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    Christina Freeman 1. What court decided the case in the assignment? (2 points) Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County. 2. According to the case, what must a party establish to prevail on a motion for summary judgment? (3 points) In order to prevail on a motion for summary judgment, a movant has the burden to demonstrate that no genuine issue of material fact remains to be litigated; that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and that it appears from the evidence, when

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    Business Torts and Ethics Jonathan Smith ETH/321 Laurie Wicker Business Torts and Ethics Ethics in business contexts address the appropriateness of business decisions. Moral practices play an important part in ensuring that people undertake business activities according to acceptable moral standards. Experts in the business field intend for ethical codes to protect social groups, discourage unjust means of making profits, and guide entrepreneurs on making moral choices (Date, 2014). In the given

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    Angelica Keller (Plaintiff) vs. Southwest Airlines Co. /Jane Doe (Defendants): Angelica Keller: Resident of Smyma, Rutherford County Tennessee Southwest Airlines: A corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, doing business in Tennessee. A common carrier of passengers for hire. Jane Doe: An unidentified flight attendant employed by Southwest, Acting within her duties for the business of Southwest when the negligence occurred. Facts The Plaintiff was flying on South West flight

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    Pleading Complain

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    Attorneys for PlaintiffRANDY LAW | | SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO RANDY LAW, Plaintiff, v.PIPER REED, Defendant. | CASE NO. Lawyering Skills 1 Complaint Filed: August 31, 2012Trial Date: TBDDiscovery Cutoff: Motion Cutoff: | Plaintiff Randy Law, for his cause of action against Defendant Piper Reed complains and alleges as follows: PARTIES 1. Plaintiff Randy Law (“Plaintiff”) is a twenty-four year old student, at all times herein mentioned, is a third

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    INTRODUCTION A contract (according to Gibson 1997) is a lawful agreement made between two or more persons within the limits of their contractual capacity, with the serious intention of creating a legal obligation, communicating such intention, without vagueness, each to the other and being of the same mind as to the subject matter, to perform positive or negative acts which are possible of performance. Contracting parties through agreement, breach and operation of law can terminate contractual

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    addition, Toys R Us are negligent for having only one employee in their safety assurance department who received approximately 4,000 certificates of this kind per month. Furthermore, Aloe could also make a strong argument by imposing strict liability in tort on Toys R Us for personal injuries that result from selling a defective product with design defect that is unreasonably dangerous to the consumer without proper testing and compliance with Federal safety standard for such products. Aloe could also

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    Canadian Tort Law

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    when performing their occupation or supplying a product. Negligence in the design or construction of a product that results in damage or bodily harm, or could result in damage or bodily harm, can result in liability for economic loss under Canadian Tort law. Engineers, architects, and contractors need to be respectful of their duty of care to ensure their product is precisely produced with no danger of negligence. In 1972, Bird Construction Company Limited entered into a contract with Tuxedo Properties

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    Case Notes for Corr v IBC

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    Case Note: Corr v IBC 1511 words • Parties Mr Thomas Corr represented by his dependent widow (Plaintiff) seeking action against IBC Limited (defendant). • Facts The plaintiff, Mr Thomas Corr was an engineer employed by IBC vehicles Limited. Thomas who was 31 years of age at the time was working on a machine, when it threw a metal plate towards him without warning. It hit the right side of his head cutting off some of his ear. Due to the injury, Mr Corr had surgery on his right ear in order

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    Tort Law Tort Law has been a Civil Law practiced and used since the beginning of Law, after mankind first discovered what was right and what was wrong. It is a private or civil wrong for which damages may be removed and involves; falls at work, work vehicles, and nuisances. It’s a civil law that can be recognized for a law suit. It has a wide range of provisions and can range from negligence, purposeful, and ethics. Among the types of damages the injured party may recover are: loss of earnings

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    The law of contract in many legal systems requires that parties should act in good faith. English law refuses to impose such a general doctrine of good faith in the field of contract law. However, despite not recognizing the principle, English contract law is still influenced by notions of good faith. As Lord Bingham affirmed, the law has developed numerous piecemeal solutions in response to problems of unfairness. This essay will seek to examine the current and future state of good faith in English

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