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Debate on Automobile Liability Insurance That is Compulsory

In seventeen pages this research paper considers the continuing problem in the United States of uninsured drivers and considers ho...

School Field Trips, Tort Liability, and In Loco Parentis

In eight pages school settings are considered in an in loco parentis application that discusses field trips and teacher liability ...

Immanuel Kant, Support for Tort Reform and Stella Liebeck's Case

In five pages this paper discusses the tort reform laws of Congress, the case of Stella Liebeck, and how each would be supported b...

Tort Liability and Teachers

In ten pages this research paper examines the educational system and the application of tort law to administrators and educators. ...

Abuses and the Need for Tort Reform in the United States

In seven pages this paper discusses how in the US tort reform is desperatly needed because of system abuses. Six sources are cite...

Liability and Avalanches Law Review

In seven pages this research paper discusses the predictions of avalanches, postings, and cleanup within the contexts of tort, sta...

Hypothetical Legal Case Decisions and American Law

In six pages this paper examines hypothetical legal cases involving concepts such as the 'Necessary and Proper' clause of the US C...

Tort Reform Arguments Both For and Against

both pain and suffering and punitive damages. Hofmann (2003) believes that the Presidents: "... call for the reform of medical mal...

Tort Actions and English Law

may also be seen to give the case strength, as injury to a blind person was foreseeable and action had not been taken to protect ...

15 Sample Canadian Tort Case Questions and Answers

defendant where there is a close relationship so that the defendant should have reasonably thought of the plaintiff as seen in the...

Reform, Liability, and Tort Law

are classified as torts by requiring them to serve prison terms, the tort system penalizes them by requiring them to provide monet...

Religion and Issues of Privacy

lawsuit, the disclosure must be public, that is, disclosure to a limited number of people or to those who have a legitimate need t...

Property, Contract and Tort Law

judicial interjection? Clearly, those such as medical professionals uphold certain responsibilities when it comes to their practi...

Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

200 percent of the compensatory damages awarded" (Bamonte PG). Currently juries have plenty of room to award large damage claims ...

Employees and United Kingdom's Tort Law

seen in the way the facts are interpreted. If we consider, whilst we are reading this, if the same interpretation would have been ...

Tort Reform and Medical Malpractice

the implications and recourse citizens have in regard to torts. What determines whether or not an individual seeks tort action an...

English Contract Law and Tort Obligations

for breach of contract or its terms. Third parties were excluded due to both consideration and privity (McKendrick, 2000). It may ...

An English Law Case Study

to the attention of the reader. Abigail and the Tickets Abigal is the manger of the Room, the theatre that has contracted a st...

Germany, France, and England Overlapping of Tort and Contract

Under English law, a contract does not need to be written to be valid. If an agreement - either a written or oral one - can meet ...

Negligence and Tort Law of the United Kingdom

imprisonment can be handed down by the court. The main aim of tort law is to provide a route to gain relief for...

English Tort Law Questions

case of White and Others (1998) supported a previous case of Dulieu v White and Sons (1901), which stated that where an individual...

Chetum v Knarles

operate a facilities maintenance company that includes four other employees, one of whom is a licensed plumber. The company pays t...

Tort Law-the Fault Principle

it is and how it is used in order to provide a basis on assessing its weaknesses and faults. The concept of fault is based on th...

Tort Reform and HBO's Hot Coffee

had to undergo numerous skin grafts and almost died because McDonalds was serving coffee at absurdly high temperatures ("Synopsis,...

Tort Reform An Analysis

Tort reform has been bantered about for decades. Court awards for punitive damages, pain, and suffering are...

Medical Malpractice, Overview of State Statutes

This research paper discusses issues relevant to medical malpractice tort reform. The statutes of Oregon and Virginia are describe...

Maryland, Germany, Sweden, the UK, and Negligence or Medical Malpractice

responsible body of medical men skilled in that particular art" (Lexis, 2005). This test is referred to as the Bolam test ...

Issue of Tort Reform in Florida

Tort reform does make sense because the system is broken, encouraging people to sue anyone due to negligence or carelessness. The ...

Connecticut and Malpractice Litigation

was initiated, however, the Sabias settled with Humes for $1.35 million, before then moving on to try to get what they could from ...

Proposed Tort Reform

significant (Albert, 2004). As indicated by the position of the ATLA (1994), "defensive medicine" refers to tests or procedures th...