251 Search Results for Determining Liability for Negligence
Torts
The definition of a tort is a common breach committed toward a second party. In this injury toward another, one of the parties can sue the other for damages. Oftentimes when this involves personal injury. One party that has suffered injury, wi Continue Reading...
(Chizek, 2003)
The Role legal nurse consultant may provide service in a number of roles, including but not limited to:
Consulting expert
Testifying expert
Facility-based investigator
Trainer and in-service presenter
Peer reviewer
Quality impr Continue Reading...
Malpractice in Advanced Nursing Practice
A CLOSER LOOK
Legal/Ethical Principles
When nurses pursued independent practice outside hospitals, the law supported their bid to breach traditional roles (Kjervik & Brous, 2013). This phenomenon was de Continue Reading...
Not all offense levels are entitled to a jury trial and each jurisdiction has its own standard in this regard. As a general rule, however, any offense involving the possibility of incarceration as a sanction is entitled to the benefit of a jury tria Continue Reading...
John, 18 and 17 years of age, are best friends during their senior year of High School. Both are going to college and decide to open a lawn care business over the summer to assist in tuition costs. The team sent out flyers to their neighborhood hous Continue Reading...
Consumer Protection
Which do you believe presents the greatest threat to civil society: a corporation that commits crimes (e.g., murder, environmental crimes, or bribery, etc.), or persons who commit crimes that harm businesses (e.g., embezzlement, Continue Reading...
Federal Tort Claims Act
Traditionally, the federal government was immune from lawsuits by its citizens under a doctrine known as sovereign immunity. Theoretically, this immunity was justified because people would necessarily have disagreements with Continue Reading...
It is also established practice to assume that the date on the bill of lading is the actual date on which the goods were successfully loaded onto the shipping vessel in the absence of any other evidence, and this would at first seem to suggest that Continue Reading...
Legal Terms
Sole proprietorship- In a sole proprietorship, one person owns all of the business assets and is the sole decision maker. The sole proprietor has unlimited personal liability for business debts, and all profits and losses pass through t Continue Reading...
Negligent Tort
In basic terms, a tort can be defined as a civil wrong. In this case, it is the victim of wrongful conduct who brings action against the alleged wrongdoer. The alleged wrongdoer in tort law is referred to as the defendant while the cl Continue Reading...
"When a court strikes a contract provision for unconscionability it is declaring that provision is so unfair or oppressive that the court will refuse to enforce it." (Gillespie, 2007). The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provi Continue Reading...
Law and Healhcare Administration
Law and Health Care System Administration.
Law and healthcare system administration
From its earliest conception as a highly paternalistic relationship, "the physician-patient relationship has evolved towards share Continue Reading...
Legal Definitions
Miranda Rule -- Prohibits the introduction of any testimonial evidence elicited from criminal suspects while under arrest or in police custody unless police first advise them of their constitutional rights to remain silent, refuse Continue Reading...
Aunt Hattie and Chester
What might Chester have done to avoid this tragic outcome?
Relatives like Chester want the best for their family and loved ones. However, when Aunt Hattie was no longer able to live completely independently, Chester had lit Continue Reading...
Independence of Auditors
The objective of this study is to consider the statement as follows: "Unquestionably, the HIH story is also one of auditor failure" and to research into the background of the HIH collapse in Australia insofar as it relates t Continue Reading...
Johnson Bank v. George Korbaken Company
Johnson Bank v. George Korbakes Company
Over the last several years, the role of the auditor has been continually evolving. This is because financial institutions are relying on the information they are provi Continue Reading...
Business Law
The Differences between Civil Law and Criminal Law:
To a layman who is not familiar with the various concepts of Law, criminal Law may be more familiar because of intense interest in criminal cases that are tried in courts of law and t Continue Reading...
intrinsic relationship between common law doctrines of public and private nuisance and certain elements of contemporary legislation that pertain to public and private injury. Examples of the latter legislation include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Wa Continue Reading...
Governance and Ethics
Corporate Governance & Ethics
Dr. DoRight is the highly respected executive at Universal Human Care Hospital. He and Universal both stand to lose a great deal if it leaks out that patients have been dying due to lack of in Continue Reading...
