Questions tagged [negligence]
Negligence is a common law tort concerned with the protection of person, property and economic interests from harm caused by another person's unintentional (but possibly deliberate) failure to take care.
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Kid left in hot car: What main legal factors affect if charges are brought?
If a kid gets left in a hot car (e.g. because the caretaker forgets), the kid can die. Serious criminal charges are sometimes brought against the caretaker (or caretakers, plural)...
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Why Can’t I prove Negligence & claim damages in delayed Admission Decision?
A gov admitting agency had the mandate to green-light my application but they halted it pending transcript verification from my previous university. I was later admitted but BECAUSE i wasn’t admitted ...
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In Canada, is there an individual cause of action against a perjurer or police?
Consider the situation where a person commits perjury by falsely asserting a material fact in court that goes against your case.1
In Canada, could you sue the perjurer? Suppose you lost your job, ...
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Are emergency alarms/notification systems required at places of employment?
Suppose I own a business and have lots of employees who come to a location I own, work eight hours, and then leave and go home at the end of the day. An employee points out to me that he is concerned ...
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Am I Allowed to Refuse a Rescue? What Issues Would That Cause?
Suppose my one-person boat sinks and I escape in my life raft. Later, party X comes along and offers to rescue me. Suppose, for whatever reason, I don't want to go with X.
Question: Am I obliged to ...
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tort law - loss of employment after psychiatric injury
X suffered psychiatric injury by the negligence of Y.
X remains sick a year after wards and jobless as well.
Is Y liable for psychiatric injury only (assuming he is negligent) or is he liable for X'...
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Tort - standard of care
My question is to do with the case Nettleship v Weston - I am having trouble agreeing with Denning's judgement in that a learner driver is required to drive the standard of a reasonably competent ...
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H&R Block gave me someone else's personal info by mistake. What do I do?
I needed to amend my 2013 tax return so I went to H&R Block, my first mistake. A few weeks later I went back to the H&R block office to pick up my amended return and other supporting documents....
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Can you sue yourself for wrongful-death without admitting manslaughter?
Prompted by a comment in another question, the story of a woman suing herself came to my attention.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/19/utah-appeals-court-allows-woman-to-sue-herself-over-fatal-car-...
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In the state of Maryland, are there codes governing apartment building garage doors
I haven't been able to find anything on this particular issue. Are there safety regulations governing the type, maintenance, operation, etc. of garage doors in the state of Maryland for condos/...
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Can I sue Apple/Dell/HTC for batteries that fail when ThinkPads live on?
It is a known fact that Li-Ion batteries will die and become useless much faster when kept fully charged 100% and always topped up 100% as compared to when they're only charged to, say, about 50% or ...
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Joke Website / Funny Website repercussions
I have made a funny site not really trying to be serious, which may involve hitting your head on a wall. I state this is a joke, and not meant to be taken seriously. But I'm just trying to cover my ...
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Precedent of doctor being sued after giving his private phone number
I'm looking for a precedent of a doctor getting sued after giving his private phone number for a patient to consult, yet not being available at a moment of emergency.
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Open Source Software and Legal Responsibility for Software Content
I'm working with a few folks on updating some serious software for mechanism design. Engineered mechanisms have existed in the world now for a few hundred years or so.
The science here isn't really ...
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Business sending personal info to a random email address
Is there a recourse against a business sending personal information of a customer to a wrong email address?
For example, if I provide a correct email address to the business through an online form, ...
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Lawyer made a key decision without consulting me. Is this normal?
While this case is happening to a relative of mine rather than myself, I will speak in first person for the sake of simplicity.
I had a medical procedure performed by a licensed doctor (Dr. A). This ...
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