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.…
While many trust Clemson's Deshaun Watson is the appropriate response, drafting the QB could really obliterate the New York Planes. A horrendous draft pick at number six would put Mike Maccagnan's employment at stake. Without question, he has an incredible arrangement to lose.…
On 8/25/2017, CM did a visual to locate client. The client was located in the "A" dorm. CM asked for the client to come to the Social Services Office. CM completed Bi-Weekly ILP Review. During the Bi-Weekly ILP Review, client Care Coordinator/Catholic Charity/Ms. Joya Joseph joined the session to informed client and CM that the funds she requested for clothing she didn’t get it , but she have a few funds available to take the client out for a coffee.…
The Judge then handed the floor to the plaintiff attorney Richard Whitley introduced himself and his client which was named Michelle Moore. The defendant name was Joshua Muniz. He stated that the case was a motor vehicle accident and had already been trialed at a criminal court, which Defendant Muniz had plead guilty and was on probation and has severed community service for committing the crime. Moore was now suing for Punitive damages and mental anguish for damages that were occurred during the accident.…
The Capistrano Unified School District took the parents of Jeremy Wartenberg, Wayne and Charlene Wartenberg to court in their refusal to pay for Jeremy’s private school tuition, fees spent at the private school, and attorney fees. The school district expresses that Jeremy’s behavior comes from his own willfulness to misbehave not his disability. The school psychologist, although acknowledging that Jeremy had a learning disability of attention deficit disorder (ADD), which allowed for an IEP and services, felt that it was not sever enough to be a contributing factor to his behavior. He felt that Jeremy’s primary behavior was largely related to his failure to work, cooperate, and school truancies rather than his primarily disability of ADD. He acknowledged that Jeremy’s behavior could be a contributing factor of his Conduct Disorder, which is not covered under a learning…
This firm represents Abbey Randt in her employment dispute with Roell Painting (the “company”). On May 25, 2017 Ms. Randt was terminated from her position at the company. (JUMPED) Attached to this correspondence is our redlined copy of the termination agreement along with our counter offer to settle this dispute. Factual Background…
I asked Turner if Jones was diagnosed with any mental health illnesses and she stated depression and anxiety, but went on to say Jones does not take whatever medications he supposed to be on for his conditions. I asked McGee if he would provided a video statement and he said he did not want to because he did not want anything to happen to Jones. McGee went on to say he believed Jones needed some sort of mental health treatment. Officer Pedersen asked Turner if she was willing to provide a statement and she said no. Because Jones punched the wall and damaged it, there was probable cause to charge Jones with RCW 9A.48.090 DV Malicious Mischief 3. I advised Jones he was under arrest for DV Malicious Mischief 3.…
On the evening of July 15, 2003, Cole Cannon went to the home of Evan Miller to make a drug deal with Millers mother (Miller v. Alabama, 2012). Evan Miller and his co-defendant Colby Smith followed Cannon back to his own trailer where all three of them smoked marijuana and played drinking games. After a while Cannon passed out and Miller stole Cannon’s wallet. Miller and Smith split $300.00 between them (Miller v. Alabama, 2012).…
Dred Scott and his wife was a slave of an army surgeon, John Emerson, after Dr. Emerson bought him from the Peter Blow family of St. Louis. Scott accompanied his owner during Dr. Emerson’s duty at Illinois, Wisconsin and back to Missouri in 1838. Later when Dr. Emerson died in 1846, Dred Scott and his wife, with the help from John R. Anderson, the minister of the Second African Baptist Church, filed petitions in the Circuit Court of St. Louis for their freedom. According to State Historical Society of Missouri on the article, “Dred Scott Case”, it was the Blow family that help him sue against Emerson’s widow for his liberty. They argued that Scott’s living in Illinois and Wisconsin, two free states according to the Missouri Compromise, with…
The current event that I choose was the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board. Grimm is a transgender student from Virginia that was denied the right to use the bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. Grimm won against the school board in the federal appeals court, but the court ruled the school had to let Grimm used a unisex bathroom that was created for him. Although Gavin won the case, Gavin feels as though it still excludes him from using the bathroom of the gender identity he identifies with. Gavin and his lawyers decided to take the case to the supreme court and let the court decide on which interpretation of Title IX is correct.…
Mrs. Brown is a 80 year old female who presented to the ED via EMS for neighbors concerned about her sitting on her back porch for several hours yesterday and then continue to sit on her back porch in the rain. At the time of the assessment Mrs. Brown denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. She expresses religious preoccupation. She reports a history of bipolar. She reports non compliance with medication.…
I have no doubt that LBDO McMahon can improves on this Competency and serve as a role model to his peers. He just need to be sure he actively listen and take his time or slowdown a bit before he can respond with complete sentence, maintain appropriate distance from the person he is talking with and be sure to verify the other person receiving the information understand what he try to communicate.…
132-133) criteria: period of major depressive episode and hypomanic episode. During the major depressive episodes, the client merits the following criteria over at least a 2-week period: depressed moods most of the day, diminished interest in almost all activities, hypersomnia, loss of energy nearly every day, diminished ability to think or concentrate, and recurrent suicidal ideation. The hypomanic episodes are characterized by the following criteria during a 4-day period and are observable by others: inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, and an increase in goal-directed activity. Potential differential diagnosis includes anxiety disorders, personality disorders, Bipolar I disorder, Cyclothymic disorder and Major depressive disorder. The etiology may include stress, family problems, work problems, and biological…
In 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted of arson and murder that caused the deaths of his three children. In 2004, he was given capital punishment. According to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, it was demonstrated that the evidence had been misinterpreted, and that none of the evidence that had previously been used against Willingham was valid. The new evidence showed that the fire was accidental. As a society, we should not allow capital punishment to be legal in the United States.…
The Mason county district attorney, Rufus Buckley (played by Kevin Spacey) who seek the death penalty due to the national media attention of the trial. He is counting on the trial to stay in that county and an all-white jury due to “the race statistic in the mason county is 26-30 % black and in other county 45-80% percent black. Black are more sympathetic to other blacks if the trial gets move Jakes Brigance has a chance to get a color in the jury box but if stayed in Mason it’s an all-white jury for sure”. Jake’s mentor, Lucian Wilbanks (played by Donald Sutherland, while discussing if he could win this case, Wilbanks says “The case is very interesting because if you could win, justice would prevail or if you lose and justice would also prevail.”…