value of their case or claims”. The article also found that a case can be dropped due to reasons that should have been foreseen by the plaintiff and his attorney. Thorough investigations should be made by a plaintiff and his attorney before filling a lawsuit as this would reduce the number of claims which ultimately reduces the litigation cost. Some scholars from the University of Michigan found that “when defendants provide information efficiently to plaintiffs‚ it helps reduce the number of new cases
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that tort reform prevents “frivolous lawsuits” and lowers medical care costs for the general public. However‚ the evidence proves these ideas false. As tort reform has been shown to do very little‚ if anything‚ to help the American people‚ other methods such as repealing tort reform laws in their entirety should be attempted. Tort reform began in the 1980s as a political and corporate undertaking against large settlements reached in personal injury lawsuits. According to John T. Nockelby‚ director
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and universal professional codes of ethical standards. Case : Amgen Whistleblowing Case Amgen‚ a Thousand Oaks‚ California–based company‚ had the unenviable task of dealing with lawsuits filed by 15 states in 2009 alleging a Medicaid kickback scheme.1 To make matters worse‚ two additional whistleblowing lawsuits were filed against the company in Ventura County. The complaints‚ which don’t appear related to the fraud alleged by the group of states‚ were brought by former employees who said they
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the worst case possible could be something like this; “Feng & Global Service refuses to negotiate‚ pointing out that DGG abandoned and stop making product under the name of Luna. Thus DGG is left with no other choice but to file an uncertain lawsuit which would be both time consuming and costly.” To prevent this from happening‚ it would be unwise to start the first contact with firm stand like writing Feng that his company must cease its unauthorized use of the Luna name‚ and
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the investigation are used to determine the disciplinary action to be taken‚ if any. Complaints that are handled by the Board of Pharmacy involve violation of the regulations governing the board and may not necessarily be linked to a patient. Civil lawsuit on the other hand primarily involves
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Explain the difference between rules of the common law and principles of equity. Law is to be seen as definite and also flexible and fair. It specifically needs unambiguous rules on one hand but flexibility on the other to provide exceptions to cases that may lead to apparently unjust conclusions where rules are applied rigidly. Common law‚ as define by Wikipedia‚ refers to law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals‚ rather than through legislative statutes or executive
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right to protect his home and property. He and his lawyer stated that this right superseded his employment contract. Additionally‚ some employees filed a lawsuit against the
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the breach. Then‚ you need material meaning you have to show evidence of how the actions affected the contract. Next‚ you need to look through the contract and determine if the matter needs to be heard in mediation or arbitration before filing a lawsuit. If so you must attempt
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Hooters has‚ for more than 27 years‚ been represented by its attractive‚ beautiful Hooters Girls. Recently‚ the company has been facing a lawsuit raised by two of its waitresses in Michigan‚ Cassandra Smith and Leeanne Convery‚ who got fired following a gain of weight. The two girls are suing the company for discrimination. Many questions arises from such a lawsuit. Indeed‚ is being fired for being too heavy akin to being fired because of age‚ religion‚ sex‚ color‚ or national origin ? Is Hooters’ action
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Its headquarters is in Miami‚ Oklahoma. This company filed for Bankruptcy in mid-2012 because there is a number of product liability lawsuits filed against it. The cans produced by this company would explode when used to pour gas to start a fire.There are 75 separate cases occurred due to the explosion of these cans. Fourteen people died due to the cans‚ including six children‚ one of
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