This document provides an overview of law and markets, including discussions on CEO hubris, tort law, and a case on obesity and product liability lawsuits. It covers key topics such as common law, property rights, intellectual property, contracts, torts, negligence, and strict liability. The readings also include case examples related to false imprisonment, assumption of risk, duty of care, and damages awards.
The document defines various crimes and defenses. It discusses different classes of crimes like felonies and misdemeanors. It outlines crimes against people such as homicide, assault, and kidnapping. Crimes against property include burglary, larceny, and arson. Defenses to criminal liability are also examined, including insanity, entrapment, and justifiable use of force.
This document provides an overview of tort law. It defines a tort as a private wrong that injures another person, and a tortfeasor as the person committing the tort. It discusses the differences between tort and criminal law. It covers various intentional torts like battery, false imprisonment, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also discusses negligence, strict liability, defenses to negligence, and remedies for torts. Key topics include duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, actual harm, contributory and comparative negligence, assumption of risk, and injunctions.
This document summarizes key concepts related to tort law. It discusses the differences between crimes and torts, including that crimes are public wrongs against society while torts are private wrongs against individuals. It also covers types of torts like negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability torts. The document discusses parties to a civil lawsuit, standards of proof, and potential remedies in tort cases like damages. Overall, it provides a high-level overview of tort law fundamentals.
William Moorehead, President, All Clear Emergency Management Group
Using situational analysis, participants will learn to identify common legal issues in emergency
management and how to enhance response through agreements. This session will examine common
legal issues encountered within emergency management and emergency response including liability and
the formation of mutual aid agreements. The audience will analyze hypothetical scenarios and news
stories to identify potential liability issues. The session will highlight the challenges and barriers to
implementing agreements, benefits of prepositioned contracts, and the importance of putting agreement
in place now before they are needed. The goals of the session are to review the fundamentals of
liability, examine common legal issues, discuss best practices, and analyze situations common in
emergency management.
The document provides an outline for a lesson on negligence and insurance. It begins with defining negligence and explaining why the law of negligence is important for small businesses and consumers. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the essential elements of negligence, including duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damage. The document also discusses defenses to negligence claims like contributory negligence. Finally, it addresses remedies for negligence, defines insurance, and explains why insurance is important for mitigating risk for small businesses.
This document summarizes key points from a presentation on investigating, prosecuting, and defending environmental crimes. It discusses:
1) Wildlife cases are often resolved with pleas to misdemeanors and fines, with efforts to reduce incidental takes. Pollution cases, which the rest of the presentation focuses on, involve broader discretion for prosecutors and general intent/negligence standards.
2) When a criminal investigation begins, the goals are to avoid indictment, resolve issues civilly if possible, avoid obstruction risks, ensure no one goes to jail, and cooperate with authorities to correct any issues and repair relationships.
3) Key steps include assessing subpoenas, controlling documents, interviewing witnesses, and potentially
This document discusses tort liability and risk management in schools. It defines a tort as a civil wrong that results in personal injury or property damage. The purpose of policy should be to promote security and equity. Tort liability helps ensure schools meet their responsibility to provide safe policies. Negligence occurs when someone fails to use reasonable care, causing injury to another, and requires duty, breach, causation, and damages. Defenses include contributory negligence, comparative negligence, assumption of risk, sovereign immunity, and statutory immunity. Intentional torts in schools could include battery, assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Schools can manage risk through insurance, behavior regulations, and facility inspections.
This document discusses various torts and their application to cyber law. It defines a tort as a civil wrong that results in injury. There are three main categories of torts: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability. Negligence requires four elements - duty, breach, injury, and causation. Strict liability does not require fault. The document explores how various intentional torts like defamation, fraud, and interference apply in cyberspace. It also discusses if internet service providers can be liable for subscribers' actions in tort cases involving spam or viruses.
The document defines various crimes and defenses. It discusses different classes of crimes like felonies and misdemeanors. It outlines crimes against people such as homicide, assault, and kidnapping. Crimes against property include burglary, larceny, and arson. Defenses to criminal liability are also examined, including insanity, entrapment, and justifiable use of force.
This document provides an overview of tort law. It defines a tort as a private wrong that injures another person, and a tortfeasor as the person committing the tort. It discusses the differences between tort and criminal law. It covers various intentional torts like battery, false imprisonment, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also discusses negligence, strict liability, defenses to negligence, and remedies for torts. Key topics include duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, actual harm, contributory and comparative negligence, assumption of risk, and injunctions.
