In 2011, Jennifer Connell was attending her nephew, Sean, 8th birthday party, Connell walks into the backyard and upon seeing his aunt, Sean runs and jumps to hug her. Causing Connell to fall backwards landing on the ground and breaking her wrist in the process. Instead of doing something rash, like, accepting he is eight and it was an accident since the laws of physics are not clear to him yet, she did the rational thing. She filed a lawsuit - against the nephew. She claimed that the nephew had been "careless" and wanted $127,000 for emotional suffering and medical bills. In her claim she stated that she had recently attended a party and her inability to hold her "hors d'oeuvres plate was distressing and embarrassing. Deliberation lasted a mere twenty minutes. The jury awarded Jennifer Connell nothing.
2009 a woman in Detroit was bitten on her ass by a police K9 dog during an open house event. Even though the department and city offered to cover medical fees, she wanted to sue. So, she filed a claim - against the dog. In case you don't know, dogs, even police dogs, don't get paid. They're dogs. Not only was the
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He filed suit claiming that Anheuser Busch's advertisements of far-off tropical lands where average men were surrounded by bikini models who were actually attracted to said men because those guys drank Budweiser. So, when Overton had drank all the Bud he could he noticed something. He was still in his garage, not a tropical local and, not surprisingly, not a model in sight.
He filed suit against the beer giant claiming that their advertisements of men and beautiful women "engaged in endless and unrestricted merriment" turned out to be untrue and caused him not only emotion distress and mental injury (I'm not sold that Anheuser had anything to do with that one.) but also financial loss. The case was
The civil war did reduce sectional antagonist a huge amount but it also made the United states One Nation. The war was a test for the nation or in this case ANY nation for those dedicated to see if they could endure and a final resting place for those who died and for the nation to live. There was division between the north and the south which eventually brought upon the Brutal Civil War. In president Andrew John’s Amnesty proclamation, the Union forgave the confederate and made them swear on an oath to faithfully support, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. “The union eventually showed that they had no “antagonist” against the south which made the United States One nation once again. The soldiers that risked their lives
There had always been differences between the northern states and southern states before nullification and secession. This came down to differences in the core drivers of their economies. The south was more oriented towards Agriculture while the north was driven by industrialization. What this meant was that the south was more reserved on the consistent calls by abolitionists in the north. Abolition of slave trade would mean an almost complete collapse of the economy in the South.
Mr Campbell Newman was a popular lord mayor as a member of the Liberal Party, who served the Queensland government for three years from 2012 – 2015 (Lewis, 2015). In the recent 2015 Queensland state election, Newman was heavily punished by the public voters of Queensland as a result of treating the public servants unfairly by cutting jobs in contrast to his promises. He also claimed that there would be no forced redundancies and that he would try to lower the unemployment rate, yet these promises were never met. In support of this, the following essay argues that Campbell Newman didn’t interfere with the free market economy of Queensland, which can be beneficial for consumers in many ways because there is no government intervention. Instead,
Ever since the beginning, slavery has always been a growing conflict in the United States. However in the 1800s, it became such a problem that it nearly separated the whole country. Those that lived in southern states believed that they had the rights to own slaves. They argued that the slavery made up a fairly large part of their economy because slaves labor was cheap. This is why many of the big time planters were rich. Also, they felt African Americans were unfit to survive on their own. Northern citizens felt that there was no need for slavery and that it was wrong. But who is right regarding this situation. It all depends on the individual. The back and forth arguing between the north and south was intense, neither backing down from the
Stricklin said the sides reached an agreement in principle to settle McElwain's $12.5 million buyout, but he declined to reveal details until the deal is signed.
You are born into this world to a society already sure of what they want. You are taught the ways of your family and they learn from their community. If your family doesn’t like a certain type of person, chances are you’re going to grow up with the same dislike of that person. Leaders of a community get their votes by doing, saying, or promising things to the community that they will enjoy to win the votes. These leaders may never agree with what they're saying but they’ll do whatever it takes to make the nation happy. Segregation, a time where people actually believed it was okay to separate people from a community because of their skin color. But the time of segregation was more than just separating minorities from the white community. People took it upon themselves to put the law in their own hands and treat minorities very poorly. Public lynchings, brutal beatings, and vulgar words could be spit at a colored person and nobody would bat an eye. That was then though, and this is now. We don’t separate anymore, we don’t treat people unjustly, nor judge someone based upon
To be considered free in American society, according to Sandel’s definition of a procedural republic, freedom relies on an individual’s participation in self-government. For those who support the procedural republic they encourage civic virtues, such as educating ones self about the public and the ability to debate about the common good. This can be seen as a responsibility to citizens. Therefore, one may understand this as both a social and civic matter, as it requires citzens to posses as sense of belonging in their community, thus guiding them away from pursuing their own interests and focusing on the common good. Thus, just as Sandel discusses the qualities of shaping of what kind of citizens are formed, Glendon claims “law can and should
Mr. Fowler and I spoke about being back in Syracuse and how he is enjoying California weather. Apart from the weather, I inquired about foods that are popular that he doesn’t have access to in New York. He mentioned that he really enjoys the Mexican food, specifically the Taco Truck. I shared my experience there and we then spoke about sushi and Korean barbeque. Mr. Fowler, also told me that he will miss the El Salvadorian dishes his aunt and mother prepares. He asked about my favorite food place in Los Angeles and I told him The Grove. Lastly, we spoke about the fact that Syracuse does not have any options after 12, other than Dominos.
