entitled to damages for the injury he suffered when the dog bit his hand. 2. Summarize the conflicting evidence. Lewis claimed that the defendants should have taken greater care to protect strangers from the dog. Although the dog was being held on a leash, Lewis felt that the defendants should have had the dog chained. Finally, he was only trying to be friendly and pet the dog. The defendants would argue that Lewis was a stranger
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The topic that the writer will discuss in this paper is employer’s duty of care. The video that is attached to this assignment touched on the topic of employer’s duty of care and issues of compensation. Throughout this assignment the writer will convey to the audience the pros and cons of both men in the video, as well as go into detail on the topic of employer’s duty of care. 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Jake's actions are out of his scope of
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and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The way that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is written, it does not specify whether or not a biological parent participated in the upbringing of the child or not. The definition of a parent is broad for the purpose of FMLA use. A parent is defined as a biological parent, adoptive parent, step parent, foster parent or an individual who assumed duties as your parent. An individual that assumes duties as your parent is called “loco parentis”
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should take care of the infection. He was very concerned about “the should” take care of it statement, he asked to come in and have Dr. Lewis take a look at it. First they could then they couldn't he did not like that either. He says there is a lot of drainage and it is throbbing so he is not going to work today. He said Dr. Lewis is closed today so he hopes to get in on Wednesday. In the meantime he is going to his PCP today. I talked to him at length about how he does his wound care. He feels
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contract towards the employees and also towards the guests. It is important for Hotels to incorporate the concept of Reasonable Care. Reasonable care is the degree of caution and concern the hotel in this case would use in similar circumstances. It is a standard used to determine a legal duty and whether such duty was fulfilled. Hospitality operations have a duty of reasonable care to protect guests. The hotel is not liable for acts that it could not reasonably foresee. A Contract is an agreement between
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine This paper will cover what legal rights employers have and whether they have the right to follow an employment-at-will doctrine. As the newly hired Chief Operating Officer (COO), I am faced with multiple personnel problems. There are eight different scenarios that I have to assess and determine what action to take against the employee, whether the employee can be fired, and what action will limit liability and impact on operations. I have also discovered that the
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employee while on active duty to sue the government for their injuries. Claims against the federal government by members of the armed forces for injuries arising from
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of 1993 guarantees an employee: - 12 weeks of leave in a 12 month period to care for a newborn or child within the first year of life. -12 weeks of leave in a 12 month period to care for their spouse, child or parent who has a serious medical condition. -12 weeks of leave in a 12 month period if the employee suffers from a serious medical condition and they are unable to perform the essential duties of their job. FMLA entitles eligible employees to take un paid yet job protected
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while you were vacationing in the Bahamas. Many of the hospital staff who provided patient care called out from work on the 3-11 and 11-7 shifts. Despite efforts from the nurse managers to get relief staff, only one nurse agreed to come in. As a result, the patient units were understaffed and health care personnel on day shift were required to remain on their assigned unit until they were relieved from duty. During the course of this occurrence several patients sustained minor injuries from falls
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make producers bear the total social cost of production. * Ecological system: an interrelated and interdependent set of organisms and environments * Ecological ethics: ecosystems as having inherent rights or interests and we have direct duties to them. * Ecofeminism: socio-ethical theory which combines ecological ethics with a critique of paternalistic patterns of domination (top down hierarchical authority structures) in our political and economic institutions as contributing to
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