This document summarizes key concepts related to tort law. It discusses the differences between crimes and torts, including that crimes are public wrongs against society while torts are private wrongs against individuals. It also covers types of torts like negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability torts. The document discusses parties to a civil lawsuit, standards of proof, and potential remedies in tort cases like damages. Overall, it provides a high-level overview of tort law fundamentals.
William Moorehead, President, All Clear Emergency Management Group
Using situational analysis, participants will learn to identify common legal issues in emergency
management and how to enhance response through agreements. This session will examine common
legal issues encountered within emergency management and emergency response including liability and
the formation of mutual aid agreements. The audience will analyze hypothetical scenarios and news
stories to identify potential liability issues. The session will highlight the challenges and barriers to
implementing agreements, benefits of prepositioned contracts, and the importance of putting agreement
in place now before they are needed. The goals of the session are to review the fundamentals of
liability, examine common legal issues, discuss best practices, and analyze situations common in
emergency management.
The document provides an outline for a lesson on negligence and insurance. It begins with defining negligence and explaining why the law of negligence is important for small businesses and consumers. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the essential elements of negligence, including duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damage. The document also discusses defenses to negligence claims like contributory negligence. Finally, it addresses remedies for negligence, defines insurance, and explains why insurance is important for mitigating risk for small businesses.
This document summarizes key points from a presentation on investigating, prosecuting, and defending environmental crimes. It discusses:
1) Wildlife cases are often resolved with pleas to misdemeanors and fines, with efforts to reduce incidental takes. Pollution cases, which the rest of the presentation focuses on, involve broader discretion for prosecutors and general intent/negligence standards.
2) When a criminal investigation begins, the goals are to avoid indictment, resolve issues civilly if possible, avoid obstruction risks, ensure no one goes to jail, and cooperate with authorities to correct any issues and repair relationships.
3) Key steps include assessing subpoenas, controlling documents, interviewing witnesses, and potentially
This document discusses tort liability and risk management in schools. It defines a tort as a civil wrong that results in personal injury or property damage. The purpose of policy should be to promote security and equity. Tort liability helps ensure schools meet their responsibility to provide safe policies. Negligence occurs when someone fails to use reasonable care, causing injury to another, and requires duty, breach, causation, and damages. Defenses include contributory negligence, comparative negligence, assumption of risk, sovereign immunity, and statutory immunity. Intentional torts in schools could include battery, assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Schools can manage risk through insurance, behavior regulations, and facility inspections.
This document discusses various torts and their application to cyber law. It defines a tort as a civil wrong that results in injury. There are three main categories of torts: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability. Negligence requires four elements - duty, breach, injury, and causation. Strict liability does not require fault. The document explores how various intentional torts like defamation, fraud, and interference apply in cyberspace. It also discusses if internet service providers can be liable for subscribers' actions in tort cases involving spam or viruses.
This document provides an overview of negligence and other torts. It defines negligence as a careless act that causes harm. There are three elements: the action is unintentional, not planned, and causes injury. Negligence is proven using criteria like duty of care, the reasonable person standard, foreseeability, causation, and burden of proof. Defenses for negligence include contributory negligence, assumption of risk, and inevitable accident. Other torts discussed include trespass, nuisance, defamation, and more.
There are two types of copyright infringement: direct and indirect. Direct infringement occurs when someone violates the exclusive rights of the copyright holder without permission. It is a strict liability offense that does not require intent. Indirect infringement can be contributory or vicarious. Contributory infringement involves inducing or contributing to infringement while knowing it is occurring. Vicarious infringement involves having the ability to control infringement and receiving financial benefit from it.
The document provides information about workplace violence and domestic violence policies. It defines workplace violence and outlines an employer's responsibilities to assess risks, provide training to employees, monitor incidents, and evaluate prevention programs. It also defines domestic violence and outlines laws requiring employers to support victims by providing leave, confidential resources and consideration of their situations. The document provides guidance to employees on recognizing signs of distress or crisis and how to safely defuse threatening situations.
The document summarizes a seminar on political speech in the workplace that discusses a case study of Whole Foods employees who were disciplined for wearing Black Lives Matter attire. It examines the lawsuit filed by employees claiming discrimination and the court's dismissal of the suit. The presentation then discusses potential concerns around political speech in the workplace and legal considerations for limiting such speech for private and public sector employers.
This document outlines the agenda for a seminar on religion in the workplace. It will discuss the legislative history of Title VII, the Idaho Human Rights Commission process, litigation on religious discrimination including specific cases and highly litigated areas, and differences between the Trump and Biden administrations' EEOC approaches. It will also cover practical lessons and include handouts on religious discrimination questions and answers and a DOJ memo on religious liberty.
