Tort Reform: The Destruction of the Civil Court System “If it ain’t broke‚ don’t fix it”. This informal maxim can be applied to countless situations‚ from car maintenance to business practices. It can also be applied to the idea of tort reform and its effect on the civil court system in the United States. ‘Tort reform’ commonly refers to “proposed changes to common law civil justice systems that would place limits or caps on tort litigation or damages to be awarded to a plaintiff” (“Tort Reform
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The law of contracts forms a substantial part of our various relationships that can have some sort of influence over us on an almost daily basis – even when there is no physical contract in front of us we may still be privy to some sort of contractual obligation. Alternatively‚ if you’re a fan of social theorists such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ you may argue that we’re also bound by ‘the social contract’‚ but we digress. Getting back to our original point‚ the law of contracts plays
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• The peace officer was wearing a distinctive uniform Dossey himself admitted after viewing the Watch Guard Video during our interview that both the lights nor siren were on during the incident and the above was criteria was not met. Dosseys’ statement that he cannot hear the sirens of a police car during a pursuit due to the high level of stress he experiences‚ make his decision not to review MVS footage to ensure the criteria of the vehicle code is met irresponsible and negligent on his part
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Case Study Case 1 A Sydney tramway passenger was injured in a collision with another tram‚ which occurred after the driver collapsed at the controls. The plaintiff argued that the collision could have been avoided if the tramway authority had fitted the tram with a system known as ‘dead man’s handle’‚ a system in use on Sydney’s trains. This would have stopped the tram and avoided the accident. The device had been rejected by the tramway authorities because it was felt that it could cause drivers
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ERM and Product Liability Tort LAW 531/Business Law ERM and Product Liability Tort The product liability video scenario presents a dispute between Quick Takes Video and Non-Linear Pro. Non-Linear Pro leased a video editing system to Quick Takes Video. It is the opinion of Quick Takes Video that the editing system is not performing as promised. Since it appears that Non-Linear Pro has misrepresented the quality of the product‚ Quick Takes Video can bring a lawsuit to Non-Linear Pro for breach
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Question 1 When a case of negligence is filed‚ three elements must be proven and justified in order to sustain a lawsuit. These three elements include: i) Defendant owed a duty of care to plaintiff ii) Defendant breached the duty of care iii) Defendants breach of duty caused injury or damage to plaintiff There are several parties of defendants involved in this case including Bart‚ the owner of 1 Main Street‚ the initial property where the fire broke out; Provincial Insurance Inc. for the
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30th May Thursday 11-12 (replacement) 1b) Negligence misrep – For this‚ the common law negligent misrep is followed- i.e. that is duty of care‚ “special relationship” ‚ breach of standard of care‚ causation‚ and remoteness. 1c) Duress is pressure exerted by one person to coerce (influence someone to do smth) another to contract on particular terms. The main types are duress of the person “actual or threatened violence or unlawful imprisonment”‚ duress of goods “wrongful detaining‚ damaging or
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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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Case Brief & IRAC Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix LAW 531 Judge Stephen R. Ruddick April 28‚ 2015 Case Brief & IRAC Case Brief: Natasha Hallet was a veteran performer for Cirque du Soleil and performed numerous times without injury until one mistake that took place during a show in Orlando‚ FL changed all of that. While performing an aerial stunt‚ Ms. Hallet said that she forgot to rig her harness properly and that her partner missed her mistake during a routine safety check. Since
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TO: Isotola‚ Sui & Alberto FROM: Tom Caulton RE: Possible Action for Damages Isotola‚ Sui and Alberto (the plaintiffs) are interested to see what damages they can recover if they succeeded in negligence against the Dunedin City Council (DCC). Does the defendant (Dunedin City Council) owe a duty of care to the particular plaintiffs in the circumstances? Prior cases really only dealt with the ‘builders’ being responsible for the defect in the construction of a particular structure. In recent
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