Intro to Legal Environment Beachum v. White The West Virginia Record Background Facts: Leetta Beachum is the mother of Shana Cowley. Shana Cowley died from internal injuries on September 14‚ 2009. Injuries were sustained from leaping out of a moving vehicle. Timothy White was the boyfriend of Shana Cowley and the driver at the time when Cowley jumped from the moving vehicle. An altercation broke out between White and Cowley earlier that day‚ it continued when White picked up Cowley and
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LEGAL WRITING: Using “IRAC” I. INTRODUCTION This handout sets out the basic paradigm‚ or organizational structure‚ of predictive legal analysis‚ referred to throughout this course as “IRAC.”1 IRAC is a general analytical paradigm; as you gain experience in your legal writing‚ you will be able to modify this paradigm to fit a particular legal issue. Once you understand the IRAC structure and are able to use it fluently‚ you can decide when it might be appropriate to modify the IRAC paradigm in a particular
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Case Brief & IRAC Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix LAW 531 Judge Stephen R. Ruddick April 28‚ 2015 Case Brief & IRAC Case Brief: Natasha Hallet was a veteran performer for Cirque du Soleil and performed numerous times without injury until one mistake that took place during a show in Orlando‚ FL changed all of that. While performing an aerial stunt‚ Ms. Hallet said that she forgot to rig her harness properly and that her partner missed her mistake during a routine safety check. Since
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Tyler Womer Sports Law IRAC #1 9/9/14 Case 1: Moose v. MIT Issues: (1) Whether or not the defendants (MIT‚ Coach Taylor‚ & Coach Slovenski) were negligent with respect to their coaching techniques and the equipment they furnished to Garret Moose at the time he was injured. (2) Whether or not the harm was foreseeable. (3) Whether or not MIT was liable for the injured athlete. Rule: The jury found that each defendant‚ as well as the plaintiff‚ was negligent and that the defendants’ negligence
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Learning Team IRAC Brief LAW/531 Learning Team B was tasked to study the IRAC method of case study analysis‚ and select one legal case from a current event that has taken place within the past two years relevant to this week’s objectives. After selecting a current case‚ Learning Team B prepared a case brief using the IRAC method. Learning Team B selected the United States v. Jones case‚ which was decided January 23‚ 2012. Learning Team B was also tasked to provide an explanation of how
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MICHAEL E. KLEIBER v HONDA OF AMERICA MFG.‚ INC.‚ Plaintiff-Appellant‚ Defendant-Appellee. FRL 302 – Professor Young Group Project INTRODUCTION This appellate case is about a man‚ Michael Kleiber who suffered a debilitating head injury that ultimately lead to his job termination as a factory worker for Honda. Honda claimed that they were unable to accommodate Kleiber’s disability on the basis that Kleiber was not able to perform the job tasks for any alternate job positions. Honda
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IRAC Brief Shareholder Class Action Week 6 Amy Ramkey‚ Anita Hicks‚ Charles Cohen‚ Christina Medina LAW531 Business Law June 2‚ 2014 Professor Sonja Dickens IRAC Brief Shareholder Class Action Introduction: Issue: Whether World Acceptance Corp violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by making false and/or misleading statements‚ as well as failing to disclose material adverse facts about the Company ’s business‚ operations‚ and prospects. (www.marketwatch.com) Rule: The rule that applies
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WEEK 6 IRAC Brief Law/531 November 17‚ 2014 Explanation This paper will explain regulatory compliance requirements for business situations for both domestic and international businesses. It will also evaluate legal risks associated with domestic and international business activity and explain how this can be applied in a business managerial setting. The two cases chosen deal with Facebook and suits that have happened domestically and internationally to show and explain the difference between international
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A Civil Action FACTS: This movie‚ A Civil Action‚ is about a lawsuit that began with the death of twelve people‚ and eight of those twelve people were children. This all takes place in the little city of Woburn Wells‚ Massachusetts. This is a small city that has two companies that are located really close to the cities river. One company is called W.R. Grace Company and the other is Beatrice Foods. Jan Schlitnmann is the main attorney for the plaintiff’s side along with his partners; Conway
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State v. McNeely 358 S.W.3d 65 MO. (2012) Facts: The defendant was stopped by a Missouri state highway patrolman for speeding and during this stop the trooper noticed that the defendant was displaying all the tell-tale signs of being intoxicated; blood shot eyes‚ slurred speech‚ and the smell of alcohol on his breath. This stop then changed from being a speeding stop to a DWI investigation. The trooper had the defendant get out of his truck and perform standard field sobriety tests. The defendant
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