contact or without consent to another’s person. Ivan intentionally made unlawful contact with Fred when he thrust his hands into Fred’s pocket. It was apparent that although the contact was with his pants’ pocket rather than directly to the body‚ the contact did involve some element of forces and that ‘the least touching of another in anger is battery’. Hence‚ the element
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BML 107 Introductory Law for Managers Individual Report – Law of Tort and Employment 1205636 Harry‚ aged 10‚ is a pupil at St Botolph’s. One day last year he fell over when running to school and gashed his leg very badly. He managed to hobble into the school to seek help. The school nurse was unwell that day‚ but Mrs Tourniquet‚ the biology teacher who has been employed by the school for 2 years‚ attended to him. Mrs Tourniquet had as a young woman qualified
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the “deepest pockets” and would most likely be the only defendant with enough money to pay out compensation. Wal-Mart would be vicariously liable for Dales actions. b) The causes of action taken on Dale are the tort of false imprisonment‚ the tort of assault and battery‚ and negligence. If the customer‚ Bob‚ has not stolen any goods there is no justification for holding Bob. Bob was intentionally restrained against his will‚ and there was no lawful reason to do so. This restraint unlawful for two
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To: Adam Starr From: Alexandria Warner Date: October 4‚ 2011 Re: Potential negligence claim against the Yellow Jacket Inn Statement of Facts Last weekend a group of Georgia Tech alumni stayed at the Yellow Jacket Inn in Atlanta to attend the Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt football. After the game one of the alumni walked into his room and saw an intruder inside stealing his clothes and going through his personal items. The intruder physically attacked the alumni and stole his wallet. The alumni
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NEGLIGENCE: THE EMPLOYER’S DUTIES Employers Liability in Negligence • May be personally liable to employees who injure themselves. • May be personally liable to employees who are injured by another employee or sometimes by an independent contractor employed by the employer. • May be vicariously liable if one employee is injured by another employee. NOTE: • Employees may also be able to recover from statutory workers compensation schemes. • Employees’ rights at common law may be restricted
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