Negligent Torts
Proximate Causation, Duty of Care and "But for"
According to Bjorklun (1999), the largest amount of litigation in the area of personal injury consists of unintentional torts. The definition provided by Black's Law Dictionary indica Continue Reading...
Certainly, utilizing those agencies now that there has been a crime at the premises is warranted. However, it may not have been negligent for DWI to fail to contact law enforcement when it first began receiving threats. Large corporations such as DW Continue Reading...
Risk Management and Insurance
What is Risk Management and why is it important in Business Today? One must first define for oneself the meaning of risk, not only relative to his own life but to his business and financial future. In defining the types Continue Reading...
Laurel v. Hardy
Main issue: Laurel and Hardy, a professional comic duo, entered into a contract that agreed if they ever disbanded their partnership, they would refrain from using each other's material without compensation to the other party. After Continue Reading...
Contract Law
The author of this response is asked to offer a response to a few major questions. First, the author is to explain the purpose and importance of Mitchell v. Finney Lock Seeds as it relates to contract law. The author is asked to relate Continue Reading...
Lawsuit
The Snow Storm Lawsuit
Identify and explain at least three legal considerations.
- falls
- death due to improper medication
weak disaster preparedness plan
The main issue in this case is the snow storm. Is it the hospital's responsibili Continue Reading...
11. The issued rose in this case is unauthorized use of a company vehicle, which resulted in an accident. Prater was told to bring the truck home over the weekend to work on the body only. His boss never gave him permission to use the truck for any Continue Reading...
Marine Pollution Law
Although the problem of international liability and compensation for pollution caused by oil spills is specifically adressed by the 1969 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1971 Internati Continue Reading...
hotel sent the security guard on duty to check on Gonzalez in his hotel room. The defendant rebuffed to open the door. The security guard heard the sound of breaking glasses and the high television volume. This prompted the hotel to summon Laredo Po Continue Reading...
In addition, the recall constitutes an expectation of substantial change before products actually reached consumers, placing it in compliance with 402A. Robins & Robins lived up to its legal and its ethical responsibilities.
Question 4
The Bla Continue Reading...
Wilkens is the owner of the beehives; Tom White is a businessperson who operates in the line of products from bees. Santo Baglieri, is an employee, working for Tom White in Wilkens property. From the case, it is apparent that the employer (Tom White Continue Reading...
Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is a broad-based law the impacts both businesses and consumers. The ACL represents a unified codification of a variety of prior product liability laws. In fact, one of its main benefits is that the law is applicable thro Continue Reading...
1. What are the leading causes of death in the United States?
Accidents are considered to be the fourth leading cause of death after heart disease, cancer and strokes.
2. When the overall cost of an accident is calculated, what elements make up the Continue Reading...
Clearly she has not been a good steward of her classes because the principal twice visited her class and both times she was working individually with a student while other students were misbehaving or otherwise not being productive.
The Trenton dis Continue Reading...
Centralization and decentralization of HRM
Centralized HRM operations are conducted within the HRM department and they assume that all employee related actions be implemented by the human resources specialists. Such an endeavor creates a context i Continue Reading...
This is when the overall amounts of responsibilities are limited to: the percentage of ownership of the different shareholders. As a far as control is concerned, this means that management must carefully monitor who they are hiring to work as the ja Continue Reading...
Warranties
In the acquisition of goods and services, especially at the level of Government acquisitions, warranties serve to protect and guarantee the quality of these acquisitions. In these cases, warranties protect providers from expensive lawsuit Continue Reading...
Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility
Dr. DoRight recently hired President "Universal Human Care Hospital," oversees departments 5,000 employees 20,000 patients medical facility. He provided a broad set duties oversight numerous department Continue Reading...
Legal Structure of Business
For a McDonalds franchisee, there are three options. The franchise can be operated as a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation. The real issue is not that there are options, but which option should be chosen Continue Reading...
Texas House Bill (HB304) - Relating civil liability bullying a child
1. Title of the Suggested Bill
Texas State’s ‘anti-bullying’ house bill possesses the following key features. Its title appropriately alludes to the protection o Continue Reading...
(2001, October 1) Self-esteem at work, Psychology Today, Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200310/self-esteem-work
6. Describe the needs present in Maslow's hierarchy. How can organizations attempt to meet these needs so that e Continue Reading...