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    birthday. If the son had of done this, I would not have seek out any litigious actions against the family owned produce. By withdrawing before this time frame, no legal agency or entity will see any grounds for me having the right of recovering any damages made by their actions. However, since the son did not withdraw from the obligations, nor did the family

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    Pearson and McDonald’s Lawsuit Analysis Samantha Penico University of Maryland University College, AMBA 610 Executive Summary There are two major lawsuits which the main populace has defined as frivolous. One of those cases is the McDonald’s split coffee case. This is the case where the plaintiff spilled her coffee and was rumored to sue McDonald’s for 2.7 million dollars and win. The other’s case is the Pearson dry cleaning case where a man sued Chung Dry Cleaner’s 54 million dollars for

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    AutoZone has differentiated themselves. AutoZone has had its share of ups and downs. This company has been order to pay $185 million in punitive damages for discriminating against Rosario Juarez, a pregnant manager who was demoted and fired in 2008. Her $185 million victory against the auto parts retailer came in addition to the $870,000 she won in compensatory damages. This is one of the largest awards

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    unregistered firm can institute a criminal proceeding for | 1. | Incorrect | Which of the following types of damages are NOT available in contract cases? Your answer: Equitable remedies The correct answer: Pecuniary damagesINCORRECT. The major form of relief in contract cases is monetary damages. Other potential types of damages are equitable, and tort damages, including punitive damages. | | 2. | Incorrect | Cecil has a contract for $2000 to paint Buck's house so that Buck can place the house

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    Cases Comm 315 Case1 : King v.BioChem Therapeutic Inc. Fact: Dr King is hired by Bio Chem. She signed a special contract that specifies a period of probation. During this period, she can be let go but you have to be known the wrong behavior in order to be able to rectify it. If the wrong behavior persists then your contract will be terminated. Issue: Is the termination of the contract of Dr King for fault justified? Ratio Employer version of facts: 1st meeting: after 5 months and a half

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    Critique on “Damages” as a remedy for breach of contract under Indian, American, English and Chinese law. Project: Law of Contracts [pic] |Submitted to: |Submitted by: | |Prof (Dr.) Amar Singh | | |Principal Faculty, |Dheerak

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    consequent harm. Plaintiff suffered damages that will be proven at trial. 20. The conduct of Defendant proximately caused Plaintiff to suffer, and to continue to suffer, damages, including injuries to Plaintiff in an amount, which will be proven at trail. 21. The malicious and negligent conduct of Piper Reed was reckless disregard of Plaintiff’s rights, harm to physical well-being and invasion of personal space and therefore warrants the imposition of punitive damages. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE

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    job in question, and that the business could not run efficiently without the requirement—that it is a business necessity” (Dessler, 2017). CRA 1991 makes it easier to sue for money damages in such cases (Dessler, 2017). An employee that is making the claim and ask for, (1) compensatory damages and (2) punitive damages, if he or she can show the employer engaged in discrimination “with malice or reckless indifference to the federally protected rights of an aggrieved individual” (Dessler, 2017).

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