SMG LA 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Res Ipsa Loquitur, Contributory Negligence, Punitive Damages
27 Oct 2016
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Current events paper; identify current legal event, explain the event, and analyze the event. Current within last 6 months (at trial) Elements: duty of care, breach, causation, damages. Elements are what a plaintiff have to prove in trial. Duty of care: defendant has a legal responsibility to the plaintiff. Special relationship = duty may be assumed (landowners, professionals: professionals can have special relationship with clients. Duty of care: palsgraf v long island rr. Is it foreseeable that the person would be injured: court ruled: no dut(cid:455). He (cid:449)as far a(cid:449)a(cid:455), a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e foresee(cid:374) that the pa(cid:272)kage would explode, cause something to dislodge all the way down. Hernandez: harm to another person is foreseeable when you give alcohol to an underage drinker. Drunk driving struck mr. hernandez, and hernandez sued. If (cid:455)ou"re ser(cid:448)i(cid:374)g people too e(cid:454)(cid:272)ess or u(cid:374)derage, the(cid:374) (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)el ia(cid:271)le si(cid:374)(cid:272)e it is forseea(cid:271)le that they can go out and injure someone.
