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    2. In this case, the parties have agreed to bifurcate the issues and to submit cross motions for summary judgment in order to obtain a conclusive resolution by the Court as to whether Defendant was contractually required to report income derived from his performance of medical services in Beckley as part of his “Cash Collections” under the Recruitment Agreement. 3. A valid written instrument which expresses the intent of the parties in plain and unambiguous language is not subject to judicial…

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    The Rights are not Secured and Getting Low Compensation, You Need Personal Injury Solicitors! When you suffer a damage that has been brought about by someone else's carelessness, your best alternative is to counsel an injury legal counselor rather than the insurance agency. The insurance agency legal's advisors will likely guarantee that you obtain the most reduced settlement from your insurer. In any case, the injury attorney attempts to guarantee that you like the customer will have the…

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    Due Diligence In Canada

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    Due Diligence The following report answers two questions to get a better understanding of the term due diligence. It will describe where the term due diligence came from and from what case. The report also examines an industrial fatality in Alberta and tries to identify what happened and makes recommendations on due diligence for the case study. Where did the term “due diligence” come from, what case? “In the late 1970s, the due diligence defense was made available to a new category of…

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    PARTIES: P = Ensign and others D = Walls PRIOR HISTORY: Plaintiffs claimed that Defendant’s business constitutes a nuisance. Trial court enjoined defendant from continuing her business after 90 days. Defendant appealed. FACTS: For some years, at 13949 Dacosta street, in the city of Detroit, the Defendant had a business of raising, breeding and boarding St. Bernard dogs. Her business is adjacent to the Plaintiff's neighbor, Defendant's business would give off obnoxious odors and…

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    A contra- indication is a condition that indicates the fact that you cannot complete a procedure at all or to its full extent. A contra- indication can prevent or restrict the application of makeup and prosthetics. Before beginning any application of prosthetics, it is essential that the clients’ skin is visually assessed for any contra- indications. If a contra- indication is present then you need to assess whether the contra- indication prevents the application completely or just restrict…

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    The film A Civil Action is about the court case of multiple families that have lost their children to leukemia. These families believed that the city’s tap water was contaminated with trichloroethylene which ultimately lead to these children’s untimely death. The main family that brought this concern into light was Anne Anderson, when her toddler died of leukemia. The lawsuit, which was made by the plaintiff’s law Jan Schlichtmann, was against industrial operations. Even though only one out of…

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    ○ Facts: The insured defendant, Steven Fuller was in Alexander City, Alabama at an event his mother was hosting at her office, where she is a director for the United Way. Mr. Fuller had left the event and was returning to his home in Verbena, Alabama. He was traveling west on U.S. Highway 280 and traveling in the left hand lane. He spotted a Taco Bell, and attempted to cross the right lane and turn into the parking lot. He failed to see the plaintiff’s vehicle in the right hand lane and…

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    list the five broad categories of tort law and tort liability I. Intentional torts II. Negligence III. Strict liability: claims arising from abnormally dangerous activities; the rule of Rylands v. Fletcher and other common law strict liability claims; defenses IV. Productsliability:claimsagainstmanufacturersand others based on defects in manufacture, design, and warning; and defenses V. Other torts 52: What is the starting point in the analysis of torts questions? : “What is the theory…

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    former class, Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, and Langvardt— authors of the textbook entitled Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and E-commerce Environment— avow that auditing professionals have three sources of civil liabilities to their clients: contract, tort, and trust (Mallor et al. 1189). In regards to the final source aforementioned, I am not liable for breach of trust for I preserved the confidentiality of my client’s…

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    1. The employer is protected for their reference as long as they meet two criteria. The first is that all the facts of the case must be factual. The judge in this case cited nothing that would indicate that the defendant was not being honest about the incident. They had a policy that drivers would be terminated for any accident that involved one of their drivers rear-ending another driver, and that is exactly what happened. The second is that the defendant did not act with malice. The judge…

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