Case Citation | Cates v. Cates, 156 Ill. 2d 76, 619 N.E.2d 715 (1993). | Procedural History | The plaintiff filed suit in the Circuit Court, where she lost on summary judgment. The appellate court refused to affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgment. The Supreme court granted leave to appeal. | Issue | Whether parent-child tort immunity barred Plaintiff’s action against her defendant father, for negligent operation of an automobile. | Answer | No | Holding | The parent-child tort
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physical injuries. The trial court ordered petitioner to pay actual and moral damages and attorney's fees to respondents. It held that since the Deed of Sale between petitioner and Ecatine had not been registered with the Land Transportation Office, the legal owner was still the petitioner. Thus, petitioner was liable to respondents. On appeal, the Court of Appeals sustained the decision of the trial court. Hence, this petition. In affirming the assailed decision, the Supreme Court held that petitioner
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Student Institutional affiliation Abstract In this paper, I will be focusing on a brief summary of a therapy video that delves into counseling. Actors in this video are looking at real life cases involving high court ruling on issues such as confidentiality, privilege, reporting and the duty to warn. I will also look at my own findings in statures and laws as far as North Carolina is concerned. Additionally, I will give a summary of each. Finally, I will discuss
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M E M O R A N D U M TO: ABC Corporation SUBJECT: Employment Law – Racial Discrimination and Retaliation DATE: May 10, 2015 Proposed Question Will Samuel prevail in a lawsuit against ABC Corporation (ABC) for racial discrimination and retaliation? Short Legal Answer No, Samuel will not prevail in his Racial Discrimination and Retaliation lawsuit against ABC because the actions of ABC did not fall within the statutory definition of Disparate-impact discrimination. Facts of
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DIRECTORS' DUTIES – THE INSOLVENT TRADING ISSUES FROM A LAWYER’S PERSPECTIVE 1. OVERVIEW The aim of this paper is to: provide an overview of the insolvent trading provisions under Australian law; look at the liabilities which might be imposed on a director for breach of those provisions; examine the defences and in particular: when directors can rely on someone else to tell them about the solvency of their company after Manpac v Ceccatini and Scott v Williams; and the loss of the Southern
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Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act WHAT IS A CHEQUE? (Section 6) A “cheque” is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand and it includes the electronic image of a truncated cheque and a cheque in the electronic form. This expression includes “a cheque in the electronic form” and “a truncated cheque”. WHAT IS AN E-CHEQUE? Electronic cheque (e-cheque) is the image of a normal paper cheque generated, written and signed
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SUBJECT MATTER OF SALE 1. MELLIZA vs CITY OF ILOILO (23 SCRA 477) Facts: Juliana Melliza during her lifetime owned, among other properties, 3 parcels of residential land in Iloilo City (OCT 3462).Said parcels of land were known as Lots Nos. 2, 5 and 1214. The total area of Lot 1214 was 29,073 sq. m. On 27 November 1931she donated to the then Municipality of Iloilo, 9,000 sq. m. of Lot 1214, to serve as site for the municipal hall. The donation was however revoked by the parties for the reason
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a lawsuit in the federal district court in Iowa against GDT for infringement. GDT, claiming that it has no affiliation with the State, expressed its right to exercise its in personam jurisdiction and filed a motion to dismiss the case in Iowa. Yet, Lindgren countered by stipulating that online the company gave the option of delivering its products to Iowa (with FedEx). Ruling: Lindgren failed to make a prima facie case of personal jurisdiction. Yet, the court found that Lindgren’s claim could continue
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whether and to what extent a court should take an ante-nuptial agreement into account in exercising its discretion under section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Section 25 matrimonial Causes Act 1973 states that the duty of the court when considering to exercise its powers and if so, and in what manner, to have regard to all the circumstances of the case with first consideration given to any child of the family who has not yet reached the age of 18 years. The court are also reluctant to have
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The following case analysis seeks to examine the Supreme Court’s decisions in Racine v. Woods, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 173, in regard to the legal questions, basis of reasoning, as well as the cultural implications. In order to fully understand the outcomes of this case, it is necessary to briefly review the legal issues that prompted the appellants and respondent to pursue legal action. The initial factor was the apprehension of a six week old infant named Leticia Grace Woods, on October 20th, 1976,
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