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    This case is in regards to the tort of negligence‚ with the central issue being causation. With the evidence provided‚ it is necessary to determine whether Vera and PC Webster are owed a duty of care and subsequently have any claims. Firstly‚ the ’but for’ test is to be applied‚ in which the courts ask: ’but for the defendant’s action‚ would the damage have occurred?’ The courts have accepted that drivers automatically owes a duty of care to every other road user ‚ including pedestrians. Jack’s

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    d. Elements of Negligence The four elements of negligence must be present in order for a plaintiff to recover damages cause by negligence. These are duty to care‚ breach of duty‚ injury‚ and causation. In duty of care‚ there must be an obligation to conform to recognized standard. In breach of duty‚ there must be a deviation from the recognized standard of care and there must be a failure to adhere to an obligation. In injury‚ there must be actual damages. And lastly‚ in causation‚ the departure

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    In this case‚ John has a cause of action against TAFE for his injury from the accident‚ he had rights to claim for his cost from TAFE that he did not fix the engine on the wrong way. There are five steps about the law of negligence‚ first is duty of care‚ it is a legal duty owed by one person to another‚ in this case‚ TAFE owed a duty of care to John. Because based on foreseeable test‚ John is a student who graduated form the TAFE‚ he also proved that the instructor of TAFE gives him a wrong instructions

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    To: Mr. McCraw From: Nicole Ryan RE: “Potential Negligence Claim Against Pharmacist” Facts: The patient/client has been diagnosed with HIV+ and sought medical attention. The physician conducted an examination designed to identify the appropriate specific medication for the patient. The appropriate prescription was emailed to the pharmacy‚ Rite Aid. The pharmacy received and labeled the medication but mistakenly put the wrong medication in the bottle. Therefore the bottle was labeled correctly

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    unreasonable conduct endangers someone to whom they owe a duty of care to. 4. The standard of care in most negligence cases is the degree of care that the law requires in a particular case. In most cases‚ the standard is reasonableness. What an ordinary prudent person would do under the same or similar circumstances. The standard of care is the way in which we measure the breach of duty that leads to negligence liability. 5. Some of the factors that help determine reasonableness are: sight

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    Analysis Step 1: Ms. Jones’ lawsuit alleging negligence on the part of TWS for failing to maintain a safe entryway to the store needs to meet the four elements required for negligence: (1) a duty of care; (2) a breach of the duty; (3) causation; and (4) injury.  Step 2: TWS claims Ms. Jones was comparatively negligent in an attempt to reduce the total damages that Ms. Jones can recoup which is decided upon the degree to which Mr. Jones’ personal negligence contributed to cause the injury inflicted

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    Torts Defenses to Negligence‚ Pg. 106‚ 4.7 In the case of Peterson v. Donahue‚ Neal Peterson sued David Donahue for negligence after a ski collision that occurred while both parties were on the ski slopes. Eleven year old Peterson was coming down the slopes very fast when he collided with forty three year old‚ advanced skier‚ Donahue who was skating across the slope toward the parking lot. Donahue saw Peterson seconds before the impact which knocked him out of his skis ten to twelve feet down

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    Tort Actions The most prevalent tort in scenario 2 is negligence. The first act of negligence would be the glass that was found in Anna’s food that caused her injury. The second negligent act was the waiter’s decision to carry a flaming dish through the restaurant without announcing his presence. The restaurant owner’s negligent decision to not install an emergency exit other than a revolving door entrance caused an elderly woman to be trampled and caused several other patrons to suffer from

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    The duty of care has been breached Law 02 the second sttage of negligence You have not started this quiz yet. You have 17 questions to answer. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. Breah of duty is the second stage of negligence. We can prove if there was a breach of duty by using the ’............’ test * reasonable person * reasonable man * degree of risk * standard of care 2. In this test there is an ’.........................

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    The preliminary issue in the question is fast food restaurant is vicariously liable for the Cathy’s negligence. Since the concerns about the law of tort‚ the following analysis will focus on the possible tortuous liability instead of the potential breach of the contractual obligation and the criminal acts. In principle of vicarious liability‚ to make an employer liable for a wrong committed by an employee‚ the plaintiff must establish that: 1. defendant is an employee ( as opposed to an independent

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