Soo Clumsy was a 75 year old grandmother who loved to shop at her favorite neighborhood store, Tesko. The service was always prompt and the staff was very friendly. One day, as Clumsy was busily shopping, she slipped on some yoghurt that another customer had spilled on Tesko’s floor. She suffered a broken ankle and sprained her back and had to pay $85000 in medical bills. When she complained to Tesko and asked for compensation, they refused and argued that they had taken all the reasonable steps
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Tort-an civil wrong that is not a breach of contract Negligence- 1) duty of care 2) breach of duty of care 3) injury 4) cause between injury and breach of duty Product liability- standard of a reasonable person 1) defect In design 2) defect in manufacturing 3) defect in warnings Warranties 1) Merchantability- should last for a certain amount of time or a normal shelf life 2) Fitness for a particular purpose- if it doesn’t work for that purpose, it is a
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guide to directors’ duties and responsibilities for non-listed public companies and proprietary companies in Australia Contents 1 Executive summary 1.1 1.2 2 Sources of company law in Australia Summary 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 11 12 Common law duties 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Duty to act bona fide (In good faith) in the interests of the company as a whole Duty not to act for an improper purpose Duties of care and diligence Duty to retain discretion Duty to avoid conflicts
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absence of a pre-existing legal duty to rescue, when an individual voluntarily initiates a rescue, must that individual then use the reasonable care
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BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (FINANCE)ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET | NAME OF STUDENT | BUI TRANG NGAN – NELLY | REGISTRATION NO. | F04 – 118 | UNIT TITLE | Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | Negligence | ASSIGNMENT NO | 2 of 2 (individual report) | NAME OF ASSESSOR | Mr. John Andre | SUBMISSION DEADLINE | 7 Jan 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I, ______BUI TRANG NGAN_____
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Under the doctrine of apparent agency, the nurses and other staff that remained on duty acted on behalf of the hospital because they were agents or employees at the time of snow storm. The day shift staff that remained on duty and nurse who agreed to come in assumed the role of agents that were authorized to act on behalf of the hospital. I am the C.E.O. of the hospital, and even though I am on vacation, my duties are still the same as they always are. It is my responsibility to make that the hospital
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2009-present (seasonal) Position: Sales Associate/Assistant to Manager Duties: Bust tables, cook food, served ice cream, stock shelves and tables, general labor, maintain files related to inventory, file papers, closeout financial summary, opener and closer for restaurant, made the work schedule, shift leader, program menu into computer register. Covenant Healthcare 2009-2011 Position: PCA Duties: Taking personal care of client and clean the home, observe medications taken, prepare meals and
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stated that negligence is “it has to deal……with duties as they appear when the normal standard of performance is not attained…considering defaults in conduct, and only in the second place with the adequate discharge of obligations”. 1. DUTY OF CARE Gleeson CJ and Gummow J, the approach to determine a duty of care is to identify the “salient features” that combine to constitute a sufficiently close relationship to give rise to a duty of care. Reasonably foreseeable: - It is reasonably foreseeable
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objectives and powers of the corporation, and they owe duties to the corporation to manage it prudently in the best interests of the corporation and the shareholders as a whole” (Mallor, et al, 2010, p. 1047). Corporations are too large to have one or two people manage all aspects of daily operations. Instead, there are people who hold important positions within the corporation. Many people work together in different areas with specific duties to perform in order to keep the operation running smoothly
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the US health care system. The Bill of Rights: assures that the health care system is fair and it works to meet patients' needs, gives patients a way to address any problems they may have, encourage patients to take an active role in staying or getting healthy, stress the importance of a strong relationship between patients and their health care providers, to stress the key role patients play in staying healthy by laying out rights and responsibilities for all patients and health care providers.” The
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