remedies are if a party breaches their contractual duties. In contrast, tort laws govern situations where one person has harmed or injured another person. Tort laws cover violations where the party intentionally harmed the other person, such as in a battery claim. Tort laws also address incidents where the party may be held liable even if they did not act intentionally, such as in negligence claims or strict liability claims. Tort laws usually result in the liable party paying the victim monetary damages
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| |UNIT NAME | |Torts | |UNIT CODE |Semester __2____
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Milos Coltrade Abdullah 169w, 48th street, New York, United States Dear Mr. Milos RE: ALLEGATIONS OF CAUSING NUISANCE BY ASSOCIATION OF THE MALAYSIAN RETAILERS & STREET VENDORS AT CENTRAL MARKET, OF VIOLATING THE RAILWAY LAWS AT KL SENTRAL TERMINAL, OF DILUTING THE MINDS OF YOUNG MALAYSIANS BY PERFORMING FOREIGN MUSIC, OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT VIOLATION AND CAUSING NEGLIGENT WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL INJURIES. We had received your massage via the Facebook Message System dated on 14
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ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP OF CONSUMER FORAS: Consumer protection laws in India enable an insurance consumer to dispute a case against an insurance provider if there has been a deficiency on their part. Deficiency in insurance services arises when there is a default or negligence on the provider’s part to settle a claim. An unreasonable delay in making the payment on a claim also amounts to deficiency of services. Government of India has framed a set of laws and legislations to protect the interests
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Dismissal without Cause (Ch. 14) (for 1% - must be handed in in person at beginning of next class (Nov. 30th ) Student Name: Hayley Rioux 1. Review the Honda Canada Inc., v. Keays case, plus discussion, found on pp. 455 - 458 of the textbook) 2. Summarize the facts of the case in 2 -3 sentences: Honda has redefined many aspects of the law of wrongful dismissal damages. These include determining reasonable notice, moral damages/aggravated damages, punitive damages, the duty to accommodate
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1. Kira works as the head of Trafalgar Inc.'s marketing department. Her employment contract spells out her employment responsibilities in great detail, with all of these responsibilities fall into one of two categories: client development and editorial oversight. Kira is paid a generous but not unreasonable wage for the work she does. Prior to entering into a career in marketing, Kira worked as a professional engineer for Metal Inc. One day Ted, Kira's boss, comes into her office and tells her that
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Bailment The temporary placement of control over, or possession of Personal Property by one person, the bailor, into the hands of another, the bailee, for a designated purpose upon which the parties have agreed. The term bailment is derived from the French bailor , "to deliver." It is generally considered to be a contractual relationship since the bailor and bailee, either expressly or impliedly, bind themselves to act according to particular terms. The bailee receives only control or possession
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Torts - negligence (donoghe v Stephenson) nuisance (public n private) defamation (libel & slander) AGENCY - agent responsibility = work wit skill n care, don't make secret profit, obey the principal's lawful instruction. Principal resp. - pay agent, reimburse agent for debts incurred on the job Termination of agency - 1- BY ACT OF THE PARTIES (both agree to terminate contract, principal can fire agent if agent make secret profit) 2 - BY OPERATION OF LAW- if the principal is bankrupt, if the
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subject to a lawsuit. Over the past few decades, more tort cases have been filed. A tort concerns civil wrongs and address the duty, breach and injury sustained to one individual as a result of another's conduct. The premise is that a person who is injured could be able to recover something from the person who injured him or her. Usually, in a tort case, injured parties typically seek monetary damages. In an educational setting, tort law is the prevalent area of the law that subjects educators
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THIRD DIVISION [G.R. No. 143360. September 5, 2002.] EQUITABLE LEASING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. LUCITA SUYOM, MARISSA ENANO, MYRNA TAMAYO and FELIX OLEDAN, respondents. Santos Pilapil & Associates for petitioner. Mercado Lim & Associates Law Offices for private respondents. SYNOPSIS Petitioner sold a Fuso Road Tractor to Ecatine Corporation. However, the sale was not registered with the Land Transportation Office. The controversy in the present case arose when the said tractor
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