Murray’s argument is stronger than Connelly. As we can see, Mr. Murray clearly support his argument with evidence and his rebuttal was sharp answered point by point; mentioned to the statues that favor his position. However, Connelly’s argument seems weaker because he is kind of going over the emotional side of the story. When the point here is not to see that the child is not lucky to be in this situation instead to looking for the child best interest by looking to the facts that help the judges to make the right decision. Ultimately, we conclude that the child maybe will be happy if she lives with her mom. And sooner this child will grow up and be able to talk about herself and choice where she want
For many low-income Americans, the dialogue around health usually revolves around how accessible fresh food is to them. Gilligan’s article on Slate published on Feb 10th, 2014 purports that the problem does not lie with the so-called deserts. The argument presented by Gilligan assesses the validity of the claim that poor people are unhealthy because they do not have proper access to cheap, healthy food. It is not by getting more and more fresh food at low costs to these poor neighborhoods that people will become healthier but rather by assessing the poverty itself. Gilligan’s article is heavily factual and relies on statistical analysis to provide a clearer picture of the impact that more fresh food has had and sticks to a logical argument
Foreman’s comments from the video presentation, ‘Approaching the Question of God’s Existence” is proposed to promote the idea of God’s existence and explains that there is only one answer and no other way that another answer is acceptable. The approach of some people is to use the arguments the wrong way or to use them to do things they are not designed to do which results in the arguments not working. The arguments are not to give one hundred percent proof of God’s existence, but to carry connotations of certainty and value of His existence in the proof. Foreman relates this to mathematics and how there can be only one answer because no other would work. God’s existence cannot be proved by that of a math problem or any
She is working in the office and approaching to her co-worker's office. She wants to ask her co-worker about the man who also works in her company with a lot of question such as " How hot is he? Tall? Dark? No weeding ring?." After that, she is surprised because her co-worker interrupts and tells her that the men also is in the room. Suddenly, there is a female voice who states, "sometimes you just need a stronger antiperspirant” and that it, “helps handle even heavy sweating.” I believe that the commercial portrays a women's men. The commercial represents the ideal man of the woman that is young, single and attractive. Also, this ad emphasizes the power of the women because they can control and handle stressful
Considerable debate remains around how to read Aquinas on cognition. Some scholars, most recently Richard T. Lambert, argue that Aquinas is predominantly Aristotelian. Other scholars argue that Aquinas is predominantly Augustinian or following broad Neoplatonic impulses. The sheer extent of scholarly attention Aquinas has sustained over the centuries makes the material difficult to wade through and avoiding controversial claims impossible. Therefore, the following summary is an interpretation—one possible reading which I hope you will find convincing for the sake of the argument. This section proceeds in two parts. First, I provide a general overview of Aquinas on human knowledge of ordinary things. Second, I describe the possibility for human
Logan, I agree with your points that language used today is sexist and part of the idea that our culture is male-identified. To elaborate on your point, the world created today through language is only symbolic. According to Johnson, this symbolic oppression of women is because our culture values masculinity (Johnson, 2007). While I agree with your point about reinforcing the male dominant language to make women less important, according to the reading by Kleinman (2007), this sexist language doesn’t turn women invisible, but rather into objects. By using terms of men, women aren’t only disrespected, but also objectified. Which coincides with the definition you gave about patriarchy. If these male terms are used repeatedly the form of gender
College students call home twice a day on average (Hofer 2).psychology professor Barbara Hofer claims in her article. “A parent’s role in the path to adulthood, “that this statistic is not as heartwarming as it may seem. Rather, she says, It demonstrates that teens are increasingly more dependent on their parents. This thought is shared by university president John McCardell jr, who states in his new york times article, “let them drink at 18 with a learner’s permit” that, “if you infantilize someone do not be surprised when infantile behavior results” (1) on the other hand, neuroscientist sarah for this independence because their prefrontal cortex is still developing, causing them to be moody and take dangerous risk. Therefore, parents should let their teens be independent because it builds character. Parents