Proximate cause

Case: Katzenbach v. Grant 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46756 *; 2005 WL 1378976 Facts: The Plaintiffs, Katzenbach and Osuna filed a lawsuit against Defendant Grant over a film and book rights. Grant owns a website called “thenightexposed” (www.thenightexposed.net). The Plaintiffs claim that Grant caused problems with negotiations with Sony Pictures and the USA Network. Plaintiff further claims that Grant sent a letter calling Osuna book a fake and made other defamatory articulations…

plaintiff unprotected to an unreasonable (over 50%) risk of injury or harm from the actions of that defendant in the situation (Bain, Vizzaccaro 2012. Para 8). For the material causation test, the question that we ask is that “did the defendants acts to cause the possibility of harm to the plaintiff.” (Bain, Vizzaccaro 2012 Para 8). This is compared to but for where the question raised is but for the actions would the plaintiff suffered damages. Remember it is looked through objectively through…

Wetland loss is a vast problem in coastal Louisiana. From 1932 to 2010, approximately 4900 km2 of wetlands have disappeared from the Louisiana coast, mainly from erosion and, subsidence, and sediment depletion from the construction of levees, dams, and canals. The depletion of the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico will allow for uninterrupted coastal erosion. With sea level rise expected to be a catalyst for coastal erosion throughout the 21st century, future land loss is projected to be…

lack of treating the patient reasonably as per the standards on behalf of the doctor. Law does not imply that every practitioner should cure the infection or disease of the patient but law expects him to perform his actions reasonable enough for general standards in the perfect knowledge of the practitioner. For instance, it is unreasonable to expect from an optometrist to operate upon a patient having hearing impairment. Whether criminal or civil, medical negligence has three main components…

Today it has several varieties of laboratories, it has helped advance our technology today. Therefore security conditions are not normal to any other laboratory, these are much stricter and security, is a priority for the types of chemicals used in these laboratories, and can not only endanger the lives of the people who work there, but also many others who may be affected by a single mistake. That is why the rules, standards, and precautions are important base of the safety of all to prevent…

For many years, humans suffered from a variety of diseases such as HIV and different types of Cancer. But unfortunately, only for some a cure has been discovered. Diabetes, where a human body cannot produce insulin, is one of the examples of dangerous diseases, if not treated carefully. A pure cure for Diabetes has not been discovered yet, but there is a diverse variety of medication available such as the insulin pump. The insulin pump is a combination of an engineering and a medical product and…

repair in tort. These duties do come up when the first order duties are breached. This means that, the second order duties arise follows from the principle of corrective justice, which brings out the argument that an individual who in his conduct causes wrongful losses has a duty to repair them. These wrongdoers are always morally liable for the wrongful losses. It need only be a loss incident to the violation of the victim’s rights−a right correlative to the wrongdoer's first-order duty which…

students who are average 22 years old should be stronger and healthier than adolescents and older adults. However, physical exertion is one of the major perceived barriers of exercise for these proximate golden age adults, which is amazing. There is no research indicating if physical or psychological reason cause physical exertion perceived barrier. Therefore, this issue is serious for undergraduate students, especially inactive students because inactive students have more exercise perceived…

goal of this paper is to survey the legal requirements of liability, present opposing arguments, and present theories to enhance the accuracy of legal proceedings when determining fault and liability in legal. Did the actor cause harm? When is one act considered the cause…

that the “sun and moon, stars and elements, are in subjection to His command. There is none of them whose activity is produced by or proceeds from its own essence” (272). Algazali wrote this as a criticism of the philosopher’s postulated theory of cause and effect. His reason for this polemic was to uphold the omnipotence of God, for if necessary causal effects could be found in nature, the effects would not be acts of Gods will. Below, this paper will accomplish two things; first it will…