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    In Louisiana, Lillie would be able to recover under Louisiana Civil Code article 2315, which states in pertinent part “Every act whatever of man which causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it.” La. C.C. 2315 allows someone who has been wronged, to be compensated for the damage caused to him or her. In order to recover under La. C.C. art. 2315, an intentional tort must have been committed. In the present case, Joe has committed the intentional tort of battery.…

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    THE LAW JUDGE ERRED IN AWARDING THE CLAIMANT A 45% LOSS OF WAGE-EARNING CAPACITY. The record does not support more then a 37.5% loss of wage-earning capacity. In cases of permanent partial disability, the loss of wage-earning capacity is evidentiary determination that must be based on the claimant’s medical impairment and functional abilities as well as vocational and other non medical factors. See Van Rensselaer Manor (2017 WL 1825079). The Judge’s finding of a 3-B impairment rating pf…

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    Issue: The case in question has issues that requires a decision to be made. Firstly, it has to be established if the council is liable for the injuries that was caused to Replace in accordance to the law of negligence when he was celebrating the successful launch of a business venture with both Mark and Mary that were both present with him at the time the incident took place where he fell from the cliff which is located in the Watch out point. In order to establish whether Willow council is…

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    The plaintiff of this particular case was charged with theft by the court because he stole a water softer from home depot to provide for his family because he did not have the proper funds to do so himself. The plaintiff's arguments to why he had committed the crime was because of his financial state at the time that he had committed the criminal offense, he stated to the court that he himself was previously a drug addict himself but stopped after he was put and jail and released. During his…

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    Case: Ewing v. California, 583 U.S. 11 (2003) — Facts: George Ewing walked into a pro shop of a Los Angeles County golf course where he concealed and stole three golf clubs priced at $399 a piece. Aside from this incident, Ewing had several prior convictions, four of which were serious, violent, and/or felonious. In this case, Ewing was convicted of felony grand theft and sentenced to 25 years to life under California’s three-strike law. Procedural History: the California Court of Appeal and…

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    In this particular case, Bradley Smith sued Del Lago Partners, Inc. and Del Lago Partners, L.P., for the injuries he sustained when a fight broke out among customers at the Grandstand Bar, which is part of the respondents’ resort. Smith obtained both a skull fracture and brain damage. He sued De Lago on the premises-liability platform. After nine days of hotly disputed evidence, I would say both Smith and De Lago won on a 49-51 percent liability apportionment. Reducing Smith’s damages by the…

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    Nairoby Cruz Case Study

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    • P alleges assault and false arrest. P alleges that she, her sister Indira Alvarez (non-party) and other family members were involved in a brawl with Nairoby Cruz and Tanairy Cruz, sisters, (non-parties). P claims that Tanairy Cruz had early insulted Indira in a store. P claims that during the fight she was punched in the face, hit in the head and chest. P claims that during the fight an individual pushed her against the gate for approximately 5 minutes. P claims that during the fight Nairoby…

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    Kenneth Taheny Case

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    this is a matter involving Kenneth Taheny against Marque Millennium Capital Management, LLC. The matter involves a note/loan provided by Mr. Taheny to Marque. On October 11, 2013, a default judgment was issued by the Honorable Elizabeth Emerson of The Supreme Court of Suffolk County in the amount of $135,258.71 plus interest through the day of collection. The notice of default had been served on Mr. Meckel, the President Chairman and -- to the best of my knowledge -- sole shareholder of…

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    Bi-Weekly ILP Analysis

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    On 10/16/2015, CM met with the client and completed Bi-Weekly ILP Review. CM inquires the reason client couldn’t meet with CM on 10/13/2015. Client reported she got caught up with her recycling bottles. She mentioned this area the supermarket close at 7pm and she travel to Malcolm X. she also mentioned having problem at two different supermarket with the store manager. In the meeting client as usual was very talkative and cooperative. She appears her stage age and she appropriately dressed for…

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    The plaintiffs, mother and little baby girl, claim for false detainment by the defendants in their jewellery shop in downtown Victoria on July 4, 1992. The defendants deny the asserted detainment, guaranteeing that they told the plaintiff Joanne Jeeves she was allowed to leave the business premises. The defendants counterclaim against the plaintiff Joanne Jeeves for defamation emerging out of a record of the occurrence given by her to the daily paper correspondents and which showed up in a…

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