Facts of the Case Joe Houston is paralyzed and uses a motorized wheelchair for mobility. He also uses a van that is equipped and modified for his traveling. He filed suit against Marod Supermarkets, Inc. (“Marod”) after visiting one of its branches – the Presidente Supermarket – and encountering accessibility barriers. Houston claimed that this branch violated Title III of the ADA based on the following barriers: (1) too few accessible parking spaces, (2) no clear path of travel connecting the essential elements (i.e., primary functions) of the supermarket, and (3) restrooms that failed to meet ADA regulations.…
In the court case The People of the State of Colorado v. Sandra L. Jacobson, Jacobson is convicted of homicide. The homicide resulted from her truck colliding with a taxi cab while she was driving under the influence. There were two passengers in the taxi at the time of the collision and both were killed. Jacobson appealed the court’s decision on the basis that the trial court did not allow her attorneys to gauge whether or not the jury had become biased due to mid-trial publicity that included inadmissible information. On the fourth day of the trial, the Court was made aware of the fact that a local television network would be covering the incident that led to this trial on its evening news program.…
I received a call this morning from David Fisher, who is the stepfather of Benjamin Gossard. The purpose for his call was to raise an issue regarding Acting Judge Doug Brannon and defendant Benjamin Gossard. Mr. Gossard was in court this morning for a COP and a PH (Case Numbers 16CRB1999, 16CRB2000, 16CRB2001 & 16CRA1983 - documentation attached). Mr. Fisher informed me that Acting Judge Brannon had previously represented the defendant and Mr. Fisher believed that Acting Judge Brannon should have recused himself. Mr. Fisher further informed me Acting Judge Brannon should have remembered that he represented the defendant because Mr. Fisher’s wife used to work for Acting Judge Brannon.…
According to New York Times, Michael Brown was an unarmed black teenager, whom was shot and killed on August 9th 2014 by white Police Officer Darren Wilson. The shooting occurred in Ferguson, MO. in a suburb of St. Louis. After the shooting occurred, protests took over the area for weeks. Witnesses reported that they seen an altercation between Officer Wilson and Michael Brown on the night of the shooting.…
Brian, this decision was a victory for our 2nd Amendment rights. Clifford Charles Tyler was experiencing a life changing rough patch in his life and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for less than a month. This occurred once in 73 years (1985) and afterwards he was employed full time employment, no issues with law enforcement, in addition to no further mental health issues.1 The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals relied upon Congress’ evident intent that “relief should be available from §(g)(4)’s prohibition as confirming that the ‘committed to a mental institution’ provision of §(g)(4) was not ‘narrowly tailored’ to achieve the government’s valid purpose in prohibiting gun possession by the mentally ill. ”2…
of a fiduciary relationship. The Court of Appeals in Hunter favorably cited the Terry case as an instructive example regarding the sufficiency of allegations: Terry [v. Terry, 302 N.C. 77, 273 S.E.2d 674 (1981)] is instructive on the sufficiency of allegations. Terry involved a defendant who took advantage of his dying brother by inducing him to sell his portion of a business at an inadequate price. The complaint was sufficient because it described the family relationship, the business dealings between the two and the increased role the defendant had near his brother's death. Terry, 302 N.C. at 86, 273 S.E.2d at 679.…
In today’s environment, the Army needs leaders who can lead a complex organization, through complex issues, to get at a complex problem that may not have a right answer. Strategic leaders are asked to lead in an environment that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. T. Owen Jacobs wrote about these in Strategic Leadership; The Competitive Edge and thus coined the term VUCA. “I don’t think I am exaggerating when I say that we face the most daunting strategic environment in generations.” The US Army War College (USAWC) is the institution that is tasked with training today’s strategic leaders.…
McClary is a four-year senior and an extremely raw prospect right now. McClary moved to DB after his sophomore season and he is still learning the position. McClary has the size to be a solid DB at the next level, but right now he is just not ready. He needs to work on his coverage skills and tackling with technique. As McClary continues to learn the position his draft stock will improve because of his height/weight measurements.…
Coastal Medical Center was founded after World War II using the Hill-Burton Act and by raising funds locally. From a modest beginning with 100 beds and a limited number of services offered, the medical center has grown significantly with 450 beds and now offers a full range of services. Much of CMC’s success can be given to former CEO Don Wilson. Serving from 1990 to 2008, Wilson was seen as visionary and was very helpful in transforming the medical center to its present status as a tertiary care facility offering high-intensity care services. The medical center raised $15.4 million during Wilson’s final year as CEO.…
Throughout history there have been countless examples of leader’s effective implementation of the mission command principles. Colonel Puller, an example of one such leader, was the Commander for the 1st Marine Regiment during the invasion and battle of Peleliu. Throughout the 7 days of fighting, he successfully demonstrated the principles of mission command through his use of: building cohesive teams through mutual trust, providing a clear commander’s intent, exercising disciplined initiative, and accepting prudent risk. Even though sustaining over 50 percent casualties in his regiment and having to withdraw from Peleliu he was successful in implementing the principles of mission command.…
Unified land operation is the Army operating concept which is executed through decisive actions and guided by mission command. The Army’s framework for exercising mission command is operations process (plan, prepare, execute, and assess). Embedded by the philosophy and principles of mission command, the commander, supported by his staff, drives the operation process to execute conceptual planning or detailed planning necessary for him to understand, visualize, describe, direct, lead, and continuously assess the operation. The purpose of this paper is to reflect the knowledge I have gained on the philosophy of mission command, warfighting functions and operation process, and cogitate how can I apply it in my future assignment to effectively…
Throughout the years people have claimed and argued their position towards a big question. Although the simple truth thesis states that big questions admit simple, obvious, and undisputable answers this is not true. Big questions never admit straightforward and unquestionable answers. A big question can be anything from What is Life? to Is capital punishment wrong?…
The case of Stephen Dawson raised many ethical issues. According to our course notes ethics is understanding what is right, wrong, good, and bad and also what ways of living are good, bad, right or wrong. The most significant issues in this case are firstly, that the institution for long term care and rehabilitation for physically disabled children placed Stephen in foster care because his condition was just too severe and they decided that somebody else would be more beneficial from their treatment and help. Secondly, Stephen's parents initially gave permission for the doctors to go ahead with the second shunt operation required to save Stephen's life but shortly after changed their minds because they thought it would just be better off for Steven to be allowed to die. Thirdly, The superintendent of family and child services did not agree with the parents decision and fought for custody of Stephen, eventually succeeding and approving…
Their ability to express these qualities allowed them to be incomparable leaders. This kind of behavior was really demonstrated throughout the life of…
He always challenged the process. Good leader’s questions and inspire their team to do better when it fails they want to know why ad make sure it doesn’t happen again. Leaders create an environment that rewards risk-taking. An environment that welcomes new ideas. Harboring and fine tuning these can motivate a team do more than expected of them Creating an environment that associates are comfortable to come to will help them succeed in the work…