Moreover, the State and Local government did not make effective safety plan for their civilian before and after the hurricane tragedy. After Katrina, there was no effective rescue plan for Nine Ward community until two week later. There was not enough housing or camps for the survivors. According to the film, the government authorities treated weak and sick people like a trash. Kimberly’s grandmother was never been evacuated from the hospital and her body had not cleared after two week after the storm.
A business competition tort states it is a tortious interference with an existing contractual relationship. They also had specific knowledge of the contract and actively interfered with the contract. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc. (Steve and Walter) Discuss any liability BUGusa, Inc., may have for Walter's actions. BUGusa, Inc. can be liable for Walters's actions because Walter held Steve in a sound proof room. This can be considered false imprisonment, also negligence.
Because there was no distribution deal in place or sale of goods, there was statute of frauds. What facts may weigh in favor of Chou in terms of the parties objective intent to contract? One of the major factors that weigh in Chou’s favor is that they made an oral agreement regarding the distribution deal 3 days prior to the end of the 90 day contract. That could also hurt Chou because the distribution deal would have exceeded $500 and would need to be in writing. There was an email identifying that terms of the deal but it would not be considered a contract because there was no signatures and it was not identified as an actual contract.
Utz, according to a Zappe Endeavors news release, has more than 2,400 in four manufacturing facilities in Hanover, Pa. Zappe Endeavors had been finding ways to grow beyond the region under longtime manager Rod Olson, who took over as president following the death of founder Ron Zappe last year. It had acquired the Dirty Potato Chip line in the mid-1990s and factories in California and Pennsylvania. Zapp’s was founded in 1985 by Zappe, a life-long entrepreneur who turned away from the oilfield after the oil bust and started what would become affectionately known as "The Little Chippery in Gramercy" and one of the state’s most enduring brands. /news/business|112999164 Comments (4) In the mid-1980s, Ron Zappe's fortunes went south. The Houston resident owned small companies supplying pumps and other machines to Texas and Louisiana oil producers.
He opened his second store in Macomb, Illinois. He later opened several more stores and developed a prototype before franchising began in 1993. In January 2007, Liautaud sold a thirty-three percent stock to Weston Presidio, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. He retained sixty-seven percent ownership of the company. In 2010, When the Industrial Workers of the World attempted to unionize ten Minneapolis Jimmy John’s locations, the New York Times called effort “one of the few efforts to organize fast-food workers in American Industry”.
It appears as though Ms. Tom is suing Kresge’s, Co. for negligence due to her slip and fall accident that happened in their store. She believes Kresge is liable for her injury because it occurred as a result of a condition created by Kresge’s "mode of operation." Mrs. Tom contends that Kresge’s should be held liable because the condition that she said caused the accident had existed for a length of time that if Kresge had exercised normal use of ordinary care, Kresge’s employees at the store should have known of the condition and taken action to remedy it. The “mode of operation” rule looks to a business’s choice of a particular mode of operation and not the particular events surrounding the plaintiff’s accident. Typically, under the rule, the plaintiff is not required to prove notice if the defendant
Two-thirds of all homestead claimants failed to farm their land, due primarily to the lack of rainfall, inappropriate tools, and incorrect crops. Much of the Great Plains saw less than twenty inches of rainfall annually, living up to its name "the Great American Desert. The little rainfall was not enough to support extensive agriculture. The arid climate left the ground hard and impossible to plow. There were no rivers or lakes to provide irrigation and what rain did fall was soon evaporated by the sun.
They forced him to make decisions based off of the constitution with no precedent. He created the precedent for these cases’ conclusions. These precedents carry through time and lead to now, still having an effect on the United States. Marbury versus Madison was an influential Supreme Court case in US history. The case was developed because Marbury did not receive his commission from the previous Secretary of State which was John Marshall.
Case Study Report Fresh Direct Fresh Direct / www.freshdirect.com / Online grocery BACKGROUND/HISTORY Fresh Direct is an online grocery store that offers delivery, pickup service and corporate services to select deliver zones. Fresh directs’ cofounder Joseph Fedele in 2001 launched the business. His prior experience in 1993 cofounded Fairway Uptown, the low prices on quality produce and meats made it a hit with the residents. He remained CEO until January of 2004 then Jason Ackerman cofounder remained CEO until September of 2004. Since then the CEO position has changed hands a few more times Richard Braddock took the CEO position over in 2008 stating “I chose to increase my involvement with the company because I love the business and I think it has great growth potential.” (Dess, G., Lumpkin, G. & Eisner, A.
Baker was unable to provide any proof that Attired’s tattoo actually caused the restaurant to lose money. Attired’s job performance had been evaluated every three months. There were a total of four evaluations, only one had an unfavorable remark. The Dec 2009-Feb 2010 evaluation said that Attired was told that it is not alright to call a customer a name because he did not leave you a tip. There is no employee manual or written policy about employee conduct.