Contributory Case Studies Samples For Students

Lowell Bray, The Plaintiff, filed an appeal in the Douglas County District Court asking for damages for injuries protracted when he skidded on ice on defendant's grounds. In its adjusted answer, the defendant, Kate Inc on behalf of Stockade Restaurant & Lounge, denied the petition's allegations and alleged that plaintiff was contributory negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout and in walking in such a manner that he lost his balance. It additionally claimed that plaintiff willingly presumed the risk of whatever hazardous condition existed.

Evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial illustrated that the Millard area in Douglas County, ...

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The elements of the plaintiff’s claim for damages against the hotel as the employer include loss of income/earnings or economic loss and pain and suffering. The complaint against the animal keepers as guests is a breach of the duty of care constituting negligence. Examples of animal diseases that one may contract as a result of being around or handling animals include zoonotic diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, arbovirus, and Campylobacteriosis. To avoid infection by these diseases, the care that one should include the use of personal protective equipment such as boot, aprons, overalls, goggles and gloves, ...

Sheila Renee White MAYO, Individually and as Administratixof her Minor Children, Rina Mayo, Jaclyn Mayo andPaige Mayo, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.HYATT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 89-3576Summary Calendar.

Background Information
The case was a collective petition from Sheila Renee Mayo along with her three minor children. It was an appeal case based on the district court’s summary dismissal of their case on grounds of insufficient evidence to support the claim. The claimants had sued the Hyatt Corporation, through Hyatt for the death of Jack Mayo the husband and father of the petitioners consecutively. The district courts found the deceased 100 per cent ...

Distinguish between slander, libel, defamation, deceit, and trade slander, indicating the instances each would apply and the significance of the dissimilarity.
For a statement to be actionable and considered to be defamation, it has to be published, false, and derogatory and must refer to a specific person. If it refers to a group of people, it is not defamation. A defaming statement cannot be complimentary even if not true. It must also have the effect of disadvantaging the individual, in that it has to be told to a third party possibly the media causing other people to avoid the plaintiff.
Slander ...

886 F.2d 14
28 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 823

v.

BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a Busch Gardens,

The Old Country, Defendant-Appellee
No. 138, Docket 89-7378.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued Sept. 13, 1989.Decided Sept. 15, 1989

Summary

On August 23, 1986, Willie Mae Gray and her two daughters went to Busch Gardens, an entertainment park in Williamsburg. She boarded a small train and tumbled off and harmed herself. Busch Gardens representatives dispatched a medical aid group to the site and called an emergency to evacuate her for medical attention. One of Plaintiff's Daughters accompanied her to the hospital while the other went to record the incident with the nurse. The records ...

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O.C. SEACREATS, INCORPORATED; Leighton W. Moore, Jr., Defendants- Appeallees.

Top Four (4) Facts:

Fact 1: the defendant had put up nine ‘NO DIVING’ signs at the property placed on the lower and upper decks. The signs were of a significant size and in distinct colors that made them visible to the intended audience. The five feet blue sign placed near the ladder leading to the water was the most distinct of them all and visible to all visitors. On the night of August 12, 1990, all the nine signs on the property were present and ran across the rails of the upper ...

How this scenario relates to an area of law taught in Introduction to Business Law

The tort of negligence is the area of law which this scenario relates to. LMS has threatened to seek legal action against Chuan & Associates to recover damages for the harm suffered because of the approval of financial statements which had material misstatements by the audit firm. Everything 4 Less Limited (E4L) acquisition was a decision based on the information contained in those financial statements and LMS suffered financial loss by relying on them. The statements had overstated the value of the company’s inventories, and this had increased the value of the company during the bid and subsequent acquisition.

The legally important facts in the scenario

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