Negligence Article Reviews Samples For Students

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Respondeat superior can be explained as the doctrine that affirms the responsibility of an employer over the employee. In particular, the doctrine states that a master is liable for torts committed by the servants in the course of their service (Pozgar, 2012). Pozgar (2012) elaborates that; respondeat superior dose not purge random negligence doctrine and neither is it exculpatory. As such, the employer remains predisposed to any negligence of its own that can be easily proved without respondeat superior doctrine being involved i.e. negligence in supervision or hiring. Correspondingly, the employee remains liable to the victim of the tort to ...

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Provision of excellent health care services should be the key objective for any professional health practitioner. According to health policies and regulations, health care practitioners are required or expected to act within the Hippocratic Oath as stipulated by the governing policies and principles. One of the core principles or standard which a health practitioner is expected to uphold is to ensure maximum life protection is offered or created to the involved clients. Lack of meeting or adhering to such principles can be termed to be negligence of one’s duty. Consequently, the aftermath associated with negligence of duty can be ...

The case overview “Did infiltrated injection site call for D/C of Taxol infusion?” (2008) by D.A.Tammelleo is dedicated to the liability of physicians and their practice groups for nurses’ malpractice. The case under discussion is Sacks v Neicase. In Sacks v Neicase the complaint, alleging medical malpractice against Dr.M.Sacks and The Medical Oncology Group was filed by Mr.Freeman, who suffered injuries due to Dr. Sacks’ negligence related to the administration of chemotherapy agents. Mr.Freeman died, and his daughter Mrs. Necaise acted as a plaintiff. The court awarded Necaise $ 217, 334.36.
According to Synopsis by Medical Law Institute Press (2007), ...

The relevant stakeholders described in the articles is composed of the corporations such as Newmont Mining and the other companies involved in the mining operations. However, the most affected and considerably the important stakeholders in the case are the residents of the communities near the Yanacocha mine, and town of Choropampa. Peru’s mining history was shrouded with allegations of environmental negligence due to the issues of mercury spill that affected the nearby areas of Newmont mining site. What makes the corporations involved as stakeholders is that the company has the highest business interest in the issue given that ...

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The decision making mantle in an organization is placed under the management. The top administration has the responsibility of making general decisions that have significant effect in an organization. However, this mantle is not solely under the management. The process of decision making should be constructed from the departmental heads. Decisions that may affect department are generated from decision generated from the departmental level. Generally, the decision making process should include all the parties and stakeholders in the organization under the command of the top administration. This enables for a well inclusive decision generated to fit the solutions needed for ...

Abstract

Hammurabi’s Code placed great value upon the slave as property, not as a human being. The slave’s value appeared to be measured by the degree to which he or she could perform work for the slave-owner. Grave punishments were inflicted upon a man who deprived another of his slave. While assaults upon freemen resulting in injury or death were punished in draconian fashion, monetary damages were the measure of reparation for the injury or wrongful death of a slave and were payable not to the slave or his family, but to the slave-owner. Liability for professional malpractice or negligence resulting ...