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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Wolley’s estate could continue the lawsuit and proceed with the case in the name of the plaintiff. If any damages were awarded they would be distributed by the executor to the family members. 3. The court here is changing the law of employment in New Jersey. It is making case law‚ and the rule here articulated governs similar future cases in New Jersey. Why did the court make this change? The court made the change to avoid having disgruntled employees sue their employers for no reason. An employer
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Garden Club Guests and Liability Nicola Grover Professor‚ Theresa Dike November 27‚ 2011 LEG 300 The difference between an invitee and a licensee is the level of duty of care owed to each by the landowner. A person who enters the premises of a landowner by invitation‚ as part of the general public for a lawful purpose‚ would be considered an invitee. The landowner must provide an invitee reasonable care to keep the invitee safe from harm. This means the landowner must be aware of impending
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Final Project HU245-01 Unit 9 This semester’s ethics course has been an interesting experience for me to say the least. It has really opened up my eyes to ways of thinking that I have not had before. As I learned more in class I sought out more information on some of the concepts‚ which we read about. Now as I watch the news I find myself analyzing the ethical situations and sometimes trying to figure out what my ethical stance would be. As the government shutdown is going on I think about
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Tort Law A tort is a civil wrong arising from an act or failure to act‚ independently of any contact‚ for which an action for personal injury or property damages may be brought. It deals with situations where a person’s behaviour has unfairly caused someone else to suffer loss or harm. A person who suffers a tortious act is entitled to receive compensation for “damages”‚ usually money payment from the person or people responsible. The tort of negligence is a type of civil wrong where a contract
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TO: Professor FROM: Chantay Stanley DATE: May 7‚ 2013 RE: Attired v. New Mexico Employment Security Board (2010) INTRODUCTION While working at Biddy’s‚ Ms. Attired got a tattoo‚ which was not covered by her uniform. Biddy Baker‚ her employer‚ did not approve of Ms. Attired’s tattoo and gave her the ultimatum to remove the tattoo or lose her job. Ms. Attired chose not to remove her tattoo and was fired. Ms. Attired was then disapproved for unemployment benefits because she was fired for misconduct
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and mystery‚ with no one individual seemingly able to apprehend the “true” details of the terror attack. Many proposed theories have been brought forth‚ the most widely accepted being that of co-ordinated attacks by terrorist organisation “Al-Qaeda”. “9/11”‚ as the event is commonly known‚ is simply one of many global terrorism attacks that have seemingly consumed the contemporary world. Thus‚ it is up to the acts and responsibilities of governments and legal organisations to undertake action in attempt
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Unit 9 Assignment: Externalities Name: - Angelina Grooms Course Number: - AB224 Section Number: - 04 Unit Number: - 9 Date: - January 8th‚ 2014 Education is an example of a positive externality: acquiring more education benefits the individual student and having a more highly educated work force is good for the economy as a whole. The accompanying table illustrates the marginal benefit to Sian per year of education and the marginal cost per year of education. Each year
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correlation’s between Kaplan and Norton’s “Mastering the Management System” and Porters “Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy” are significant. Managers need to have a complete understanding of their company’s surroundings in order to change their strategy. These two articles combined could be considered a 2-step process in itself. Step one‚ analyzing the environment of an industry utilizing Porters Five Forces model and step two‚ following the five stages laid out by Kaplan and Norton. Taking
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Unit 9 Lab 1 1. Encrypt email‚ security software‚ content checking tool‚ anti-spam tool‚ and secure firewall configurations. 2. Certificate Authority or Certification Authority (CA) is an entity‚ which is core to many PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) schemes‚ whose purpose is to issue digital certificates to use by other parties. It implies a trusted third party. 3. An attacker can create a certificate for any domain. This certificate will appear to be signed by a trusted CA. Thus‚ you will see
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