Reasonable doubt

Elements of Battery The law of torts is the compensation of losses suffered by private individuals in their legally protected interest through socially unreasonable conduct. Moreover, the law of torts seeks to protect bodily integrity and is actionable per se. Consider the following case of Moon v. Whitehead, the legal issue considered was consent in the tort of battery. Ms. Whitehead the respondent, plead that she retired to bed in an apartment she and the appellant were sharing in Sydney for…

Patients have the right to know everything about their medical conditions. While being aware of their situation they are able to approve or disagree medical treatments. Patients right also include their privacy which prohibit unauthorized personnel to access their record, or being present at the time of treatment. They are entitled to know what kind of risk they are about to go through with certain treatment or surgical procedure. In order for the physician start and process he/she needs to…

sports. Take football as an example, would a reasonable person consider a store, such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, to be liable for a football player’s concussion from playing football? This would be a highly unlikely accusation.…

pool. Then no duty of care is owed as the Hotel took reasonable steps to prevent Clive as a trespasser entering in the pool as in Donoghue v Folkestone Properties [2003] EWCA Civ 231The claimant was injured when he was trespassing on a slipway in a harbour and dived into the sea. The injury happened in the middle of winter and it was around midnight when the injury was caused. The court held that the occupier did not owe a duty of care. A reasonable occupier would not expect that a trespasser…

Case 5.2: Negligence on page 101 Negligence is defined as “failure to exercise the care toward others which a reasonable or prudent person would do in the circumstances, or taking action which such a reasonable person would not.” (Law.com Legal Dictionary, 2017) “Under the doctrine of unintentional tort, commonly referred to as negligence, a person is liable for harm that is the foreseeable consequence of his or her actions.” (Cheeseman, 2013, pp.91) To be a successful case of negligence, it…

refreshments was held no entitled to sue the owner of the public house. It would be otherwise if there was a bailment or entrustment, express or implied. ii. The duty of the occupier arises in respect of a danger which he knew or ought to have known by reasonable care. He is therefore bound to take care to ascertain existing dangers, and cannot plead ignorance. iii. The duty of the invitor is different in different cases. In some cases, it may be enough to give notice or warning of the…

relationship, one party has a legal obligation to act in a certain manner toward the other. The second element is a breach of the duty of care. A person or entity (such as a business or government agency) breaches the duty of care by not exercising reasonable care in fulfilling the duty. The third element is causation. The breach of the duty of care must be the legal cause of the harms suffered by the injured person. There are two typed components of legal causation which are the actual cause…

I. Topic: New York City News General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the New York Police Department’s Stop and Frisk practice. Thesis: Three news sources focus on NYPD Stop and Frisk policies II. Introduction: When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self-esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep…

This question focuses heavily on ‘reasonable foreseeability’. Reasonable foreseeability is a “mechanism which limits the type of plaintiffs, risks or damages which the defendant is liable for ”. For an event to be foreseeable, the claimant, and the kind of injury that was caused, must be foreseeable. The claimant, Daryl, must be in the area that danger is created by the defendant's, Rick, carelessness and the injury must be a type that is likely to occur in the circumstances. To be able to prove…

of the inference to be drawn from the known facts. Everything depends upon the particular facts of each case. An inference of negligence might be so clear that no reasonable person could fail to accept it. If the defendant offers no explanation, the court can direct a verdict for the plaintiff if the inference is so strong that reasonable jurors could not reach any other conclusion. Where the jury considers the question of negligence, it can decide that the facts do not logically lead to an…