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    Estimated Liabilities

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    Estimated liabilities are a known obligation that is of an uncertain amount but that can be reasonable estimated. Common examples are employee benefits such as pensions‚ heath care and vacation pay‚ and warranties offered by a seller (Fundamental Accounting Principles‚ Chapter 11‚ Pg 437). When a firm sells products or renders services with a warranty‚ the firms has an obligation towards the customer when the warranty is honored. The warranty liability is an estimate of the obligations. Hence‚ a

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    Products Liability

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    Products Liability 1. Construct a fact pattern [an example] to clearly delineate: a. A Manufacturing Defect: A car’s braking system that does not work properly and causes the driver to get into an accident. b. A Design Defect: A type of sunglasses that fail to protect the eyes from ultraviolet rays. c. A Marketing Defect: Prescription drugs advertised as “virtually non-toxic‚” “safe‚” and “free of significant side effects” when they are not. They failed to state

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    liability or responsibility

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    each part relevant to the understanding of responsibility and liability in the company by the company management. Introduction- will provide some information in the relation to the financial information. Why do we need it and how it has been develop across the years? It will also provide the base understanding of why we need the financial report and how he affects the responsibility or the liability of the company management. Liability versus responsibility- will provide some basics understanding

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    Product Liability

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    Product Liability Research Paper Shericia Bonnett Professor Kapalko LEG 500 – Law and Ethics In the Business Environment 09/09/2012 Consumers use a variety of products on a daily basis to assist them in accomplishing a task or completing a project and they expect the product to be properly designed and safe to use. However‚ in the event that a product is defective and causes injury to the person using it‚ the manufacturer may be liable for the injury and have to compensate the injured

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    Strict Liability

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     DEFENITION: STRICT LIABILITY  RYLANDS V FLETCHER CASE i. FACTS ii. DIAGRAMATICAL REPRESENTATION iii. JUDGEMENT iv. EFFECTS OF THE CASE v. EFFECTS OF THE CASE IN INDIA vi. CONCLUSION vii. ESSENTIALS  EXCEPTIONS  BIBLIOGRAPHY STRICT LIABILITY • A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. • e.g.‚ The defendant is liable to the neighbor

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    Liability in Workplace

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    Supplies’ CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case‚ and your opinion of their potential liability.  He wants to settle the case. Write a memo to him which states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws which apply and any precedential cases either for or against Teddy’s case which impact liability. Include in the memo your suggested "offer of settlement" to Virginia. Back up your offer using your analysis

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    Liability of Foreigness

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    Journal of International Management 8 (2002) 223 – 240 Liability of foreignness to competitive advantage: How multinational enterprises cope with the international business environment Deepak Sethi*‚ Stephen Guisinger 1 University of Texas at Dallas‚ P.O. Box 830688‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0688‚ USA Abstract An expanded and holistic conceptualization of the liability of foreignness (LOF) is presented that goes beyond the traditional foreign subsidiary – local firm dyad in the host country.

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    Occupiers Liability

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    OCCUPIERS LIABILITY The occupancy of premises is affected by two statues: 1) The occupier’s liability act 1957. Under this act there is a duty to keep safe and lawful visitors to the premises 2) The occupier’s liability act 1984. Where an occupier may owe a duty to protect trespassers onto the premises. LAWFUL VISITORS A lawful visitor has permission to enter premises. This can be expressed permission of implied. There are four situations covering implied permissions: 1) If the occupier

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    Tortious Liability

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    TOPIC: WHAT IS TORT‚ AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY ? From a legal standpoint‚ a tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than a breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). For example‚ when a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law‚ a tort has been committed. Tort law relies heavily on the common law‚ the legal opinions of the Courts‚ general trends in the community‚ and legal scholarship

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    Occupier Liability Act

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    The two occupier liability acts are‚ the 1957 act covers liability of occupier for injury suffered by lawful visitors. The Duty of care under the 1957 Act is only for people who have permission to be on the site (invitees or licensees) there is no duty of care for trespassers under this act. The 1984 act offers defence for trespassers as to the lawful visitor’s act of 1957. The occupier of the land owes a duty if he knows or has a rational thought as to if the ground is dangerous. The 1957 Act is

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