Issues in 4 Tort Negligence Cases

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IRAC approach to legal issue, the first stage in assessing any case is the identification of the issues, before the identification of rules and their application which are used to reach a conclusion. This paper identifies five of the issues in four cases. It is possible there may be more than five in each case. Issues are usually phrased as questions.

Case A Did Glen owe Miguel and Jack a duty of care, if so did he breach that duty?

Was the mental distress and subsequent hospitalization of Jacki a direct result of Glen's actions?

Did the police owe Miguel and Jacki a duty of care, and was that breached by releasing Glen only an hour after he had been cited for drinking under the influence (could they has reasonability foreseen what might occur)

When Miguel spoke to Stacy, did he intend to inflict emotional harm by inaccurately referring to him as a 'drunken murderer', and did this cause any injury? Also, did Stavy have a duty of care to Glen to make sure her published story was true, and was there any injury as a direct result of the sotry?

5. Did Jacki's neighbor have a duty of care towards Glen specifically to keep his dog under control, and was that breached when the dog bit Glen's leg?

Case B

1. Was Leiserv, doing business as Mockingbird Lanes, negligent in failing to clear the ice from the lane, or warn customers of the danger of ice?

2. Does the statement of Frank Jameson, general manager of Mockingbird

Lanes indicate an acceptance of liability?

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Was the injury to Dukat a direct result of her falling on the ice, or was Dukat also partially responsible, as he had been drinking, and had already noticed the icy state of the lane. If she was partly to blame, to what extent did she contribute to her own injury? In addition, given that this is Nebraska, and where

4. Can the value of the injury be realistically quantified at $155,000 and proven by Dukat?

5. Has the claim been brought to court within a suitable time frame

Case C

1. Should the warrant have issued for the search Donald's apartment and arrest based on sufficient probable cause, based on an only in an anonymous informant.

2. Should the word of an informant be sufficient for the issue of a warrant if….....

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