EEOC v. Federal Express (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1260 [4th Cir.]) Facts: FedEx appealed a case awarding a disabled employee‚ Ronald Lockhart‚ with compensatory and punitive damages. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the employer must be acting with malice for punitive damages to be awarded; in addition‚ there was evidence that questioned if punitive damages were warranted. FedEx claimed that Lockhart’s supervisors failed to accommodate him at work‚ not FedEx‚ and they did engage in a
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On the other hand‚ some take his theories and use them to impact extremely important and life changing events such as cases in the court of law. In at least three court cases‚ Gladwell and his books are referenced in expert testimony or to explain what court terms and claims may mean. In US v. Harry‚ 20 F. Supp. 3d 1196 - Dist. Court‚ D. New Mexico 2014‚ for instance‚ the expert witness‚ Dr. Roll‚ is asked what his “opinion is of the section in Blink where Gladwell describes psychologists’ study
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China and the United States‚ the perpetual political changes create a direct implication to the day-to-day business activities and the type business investment plan to enter the country. Hence‚ conflict-of-interests are commonly tensions between the different in political ideologies‚ social issues‚ historical and culture background. As these interests are the catalysts to the type of regimes that the country will impose; moreover‚ these regimes will favour the different types of industries. For
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Court Reflection On the 5th of May 2011 a 42 year old male faced the Brisbane Magistrates court for prosecution. His name and other identifying details will be withheld for privacy reasons. The accused was charged with the following offences: one count of knowingly participating in provisions of prostitution under s 229H of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld)‚ one count of an indecent act - namely masturbation under s 227(1)(b) of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld)‚ and three summary offences for breeches of
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Hayley Bilik Dr. Elizabeth S. Smith PSC-101-05 American Government February 6‚ 2017 The Environment: Supreme Court The Supreme Court is the highest judicial court in the United States‚ and its purpose is to ensure that the Constitution is followed correctly. The Court consists of nine justices‚ and has traditionally achieved higher approval ratings from the public as opposed to the President and Congress. Justices are selected through a vigorous system‚ combining factors such as merit‚ alignment
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Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Nevada‚ 1996991 P. 2d 1183People in the United States commit crimes and make up excuses why they should not be held accountable for a crime. Insanity and temporary Insanity have significant differences. One might ask themselves is there really any meaningful difference? During the history of our court system there has been many significant court decisions which address the controversy topics of insanity and temporary insanity as it relates to criminal procedures. One
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The case “NORTH STAR CONCERT” is about Lucinda Ramirez who is about to begin producing T-shirts for a rock concert. The central problem in this case is that she needs to decide how many shirts she should produce for the concert to maximize her profits. Her decision in this case can be categorized as “Decision under uncertainty” as probabilities associated with all possible states of nature are neither stated in the case facts nor can be determined from the given data. I would like to
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FEDERAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT VS REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT There are many different forms of government that exists in the world and one of those is Federal form of government. Federal states are political body described by combination of partially self-governing states or provinces united by a central (federal) government. Federal form of government is a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided usually by means of a constitution between a central authority and a number
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In 1976‚ the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists have a duty to warn and protect potential victims if their patients made threats or otherwise behaved as if they presented a serious danger of violence to another. This ruling happened because of the Tarasoff Case of 1969‚ in which the court determined the need for therapists to protect the public was more important than protecting patient-therapist confidentiality. (Vitelli 1) The Tarasoff Case is based on the 1969 murder of a University
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AJ 101 Course # Court Visit On November 29‚ 2011‚ I had the opportunity to go to Los Angles Superior Court and was able to sit and observe during a Preliminary Hearing. The case that I sat in was about a rape case in which a young girl of approximately twelve years old said that her grandfather‚ who was about sixty years old would sexually touch her and do certain things to her everytime she would go over to her grandparents house. The prosecutor asked the young girl a serious of questions such
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