The case of Bates v. Alumina, Inc. summarized The case is divided into three parts, to which the paper will later refer when discussing the Team Buddy recommendations to the CEO of Alumina, Inc. 1. In May, 2004, the Erehwon Reporter published a scathing article against Alumina, Inc., in which Kelly Bates charged that Alumina, Inc. had discharged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into the waters of Lake Dira in violation of EPA standards, and therefore was responsible for her child contracting
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Unit 2 Individual Project William Hurley Legal and Ethical Environments of Business INTRODUCTION Today’s topic is on is on the subject of linking and when is it trespassing. Linking is a common practice where one web page or site links up with another web page or site. I sent an email about eBay Inc v. Bidders Edge Inc to a friend. She wants to design an internet dating site and doesn’t want to be involved in any illegal complications. After reading my email she responded with some questions
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Scenario 1 Consider in light of legal requirements and nursing professional requirements, the issue below. Peter is a 30 old man with a 10 year history of bipolar affective disorder. His history shows that during depressive stages he frequently becomes suicidal and has in fact made several attempts to take his life over the last 7 years. He lives at home with his elderly and frail mother. She finds his illness and non compliance with medications very difficult. His mother calls you to tell
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This case involved a citizen’s suit against a large dairy farm called Northfield Farm. The owner of the farm is being sued by NICE - Neighbors Invested in a Clean Environment for public and private nuisance as well as trespassing. Since this was a civil lawsuit the burden of proof was on NICE the plaintiff. As explained in the simulation old fashion dairy farms spread manure with spreaders and then send cows out to pasture, but Northfield Farm uses storage lagoons, and liquid manure to fertilize
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public law issued by either state or federal agencies to direct the enacted laws of the federal and state governments. 2. The four objectives of tort law are as follows: (1) preservation of peace between individuals by providing a substitute for retaliation; (2) culpability (to find fault for wrongdoing); (3) deterrence (to discourage the wrongdoer [tort-feasor] from committing future wrongful acts); and (4) compensation (to indemnify the person/s injured). 3. The four elements that must be proven
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ambiguity. This paper attempts to provide a line of clarity in respect to the developments of legal principles and public policy on these issues, by closely examining relevant case progression and wider academic debate. (III) Development of the ‘Birth Torts’ Unfortunately, the labels of ‘Wrongful Birth’ and ‘Wrongful Life’ are contentious even in their very existence; however it is critical to establish that ‘what is ‘wrongful’ is the negligence, not the birth’. Both issues refer to cases of medical
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Synopsis of Tort Cases Paper BUS/415 Business Law Scenario 1: There are two tort actions found in the first scenario. The first tort action is Ruben for pushing Daniel and knocking out two of his teeth. The second tort action is owner of the ball field for poor maintenance and improper weight restriction limits on the railings of the stands. The potential plaintiffs in this case are the injured fan, Malik and Daniel. The stadium owners would be potential defendants in cases brought on
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performing these duties would fall within the ordinary course of doing his job, thus Jake’s actions are in scope of his employment. However, if Jake was at work, but not acting within the scope of his employment, his employer may be exempt from tort liability, and Jake would be unable to receive worker's compensation benefits if he is injured. Acting outside the scope of the job can include actions such as knowingly violating corporate policy. At other times, it can be less clear whether a person
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Week 6 Assignment 36.11 Business Ethics John A. Goodman was a real estate salesman in the state of Washington. Goodman sold to Darden, Doman & Stafford Associates (DDS), a general partnership, an apartment building that needed extensive renovation. Goodman represented that he personally had experience in renovation work. During the course of negotiations on a renovation contract, Goodman informed the managing partner of DDS that he would be forming a corporation to do the work. A contract
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contract and the main legal requirements for the formation of a contract with practical examples and applied theory to support the arguments and then we are going to discuss about how business-people come to have duties for negligence under the law of tort and the main legal requirements for liability in negligence with practical examples and applied theory to support the arguments and then we are going to discuss briefly about the E-commerce and how business-people have duties under the law of e-commerce
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