Unit 4 Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing Kaplan University PA 205 Mitchell v. Lovington Good Samaritan Center, 555 NM P.2d 696 (1976) Facts: This case was a reversed decision by District Court, Bernalillo County, awarding unemployment benefits to a discharged employee. The denial of benefits was due to employee’s misconduct of insubordination, improper attire, name calling and other employee misconduct that disqualified the employee for unemployment benefits. Issue: Did
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Assignment: Assignment 3 Jack and Jill, residents of Orlando, FL, had a nasty incident involving a hill, some water and a broken crown, in which both parties got hurt. Jack and Jill ended up suing each other in Florida state court. After a few months of nasty motion practice, Jill comes to your office and tells you that she's heard of this wonderful thing called mediation, under which she and Jack could be helped to reach a settlement. She has a few questions for you about mediation, all under
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DIME & EVIOTA LAW FIRM Corporate Rescue and the New Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 [A DLDTE LAW CLIENT PAPER] Ronald B. Dime 2010 2/F MIDWAY COURT BLDG., 241 EDSA MAND. CITY, PHILS. Corporate Rescue and the New Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 I. INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY 2010 For a long time, a distressed corporation in the Philippines had no other real recourse than to commit legal seppuku, whether or not its financial condition
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Week 3 Homework Assignment for Chapters 9, 10 and 11 Chapter 9 Hardage v. CBS 1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the court decide? In the summer of 1998, Hardage began working as an advertising account executive for KSTW-TV, a television station owned by Viacom Television Stations, Inc. and managed by CBS Broadcasting Inc. He was promoted to Local Sales Manager in February of 2000, and in this position, he worked
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.................................iv PART I INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL LITIGATION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 Litigation and the Paralegal..................................................................................................................1 The Courts and Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................2 PART II INITIATING LITIGATION CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Preliminary Considerations and Procedures
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Rodrigo Duque Submitted by: Abbie Irish M. Mendoza III-2 BECEd G.R. No. L-39275 December 20, 1933 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. RICARDO MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellee. In criminal case No. 4851 of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, the provincial fiscal thereof filed an information against the herein appellee, which reads as follows: The undersigned provincial fiscal accuses Ricardo Mendoza of the crime of assault upon a person in authority committed
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present, in case, through some unpredictable eventuality, something went awry and she needed further aid in dying. • A lawyer for Mrs. Rodriguez took her case to a lower court, to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, which denied her request, and then to the B.C. Court of Appeal. In the judgment on appeal from the Court of Appeal, the decision was lost by a vote of two to one. Justice McEachern in his dissenting opinion, based mostly on arguments relating to the Canadian Charter of Rights and
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Subject: Typical State Court System (Prazen vs Shoop) A typical state court system is designed to hear and rule various legal disputes and consists of limited-jurisdiction trial court, general-jurisdiction trial court, intermediate appellate court, and a supreme court. Limited-jurisdiction trial court also referenced as inferior trial courts preside over small claims courts, municipal courts, and justice of the peace courts. General-jurisdiction trial court or courts of record require that
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The pivotal issue in this petition is whether an employer may be held vicariously liable for the death resulting from the negligent operation by a managerial employee of a company-issued vehicle. The antecedents, as succinctly summarized by the Court of Appeals, are as follows: On 28 August 1988, at around 1:30 to 2:00 in the morning, Romeo So Vasquez, was driving a Honda motorcycle around Fuente Osmea Rotunda. He was traveling counter-clockwise, (the normal flow of traffic in a rotunda) but without
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Gaite v. Fonacier Facts: Gaite was appointed by Fonacier as attorney-in-fact to contract any party for the exploration and development of mining claims. Gaite executed a deed of assignment in favor of a single proprietorship owned by him. For some reasons, Fonacier revoked the agency, which was acceded to by Gaite, subject to certain conditions, one of which being the transfer of ores extracted from the mineral claims for P75,000, of which P10,000 has already been paid upon signing of the agreement
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