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  • Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods

    Sheets v. Teddy’s Frosted Foods 1980 Connecticut Supreme Court • Plaintiff, Sheets, claiming he was wrongly dismissed as quality control director, by defendant employer, Teddy’s Frosted Foods. • Lower court found employment was employment at will and thus employer has right to terminate employee without cause. • Supreme Court decides case under tort law, rather…

  • Attorney Client Privilege Concepts

    Attorney Client Privilege Concepts The purpose for Attorney -client privilege is to encourage open communications between the attorney and client. Every client of every attorney-regardless of the legal advice or assistance sought-is subject to discovery demands that could reveal privileged information. Attorney-Client Privilege concepts traces the historical development of the attorney-client privilege, of court interpretations…

  • Punitive Damages

    Punitive damages are awarded in cases where the conduct of the defendant is deemed to be so outrageous that justice is only served by adding a penalty over and above compensatory damages. (1) Introduction to Damages in Tort Law There are three kinds of torts, and in two of them (negligent […]

  • Punitive Damages

    Punitive damages are awarded in cases where the conduct of the defendant is deemed to be so outrageous that justice is only served by adding a penalty over and above compensatory damages. (1) Introduction to Damages in Tort Law There are three kinds of torts, and in two of them (negligent […]

  • Alien Tort Statute

    Alien Tort Statute (ATS) 1. Doe v. Exxon 2. Bowoto v. Chevron 3. Document Summary – Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 4. Doe I v. Lui Qui 5. Record – Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 6. Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.p 8.…

  • Tort Liability

    Tort Liability Dimensions of Tort Liability There is a clear moral basis for recovery through the legal system where the defendant has been careless (negligent) or has intentionally caused harm. Using the concepts that we are free and autonomous beings with basic rights, we can see that when others interfere with either our freedom or…

  • The Right to Privacy 9

    The Right to Privacy   [10] Cooley on Torts, 2d ed., p. 29. [11] 8 Amer. Law Reg. N.S. 1 (1869); 12 Wash. Law Rep. 353 (1884); 24 Sol. J. & Rep. 4 (1879). [12] Scribner’s Magazine, July, 1890. “The Rights of the Citizen: to His Reputation,”by E. L. Godkin, Esq. pp. 65, 67. [13]…

  • The Right to Privacy 9

    The Right to Privacy   [10] Cooley on Torts, 2d ed., p. 29. [11] 8 Amer. Law Reg. N.S. 1 (1869); 12 Wash. Law Rep. 353 (1884); 24 Sol. J. & Rep. 4 (1879). [12] Scribner’s Magazine, July, 1890. “The Rights of the Citizen: to His Reputation,”by E. L. Godkin, Esq. pp. 65, 67. [13]…

  • The Right to Privacy 8

    The Right to Privacy   The same reasons exist for distinguishing between oral and written publications of private matters, as is afforded in the law of defamation by the restricted liability for slander as compared with the liability for libel.[47] The injury resulting from such oral communications would ordinarily be so trifling that the law…

  • Legal blogosfera review this week

    Legal blogosfera review this week Legal History Blog tells about an essay on billboards and how the public and the court have judged billboards’ aesthetic qualities. Workplace Prof Blog tells about an article on “Reframing Women Employees’ Responses to the Harms of Sexual Harassment.” According to the abstract, an employee’s response to sexual harassment generally…