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    Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business In today’s business perspective‚ when we deal with varieties of sales and buying‚ we are simply using different types of law about business which are formally known as business law. The importance of business law in business world is very much significant. Business operates in an increasingly global environment where the laws of different government and judicial system might conflict. That’s why‚ it is very much essential to know about the legal law

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    Tort Law Tort laws are laws that usually involve state law and civil suits. State law are based on the legal premise that individuals are liable for the consequences of their conduct if it results in injury to others while civil suits are actions brought to protect an individual ’s private rights. A body of rights‚ obligations‚ and remedies that is applied by courts in civil proceedings to provide relief for persons who have suffered harm from the wrongful acts of others (Tort Law‚ 2013).

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    Q1: What is a tort? Tort: A civil wrong not arising from a breach of contract; a breach of a legal duty that proximately causes harm or injury to another. Q2: What are the four elements of negligence? They are Duty‚ Breach‚ Injury‚ and Causation. Q3: Is Shannon liable for the tort of negligence? Yes‚ she is. First of all‚ she has been told by her physician that not to drive after taking the medication. Thus she has the duty not to drive in order to take care

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    widow sued for negligence. The court held that there was proximity since P had presented himself at D’s hospital‚ and that D was negligent in not treating him. However it was not proven that on the balance of probabilities P’s negligence caused D’s death‚ since he might have died anyway if he had been admitted to hospital. Performance Cars v Abraham [1962] 1 QB 33: P had a car collision with X that meant P’s car needed a respray. He then collided with D‚ through D’s negligence‚ which would of

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    TORTS ESSAY ONE Scenario: Pilot‚ Dan and Farmer In order to understand this scenario one must grasp the types of torts. We have intentional torts; negligence; and strict liability. (Torts.uslegal.com‚ 2015‚ Types of Torts - Torts. Retrieved 4 May 2015‚ from http://torts.uslegal.com/types-of-torts). An intentional tort is basically a “civil wrong doing” that happens when the “wrong doer” intentionally causes damages to another. (Torts.uslegal.com‚ 2015‚ Types of Torts - Torts. Retrieved

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    Legal: The four elements that demonstrate negligence that can lead to a medical malpractice lawsuit includes the following four according to our course note book and our instructor Kristin J. Kjensurd. 1st Clinician owed a legal duty of care to patient‚ 2nd clinician violated the duty of care‚ 3rd Duty of care violation caused injury to patient and 4th Patient suffered harm requiring compensation. In the article I read‚ all four elements that demonstrated negligence were violated by the clinician

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    To what extent does the law on defamation achieve a balance between a person’s right to defend their reputation and the right to freedom of speech? Introduction needed... According to the leading tort expert‚ Professor Winfield had defined defamation as: “the publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally‚ or which tends to make them shun or avoid that person.” The difference between libel and slander is an important

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    Suggested answer – negligence model case study In the tort of negligence the plaintiff must prove that the defendant owed them a duty of care‚ breached that duty and that damages were suffered as a result of a breach of that duty. For Brooke to make a successful claim against the Yarra Valley City Council she must establish that a duty of care existed. Here the test of reasonable foreseeability must be applied. The question to be asked is whether a reasonable person would foresee that damage

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    Tort Liability and Contract Liability A tort is a legal term for "a wrong." The "tort law" is composed of state statutes and court decisions that gives one the right to sue someone who causes harm to them‚ whether it’s a drunk driver‚ a corporation that manufactures a defective product‚ a credit card company that overcharges you‚ or a government bureaucrat that breaks the law or a school official such as a teacher or principal. The law of the state in which the school is located determines a school’s

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    Negligence can be defined as the failure to properly care for an individual that is in your care. Doctors are not the only ones that can be held liable for treatments or procedures that the individual has undergone. Negligence occurs when care is not given to an individual that results in the death or injury. Since we have a lot of partnered care in health care everyone in those respected fields can be held liable for any treatment or service that is provided. Several health jobs that the individual

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