Business Law LT Assignment Scenario 4 & Conclusion Scenario 4 Buy Mart Shooting: In this scenario the tort actions presented will be listed in two separate cases. One case will be the claims against the Buy Mart employee by the customers that got shot. The second claim will be from the shooter against the two Buy Mart employees. Tort law involves violations of civil law, not usually criminal law. Three elements must be established in every tort action. The plaintiff must establish that
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aisle steps and knocks out two of his front teeth. Daniel’s actions would be considered as intentional tort, since he did plan to hurt Malik intentionally. In this situation, Malik would be considered as the plaintiff and Daniel, the defendant. I believe Daniel would be guilty in this tort. Malik on the other hand would still be guilty of spilling the bear on... The torts applicable in scenario 1 are negligence-actual cause - the fan injured by the ball; duty of care - Daniel shoving Malik; strict
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Week 2 Knowledge Check Study Guide Concepts Intentional business related torts Negligence torts Strict liability torts White collar crimes 100% 100% 67% 100% Mastery Questions 1 2 3 Score: 11 / 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Concept: Intentional business related torts Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 3 1. Identify the true statement about a claim of defamation. A. A statement must have the ability to hurt the reputation of an individual in order to qualify as defamatory
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the company needed to come up with a plan to manage torts and regulatory risks. Common business torts include intentional torts, unintentional torts (negligence) and strict liability. Intentional torts refer to actions that are taken with the intent to cause injury to the plaintiff. Unintentional torts, or negligence, refer to actions that are not taken to directly harm someone but where harm is a foreseeable consequence. The third type of tort is strict liability which means liability without any
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Business Torts & Ethics Law/421 Intruders Liability The intruder, in this case, is held accountable for his actions. The thief showed the intention to break-in and the intellectual aptitude to understand that what he was doing was wrong since he even became violent to Darryl and Sharon. The case consists of two transgressions, criminal wrongdoing for injuries caused and a civil case breaking into Sharon’s house. Mainly, the harshness
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Chapter 10: Torts: Negligence and Strict Liability After covering intentional torts in the previous chapter, in this chapter we turn out attention to the remaining types of torts. Perhaps the most important of the three types of tort liability, negligence, receives extended treatment in this chapter. The purpose is to provide the student with an in-depth understanding of the elements of negligence, including duty of care, breach of the due care, the theory of the reasonable person (along
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Ethical and Criminal Responsibility (Week 2) Corris Macon LAW 531 October 12, 2015 Tad Davis Ethical and Criminal Responsibility (Week 2) Employers have a moral responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of their employees. When it comes to taking corrective or preventative action, and an employee poses a danger to others, any company or organization must do what is necessary in preventing something from happening. First, as the employer, there is what is called duty of responsible
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Ethical and Criminal Responsibility (Week 2) Corris Macon LAW 531 Ethical and Criminal Responsibility (Week 2) Employers have a moral responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of their employees. When it comes to taking corrective or preventative action, and an employee poses a danger to others, any company or organization must do what is necessary in preventing something from happening. First, as the employer, there is what is called duty of responsible care. Not taking preventative
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Scenario 2: Negligence and Vicarious Liability Problem Question (P3.1, P3.2, P3.3, P4.1, P4.2 and M3) Task description: Imagine that you are an In-House Lawyer (IHL) working for QuickFix. The Managing Director (MD) has asked you for written advice on whether the company has any liability in tort law towards Barbara and Clive. With this in mind please produce a report for the MD, which sets out the law relating to negligence and vicarious liability and how it applies to this scenario. Your report
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Critical analysis of negligence and present legal scenario Abstract- The goal of this topic is to set out clearly what critical analysis is in general and how it plays itself out in variety of domains. Critical analysis too refers to critical thinking. The danger of misunderstanding and misapplication is touched in this topic the aim of this topic is to identify a coherent legal response to a particular casual problem of “negligence” in critical analysis it is important to identify the focus of
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