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    In this type of negligence special skill is required by the wrong doer‚ i.e. the professional is one‚ who prefers to have some special skill. Any doctor who has established a relationship of professional attendance with a patient and who has undertaken to bring a reasonable degree of care to his course of treatment‚ when fails to undergo such degree of care and skill then he may have shown medical negligence. A professional impliedly assures the person dealing

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    LA110 Torts and Litigation I Week 4 Homework Assignment Part 2 Assignment: Answer all questions in paragraph format.  Chapter 9 page 143: Review Questions 1 - 15 1. A vicarious liability is one person or a third party‚ may be found liable for the act of another or shares liability with the actor. 2. Imputed negligence is places upon one person responsibility for the negligence of another. 3. A respondent superior is a master liable in certain circumstances for the wrongful acts of his

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    To: Judge Wannabe From: Suzi Homemaker 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

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    An Essay on Clinical Negligence “We have always thought of causation as a logical‚ almost mathematical business. To intrude policy into causation is like saying that two plus two does not equal to four because‚ for policy reasons‚ it should not.” (Charles Foster NLJ 5/11/2004 page 1644). To what extent do you consider that Charles Foster is correct in that causation and clinical negligence should be a “mathematical business” and the courts have‚ by introducing matters of policy‚ confused

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    What is Tort Law

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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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    Negligence is a common civil law case that occurs in many workplaces. “Negligence is a failure to take reasonable care to avoid causing injury or loss to another person.” (Legal services commission of SA‚ 2013) These laws creating equality for people done wrong off. Samuel Johnson quoted‚ “He who thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor” This quote points out that you might as well be poor if you think you cannot look after people and get away with it. This is a growing concern

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    TORT TUTORIAL 7 * Differences between libel and slander. Is the distinction of practical significance? Defamation protects an individuals reputation.  Slander refers to a malicious‚ false‚ and defamatory spoken statement or report (non- permanent)‚ while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images.(permanent) The fundamental distinction between libel and slander lies solely in the form in which the defamatory matter is published. If the offending material

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    Torts Assignment 3

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    Joey steps right into a groundhog hole‚ twists his ankle and falls with a howl right into the jack-o-lantern with the shorted wire‚ causing him to get a shock on his arm and shorting out all the decorations on that circuit. Joey sues Mr. Jones for negligence. Please answer the following questions in approximately one paragraph each based on the courseware and what you learned in class. There is no need to research or use case law to answer these questions. 1) For purposes of liability Of land occupiers

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    Tort Law Report Terms of Reference This report is about the function of Tort Law and the responsibilities of an employer as an owner of work premises and work when working on a building site as well as legal responsibilities as an employer for his employees and their actions. The following areas have been researched: 1. General tortuous liability and contractual liability 2. Liability applicable to the owner of premises 3. Vicarious Liability and Health and Safety

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    then only will the law allow compensation. The company will be against giving compensation as they can protect themselves by saying that Alf removed the guard “contrary to instructions”. In this case Alf will clearly be affected by contributory negligence as he had removed the guard to make the job quicker causing him injury. Therefore it will be very difficult for Alf to receive compensation as it was seen in the case Close v Steel Co of Wales where Mr Close didn’t receive any compensation for his

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