Product Liability Legal Issues LaTanya Powers LAW 531 September 17, 2012 Mike Kelley Introduction Have you been injured due to a defective product? Has the product that you just purchased failed to have the proper warning label? Better yet, has the design or the manufactured parts of the product somehow become defective? These questions are just some of the legal issues that will be presented within this paper. In addition, the legal principles
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Harry Fryman 11/14/2012 BUSINESS LAW I, SECTION 321A Evaluating Punitive Damages America’s society operates in a way in which crimes and torts are inevitable. The means in which society assimilates this nature is through the use of our legal system. It is commonly known that in civil litigation, the purpose punitive of damages is to punish the tortfeasor and to prevent him or her from performing such conduct. Punitive damages are to be paid by the tortfeasor to the victim. Aspects of punitive
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Labor Laws and Unions Paper Patricia Baskerville HRM/531 February 27, 2012 Professor Brian Frank Labor Laws and Unions Paper Unionization plays a critical role in protecting the rights of the employees within the workplace. In today’s economy, very few industries have unions such as manufacturing, education and healthcare. In this article, Ford Motor Company, an automobile industry has a large union mainly because of the size of the company. This article will discuss Ford’s motor company
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief LAW 531 April 16, 2012 NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief Question 1: What liabilities and rights do NewCorp and Pat have in this situation? What legal principles, such as statutory or case law, support those liabilities and rights? Answer: State of Vermont is an “at-will” employment state. The definition of “at-will” means the employer or employee can terminate the contract at any time without liability to other party. This gives NewCorp the right to fire, hire
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Employment Law Compliance Plan in a Form of a Memo Melissa Ramirez Human Resource Management 531 01/19/2015 Janis White TO: Traci Goldman FROM: Melissa Ramirez DATE: January 19, 2015 SUBJECT: Employment Law Compliance Plan In regards to your request, I am in charge of formulating an employment law compliance plan
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Hart’s Rule of Recognition The concept of law according to Hart is a system of rules and the rules are the sole basis of a legal system. According to hart legal system is nothing but a combination of primary and secondary rules. Rule of recognition is a kind of secondary rules which validates a legal system and which is central, foundational and essential to every legal system. But this view of hart has been criticized by other legal positivists who have pointed out some lacuna in the Hart’s doctrine
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Employment Law Compliance Plan --------- HRM/531 July 27, 2014 Professor ------- To: Traci Goldeman From: -------- Date: July 27, 2014 Subject: Employment Law Compliance Plan This memo will describe the employment law compliance plan I made for Bradley Stonefield. He’s going to open a limousine service company named Landslide Limousine in Austin, Texas. He plans to hire twenty-five employees in the first year. This Employment law compliance plan will make him aware of most relevant employment
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Industries. This compliance plan will outline the company’s legal processes and standards to ensure the company will be able to continue to operate and remain profitable in the future. The plan will address the laws that affect the company and provide a guideline for ensuring employees adhere to these laws. Riordan Manufacturing was started in 1991 by Dr. Riordan. He started the company by developing a process for turning polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates. He patented these processes
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Corporate Compliance Plan Law/531 July 23, 2012 Company Overview Riordan Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Riordan Industries, is an international corporation with hundreds of employees worldwide with $1billion in annual revenues, making it a Fortune 1000 business. Riordan Manufacturing is a leader in international business for its production and manufacturing of plastic and polymer injection molds. Some of their current customers and clients include the department of defense, the aircraft
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Corporate Compliance Plan Law/531 July 23, 2012 Company Overview Riordan Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Riordan Industries, is an international corporation with hundreds of employees worldwide with $1billion in annual revenues, making it a Fortune 1000 business. Riordan Manufacturing is a leader in international business for its production and manufacturing of plastic and polymer injection molds. Some of their current customers and clients include the department of defense, the aircraft
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