everyday life. Some people are not aware of how much of an impact stress can cause damage to their brain. Studies have shown that women have a higher risk for stress compared to men (Roszkowski et.al., 2016). Women are more likely to stress about social factors, while men on the other hand, stress very little about situations that encounter in their life. In this paper I will explain how stress can cause brain damage in a woman’s pregnancy, men who encounters Posttraumatic stress disorder…
football is a high contact sport where injuries are continuous. High contact sports like this constantly expose players to many injuries which can cause damage to the brain – an example of this being concussions. Due to the high exposure of injuries in football, brain trauma can start before one joins the NFL, as stated in the article “The Damage Done”. The article…
wrong time. There isn’t much doubt that if the State/Mr. Spirelli would sue Dr. Benzene and/or Mr. Johnson they would win. So the question really is who should they sue? The Doctor could be sentenced at a max to five years in prison plus assigned damages and at a minimum, probation. On the other hand Mr. Johnson could serve anywhere from two to five years in…
On January 17th 1994, at 4:31am, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, killing more than 60, injuring more than 9,000, and causing widespread damage (Taylor, 2014). With the vast amount of damage, loss of life, and injuries it is easy to understand how the local and state responders would have quickly been overwhelmed in their response measures. This is the exact sort of emergency that the Stafford Act was developed for. According to (Hunter, 2009),…
If the plaintiff has assumed such a risk, they cannot recover damages for any harm resulting from the defendant’s conduct, even if the defendant was negligent or reckless. An example for this would be if a person were to ride a roller coaster but hits his head on the ride that person may file a lawsuit on the park for damages caused by the ride. Comparative negligence, is a partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim based…
detected in the car tank in which the tank was spilling the fuel. This increased the case of fire in the cases of accidents. Since the company’s target was to get out their products as fast as possible, they made a benefit analysis suggesting that damages would cost less than the repair. This means that, even though the company was aware of the complications, they ignored it and many people died. Tylenol was the leading painkiller medicine in the United States.…
where the normal liver tissue are replaced by scar tissue after being damage causing the remaining liver tissue to lose its normal arrangement. Alcoholism, viral hepatitis B or C, inflammation of the liver in long-term (chronic) and iron overload in the body are common risk factors that linked to cirrhosis. Viral…
at all. Some STDs can be cured, and there are ways of managing the symptoms of others to ensure they're barely a hindrance any longer. In the case of the diseases that there are cures for, delaying over a test and treatment can cause irreversible damage to the body, so regular STD tests are all important. Here are the diseases that can be cured, followed by those that can be managed: STDs with Cures The sexually transmitted diseases…
defendant has committed an act or omission it may be necessary to prove that both a standard duty of care and damage has resulted in negligent behaviour. A person in a professional occupation such as a chartered surveyor has a higher duty of care because their field of work requires a particular skill. Therefore they have a greater responsibility to ensure that their actions do not cause damage. This essay will examine negligence in the context of the Law of Tort, when might it arise and when it…
to him because his position included supervision of the police. The trial, the judge instructed the jury that the above statements were "libelous per se," i.e. injury was implied without proof of actual damages, and that for the purpose of compensatory damages malice was presumed, and thus damages could be awarded if the statements were found to have been published by the petitioner and to have referred to respondent.…