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    order to justify that the defendant was negligent and therefore liable for one’s injuries, all 5 elements of tort ought to be satisfied. The 5 elements are: Duty, Breach of Duty, Cause in Fact, Proximate Cause and damages Jane v Luke Since Jane has suffered injuries, she in immediately classified under a primary victim. The first element is duty, whether it was owed to the plaintiff. The law acknowledges the relationship between the defendant and plaintiff, and the existing relation in turn may…

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    Rockhead's Gym Case Study

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    In order to judge the liability of “Rockhead’s Gym” and punish it financially, we need to go through a few steps. Step 1: The duty of care owned The foreseeability of plaintiff could be reasonably injured by the defendant’s actions need to be considered in this step. We can also ask that, was the risk of loss is known by the defendant? For this scenario, the defendant is the “Rock head’s Gym”. It is a fitness company, which only has one employee to maintain all the equipment. Tina is that…

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    Negligent Tort Case Study

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    The Case of Negligent Tort On April 23, 2015, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Roberta Roller Rabbit Children’s Pajama Sets due to a violation associated with the required Federal Flammability Standards. The Recall number is 15-122, according to the Consumer Product Safety Division the product does not meet the Flammable Fabrics Act, “The children’s pajama sets fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear.”(www.cpsc.gov 2015). The Consumer…

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    Medical Negligence

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    So the Government are planning to do what the Government does best when faced with a crisis by sidestepping the real issue and apportioning blame elsewhere. Medical Negligence is consistently in the news at the moment, as the number of claims being made are at all time high levels, particularly in the NHS and you can list the reasons for these troubles and most of them would come back to the Government and a lack of proper investment. Yet the Government have chosen to put their hands over…

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    Nysha Moore Negligent Drug Overdose 1. Describe the elements that the plaintiff’s attorney had to establish under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Res ipsa loquitur is a legal doctrine that shifts the burden of proof in a negligence case from the plaintiff to the defendant (Pozgar & Santucci, 2015, p. 156, para. 12). The American translation is “the thing speaks for itself” (Pozgar & Santucci, 2015, p. 156, para. 12). Under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the plaintiff must be able to…

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    Aldi Store Negligence

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    is:- Negligence-it is called the inability to take care over something it can also be divided into some further elements. 1-Duty of care-When a person or an organisation owes someone a duty of care is required to maintain a proper care standard while performing the task which could cause harm to others.Violation of this term may result in a liability,as in commercial law duty of care is called an obligation which is charged on a person requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while…

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    Judicial Case

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    deciding whether there has been a breach of the duty of care the tribunal of fact must first ask itself whether a reasonable man in the defendant’s position would have foreseen the risk of injury…If the answer be in the affirmative, it is then for the tribunal of fact to determine what a reasonable man would do by way of response to the risk.” Another case used was Beaumont v Surrey County Council (1968) 66 LGR 580 at 585 “…it is a headmaster’s duty, bearing in mind the known propensities of…

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    Negligence

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    grocery store would be. Element 1: Duty which is to look to see whether or not the defendant owed the plaintiff a legal duty of care. In some circumstances, the relationship between the plaintiff and defendant might create a legal duty a explain would be a lawyer and a person asking for legal help which then creates a duty for the lawyer to help that person. Element 2: Breach of Duty which means the court will look to see whether the defendant breached this duty by doing that a reasonably…

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    Personal Injury Cases

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    If you are involved in an automobile injury and the other party has filed for damages against you, then you are bound to defend yourself. For this you will have to hire a Personal Injury Lawyer Lindsay who has expertise in defending the defendants in personal injury cases. The plaintiff will always for damages to recoup his/her economic loss incurred due to costly medical treatment and loss of work. He/she will also seek compensation for his/her pains and sufferings. If you find yourself having…

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    The last related case is Riley v. National Federation of the Blind which involves the North Carolina Charitable Solicitation Act. The North Carolina Charitable Solicitation Act determined what professional fundraiser may charge according to a three-tiered schedule. “A fee up to 20% of receipts collected is deemed reasonable. A fee of 20% and 35% is deemed unreasonable upon a showing that the solicitation at issue did not involve the "dissemination of information, discussion, or advocacy relating…

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