That morning, a little before eight o’clock, Damms drove his automobile to the vicinity in Milwaukee where he knew Mrs. Dams would take the bus to go to work. He saw her walking along the sidewalk, stopped, and induced her to enter the car by falsely stating that Mrs. Grant was ill and dying. They drove to Mrs. Grant’s home. Mrs. Damms then discovered that her mother was up and about and not seriously ill. Nevertheless, the two Damms remained there nearly two hours conversing and drinking coffee.
It begins with the lawsuit against brought against McDonald’s by Stella Lieback who sued for third-degree burns she suffered after spilling a scalding cup of coffee that was served to her in their drive-thru. Stella Lieback’s suit against McDonalds created a media storm and at the time it was hard to find someone who had not heard about the case. As a result of her injuries, 79-year-old Stella endured a lengthy stay in hospital, where she required surgery, skin grafts and therapy, for which she was awarded over $2 million - but she was left with a damages award of less than $200,000. She eventually settled with McDonald's out of court. The Lieback story is used in the film to illustrate how big corporations used the case as a catalyst for tort reform.
In November of 1998, Lilly Ledbetter retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and she filed a suit claiming sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The District Court allowed this case to go to trial at which time Ledbetter sought backed damaged and wages to make up for the raises she did not receive throughout the time of her employment. The jury in the first trial awarded Ledbetter the money she was asking for. As expected, Goodyear appealed this ruling claiming that the charge was not made within the time frame allowed by Title VII. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
Case Summary: Alice Liberty University Case Summary of Alice Alice H. presents as a 53 year old, twice divorced Caucasian female who has been working for a local grocery store as a cashier for the last 20 years. Alice H.’s chief complaint is stated as a difficult relationship with her supervisor, who Alice states is of Asian descent. Alice states the relationship has been somewhat difficult for the last 6 months, but seems to becoming more difficult each day. Alice describes her supervisor as unfair, insensitive and “just wants her to leave”. Alice has been married and divorced twice and has two grown children, Kim (32) and Jonathan (30) from her first marriage.
The speckled band A young woman named helen stoner contacts Holmes because of the strange death of her sister Julia. The girl indeed was supposed to get married soon, and therefore receives an annual sum of 250 pounds by her stepfather dr. Roylott, cause her mother died in a car accident. Helen says to Holmes that one night she found her sister julia death on the floor of her bedroom, adding that the woman's last words were about a slow whistle and a speckled band coming down the air intake. After further investigation conducted inside the family house, Holmes and watson discover that a venomous snake, sent by roylott himself, has killed Julia in her bedroom, while she was sleeping. Understaning that the next victim would have been
Facts: In July 2011, Marlorita Battle filed a lawsuit in the Nashville division of Tennessee’s U.S. District Court against A&E Television Networks, LLC and Wild Eyes Productions for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Battle appeared on the show “The Squad: Prison Police” while visiting her husband in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. Battle was portrayed by the show as someone smuggling drugs into the prison. The police conducted a search on the show and turned up no evidence of drug smuggling in spite of their accusations. Battle then sued A&E along with the producers of the show for $375,000 for punitive and compensatory damages.
Business Research Misrepresentation In the court case United States v. Dokich, case No. 08-2850, appealed and sustained on July 21, 2010, Melvin Dokich defrauded many investors for millions. Dokich sold stock for a fraudulent company named Efoora Incorporated. Efoora made claims of conducting research for developing diagnostic tests for HIV, mad-cow disease, and blood glucose levels. Efoora’s claims of research and testing was feloniously supported, and staged, by inviting potential investors and customers to Efoora’s headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
This assignment will examine the case scenario of Yvonne Esposito, an 80-year old woman who collided with an employee, Jason Davis, when he abruptly turned around without warning at the close of an arts and crafts show. The result was a fall causing a fractured hip that required hip replacement surgery leaving Esposito with a physical impairment. Esposito is suing in federal district court alleging negligence. I will examine the factors that indicate whether or not Davis owed Esposito a duty of care and what do those factors indicate in these circumstances. Looking at this case with no legal background and only a book to base my facts from, I do believe Mrs. Esposito has a case.
Belleville Woman Guilty of Fraud (February 17, 2012) Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Stephanie Reeves, 35, of Belleville, Illinois, has entered a plea of guilty in federal district court on February 17, 2012, to a one count information charging that Reeves committed bankruptcy fraud by falsely claiming that she was in bankruptcy, in order to stop collection efforts by a business to which she owed money. At her plea, Reeves admitted that she utilized the bankruptcy documents of another person by placing her name on the court forms and then sending them to a lender in order to gain benefit of an automatic bankruptcy stay to which she was not entitled. The charges resulted
Brook Antonio GEC 100/ Sharon Corbin W3D1 Article Analysis My first article is titled "Jay-z can fight racial profiling in retail." It's an article written from a commentary stand point by Roxanne Jones; former ESPN president, and co-author of "Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete." Roxanne Jones is expressing her opinions related to rapper Jay-Z's affiliation to the luxury store Barney's. Barney's is in the middle of a racial profiling lawsuit. Roxanne states, “two Barney’s customers, Trayon Christian and Kayla Phillips, said last week that they were racially profiled and detained by police after making expensive purchases."