Frivolous litigation

they have been essential to creating treatment programs and helping keep inmates safe. So while I agree that prisoner rights are needed for the correctional system to operate, I think there should be additional sanctions to help reduce the more frivolous lawsuits that inmates…

provide insight into the value of a potential claim. In some cases, a party is simply mistaken about the contract terms, and filing a lawsuit would have been unnecessary. In fact, in many jurisdictions, a party may be fined or sanctioned for filing a frivolous…

The story by Mr. Harr captures vividly, the civil justice system as discussed in the class text “May it Please the Court” by Brian L. Porto. According to Porto, there are five main actors in the judicial process, especially in a civil proceeding. These players include the plaintiff tell me what they do, the defendants here too, the lawyers for the plaintiff and the defendants’ side, as well as the judge who presides over the civil case. For instance, the case in A Civil Action by Mr. Harr…

Rivera. Ms. Rivera, who resided in Massachusetts, was a recipient of Medicaid and died as a result of an adverse reaction to medication she had been given to treat bipolar disorder. The facility treating Ms. Rivera is at the center of the family’s litigation. The parents of Ms. Rivera uncovered shortly after her death that Arbour Counseling Services turned out to be very unscrupulous when it came to misleading the public concerning their…

I think the hot drink purchase from restaurant could quickly give me third degree of burns and I would agree with the case of Liebeck case.Meawhile here are the brief history of liebeck and how the incidence happen to her that cause her bodily injury and how her manages to took her to court for damages. Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants Full case name Stella Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc. and McDonald's International, Inc. Decided August 18, 1994 Citation(s) 1994 Extra LEXIS 23…

Unit 3 Written Assignment What was the basis of her claim against McDonald's? On February of 1992, Stella Liebeck, 79 years old, bought a cup of coffee through the drive-thru of McDonald’s restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hot coffee was served in a Styrofoam cup and cost 49 cents. Stella’s grandson, Chris, who was driving the car pulled into the parking space so that she could pour cream and sugar to her coffee. Once in the parking space, the old lady was trying to remove the lid…

Analysis: Souza Smith writes about the 2016 Marshall Island’s Nuclear Disarmament case: “It is understandable that courts will be cautious about frivolous litigations. At the same time, they must balance this concern against the international community’s interest in providing access to justice and promoting the peaceful settlement of disputes. This is all the more important at the ICJ given how difficult it is to seize its jurisdiction.” The International Court of Justice (ICJ) cautious…

in breach of contract . To conclude, loss of chance damages may be awarded when the question is what may or would have happened; the chance must be real or more than speculative. Loss of chance damages should be applied cautiously to avoid frivolous litigations. According to judicial opinions there can be no recovery for loss of chance when no actual harm has indeed resulted from it . This is an interesting area of contract law and will eventually develop and standardise in coming years. The…

Many indigent litigants in housing court go through court proceeding without representation. It is estimated that at least 90% of indigent civil litigants, or 2.3 million people, in New York go without an attorney in civil matters. 2 Whereas close to 100 percent of landlords have representation. 3 With housing court skewed for landlord’s eviction are almost a certainty and forces people to homelessness. The number of people entering city shelters has passed alarming rates. The only way to…

its business. In addition, the company believes that Medo used its trade secrets, such as its manufacturing process, in order to create its own commercially available breast milk products, Medolac released a press statement calling the lawsuit frivolous and has accused Prolacta of trying to maintain a monopoly on the burgeoning breast milk industry. Medolac believes that Prolacta is attempting to stifle any competition by burying the company in legal paperwork and forcing it to pay extensive…