DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration Business Law Case 3 GSIS vs. Court of Appeals Submitted by: Liao, Weiqin Facts of the case • National Food Authority (NFA, formerly National Grains Authority) was the owner of a Chevrolet truck which was insured against liabilities for death of and injuries to third persons with the GSIS. • On May 9, 1979, at about 7:00 in the evening at Tabon-Tabon, Butuan City, the said truck driven by Guillermo
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moral impositions of our societies, namely, laws. A law is a system of rules which protect certain personal liberties or property and are enforced through a set of institutions. A law is usually intended to protect a person's or peoples moral right, though the stipulations of a law may not always receive unanimous agreement. Mill finds justice in conformity to laws (and in turn to the protected peoples' right), yet also affirms the existence of unjust laws, or rights which a person or people are not
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contracts, domain names, and handling legal issues in a multinational environment. “Intellectual property rights, such as patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, trade names, and domain names are very valuable business assets. Federal and state laws protect intellectual property rights from misappropriation and infringement” (Cheeseman, 2004). Riordan’s Internet site states, “Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. is an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding. With state-of-the art design
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her Naples cousin, who was her alleged co-conspirator, will be the first in South Florida to be prosecuted for violating the federal law protecting patients’ privacy rights and the third such case nationally, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami. In the middle are the Naples victims who, ironically, have little legal recourse because the federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, does not provide individuals with the right to pursue legal
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institution, would prohibit breaching the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and would prevent unthinkable consequences. Marriage has been around for as long as anyone can remember. And after all this time, it has changed very little in the eyes of the law. Every major religion and culture has embraced marriage as a unique relationship between a man and a woman. One of the only times marriage was altered, was when no-fault divorce was legalized. No-fault divorce was introduced, and it has proven to be
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Introduction Within our second week of class discussion, we learned valuable information relating to business torts. Our main objectives that we were to acknowledge upon completion this week includes identifying potential tort risks that that arise in the business context. In addition, we learned the importance of applying the risk management to mitigate business risk. We also learned how to differentiate between types of torts, and when to determine appropriate situations to involve legal
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and restraint the flow of interstate commerce regulated by the UCC and is unconstitutional because it breaks Federal Antitrust Laws permiting and promoting one company to manufacture the hitch and this way creating a monopoly, act that can be sanctioned by The Federal Trade Commission. Going back to the case of the Maine Law, it was one of the cases that federal law has been prohibiting, converting their governmental authority into competitive market forces, as implemented on the services from
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About one percent of the United States population is incarcerated. As society has become more sensitive toward human right issues the laws have changed for prisoners. Despite the laws and previsions that has been put in place to protect the human rights of prisoners and make sure they pay their debt to society, several people think that it is not enough or it is too much on both sides of the issue. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that determines the moral value of an act in terms of its results
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administrative representatives. If this new task had not been addressed in previous policies I would conduct a self-assessment with regards to my own skills and abilities, and my documented competency to perform the task. To do this I would refer to the laws, rules and standards of care within my facility and also the state board of nursing scope of practice. If there was any question that the skills needed to perform the procedure is out of our scope of practice, I would express concern to the appropriate
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and circumstances other than Age. * Give early Retirement option to employees – who might be taking them voluntarily with the incentives offered to them. * Specific Occupational requirements for age and qualification needed are allowed as per law and so
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