Hot coffee spill worth cool award McDonald ’s may fork over $2.9 million Denver Post Copyright 1994 Friday‚ August 19‚ 1994 The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE - A woman‚ who was scalded when her McDonald ’s coffee spilled won a jury award of $2.9 million - or about two days ’ coffee sales for the fast-food chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck‚ 81‚ who suffered thirddegree burns in the 1992 incident‚ contended that McDonald ’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed $2.7 million in
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Parental negligence is the main cause of the social problem among youngster. Do you agree? Write your opinions In this modern era‚ it is really familiar to us to hear about the social problems that happen around us. For instance‚ the news about the baby dumping‚ pick-pocketing‚ burglars and so many others have been filled the front page of the newspaper and also become the main topics for the news-reader to talk about every day. The saddest thing is that these bad behaviors are mostly caused
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employer can be held liable for the torts of his/her employees. And after that I will focus on some of the reasons why one person is held liable in certain situations for the torts committed by another person. And then I will finally finish the essay with a conclusion at the end. Vicarious liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another‚ even though that person did not commit the act itself. For an employer to be held liable for the tort of her/his employees‚ three conditions
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Defamation Feldman (2002): two major rationales to justify freedom of expression * Mill’s instrumental value of freedom of expression on rule-utilitarian analysis: it is best not to censor (unless harmful) anything for risk of censoring truths. * Democratic rationale suggests freedom of expression allows crucial political discourse‚ but this is less convincing in a representative system where expression is only heard at elections Lord Nicholls in Reynolds v Times Newspapers (2001) –
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Parental negligence is the main cause of the social problems among youngster As we already know that we are no one without our family as indeed blood is thicker than water as family always comes first and it is our utmost priority. However‚ majority of parents nowadays neglect their children and pay more attention on their career and making more money. In my humble opinion‚ parents at this stage are unconscious about their children and they are extremely engross with other obligations outside
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due to the negligence and the unavoidable result that Ronnie would die‚ he would not be responsible in this case. In this case‚ the defendant‚ Thota‚ gave the explanation that it was related to contributory negligence‚ as he didn’t obtain the detailed information of medical history from Ronnie‚ and he didn’t consider Ronnie’s other medical problems that might interfere Thota’s procedure. From Thota’s perspective‚ Ronnie’s injuries were partially the result of Ronnie’s own negligence and
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victim. This resulted in injuring her face and affected her confidence. The question‚ which is being asked is whether ’Emma have a cause of action in negligence against SCL’. Using common law‚ the claimant is owed duty of care‚ but we also need to consider if the duty was breached will depend if the roof tiles was due to the defendant’s negligence. If SCL were found negligent Emma would be able to make a claim against them. To identify whether Emma is really owed
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Definition: A tort‚ in common law jurisdictions‚ is a civil wrong which unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act‚ called a tortfeasor. Tort is derived from the latin word “Tortum”. Although crimes may be torts‚ the cause of legal action is not necessarily a crime as the harm may be due to negligence which does not amount to criminal negligence. The victim of the harm can recover their loss as damages in a lawsuit
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In this case‚ the defendant‚ Fernando Maldonado‚ sued the plaintiff‚ Gateway Hotel of St. Louis for negligence after having received a knockout that interfered with his cognitive and motor functioning. Later‚ Gateway appeals the jury verdict in favor of the appellee on his negligence claims. Maldonado claimed the idea of negligence based on the piece of evidence that hotel had failed to provide an ambulance as well as an immediate medical monitoring team when he became unconscious. There are notable
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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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