Direct copyright infringement occurs when someone exercises the exclusive rights of a copyright holder without authorization, such as copying or distributing a work. Indirect infringement includes contributory infringement, which involves knowingly inducing or contributing to direct infringement, and vicarious infringement, which involves having the ability to control infringement and receiving financial benefit from it. Defenses include fair use, lack of copyright validity, and safe harbors for libraries. Remedies for infringement include damages, attorney's fees, injunctions, and in rare cases criminal penalties.
Whistleblowing involves voluntarily reporting misconduct within an organization to those who can enact change. A whistleblower is an employee who reports such issues. The document discusses types of whistleblowing like internal/external and reasons for whistleblowing like enforcing ethics and protecting public interest. It provides examples of famous whistleblowers from companies like Enron and guidelines for potential whistleblowers to follow.
Successful Strategies For Resolving Disputes (Jenny Cooper and Brendan Cash, ...nzde
1) Litigation can be a long and costly process with many variables outside the parties' control, so it's important to carefully consider objectives and strategy from the beginning.
2) Key questions include analyzing the facts and legal position, determining desired outcomes, and considering alternative dispute resolution options.
3) Ongoing strategic choices around procedures, settlement discussions, and preparation can impact the results, so parties should actively manage their approach throughout the process.
This document discusses different types of tort law including negligence, intentional torts, and product liability. It explains the elements required for different causes of action in tort cases like negligence, battery, and product defects. The document also reviews various defenses that can be used in tort lawsuits such as assumption of risk, comparative negligence, and warranty disclaimers.
Tort law introduction into negligence. Ppreyhanarehan
Tort law provides compensation for civil wrongs and protects individuals from various harms. It establishes duties to not cause physical, property, economic, or reputational harm to others. Tort functions include deterring harmful behavior, holding people accountable, and improving standards of care. Common torts include negligence, nuisance, defamation, trespass, and battery. To establish negligence, one must prove a duty of care was breached that caused damage. The level of care owed depends on factors like expertise. Defenses can include acceptance of risk or contributory negligence.
This document provides an overview of the law of tort, specifically the tort of negligence. It defines a tort, distinguishes torts from crimes, and outlines the key types of torts. It then focuses on negligence, explaining the four elements that must be proven (duty of care, breach, causation, damages). It discusses cases that have helped develop these elements and concepts like foreseeability, proximity, standard of care, remoteness, and contributory negligence. The purpose is for students to understand tort law principles and be able to apply them to factual scenarios and case law in seminars and exams.
The document discusses ethics and social responsibility. It defines ethics as moral principles that govern behaviors. There are three domains of human action - law, ethics, and free choice - with differing levels of control. Ethical dilemmas arise when choices have negative consequences, making right from wrong unclear. When making ethical decisions, managers consider the needs of individuals versus groups. Four approaches to ethical decision making are described: utilitarian, individualism, moral rights, and justice. Factors like the manager's moral development and the organization also affect ethical choices.
A presentation on organisational reputation and the legal issues of internal conflict being played out in the media. This presentation was given by Thomas Eggar LLP as part of the Sport and Recreation Alliance's, Sport and the Law Conference 2015.
The document discusses ethics and social responsibility for managers. It defines ethics as moral principles that govern behaviors. There are three domains of human action with differing levels of control: law, ethics, and free choice. Managers face ethical dilemmas when choosing between alternatives with negative consequences. When making ethical decisions, managers consider approaches like utilitarianism, individualism, moral rights, and justice. An organization's social responsibility includes considering stakeholders and being environmentally responsible. For an organization to be ethical, it requires ethical individuals, leadership, structure, and a commitment to maintaining standards of ethics.
Chapter 05 Ethics and Social ResponsibilityRayman Soe
Richard L. Daft addresses themes and issues directly relevant to both the everyday demands and significant challenges facing businesses today. Comprehensive coverage helps develop managers able to look beyond traditional techniques and ideas to tap into a full breadth of management skills. With the best in proven management and new competencies that harness creativity, D.A.F.T. is Management!
Tort law provides remedies for legal wrongs committed against individuals. It aims to compensate victims for injuries caused by others' wrongful conduct. There are two types of torts - intentional torts that involve intended harmful acts, and negligence which involves careless behavior that causes unintentional harm. Product liability falls under tort law, allowing consumers to sue sellers for damages from defective products.
Medical Device Industry - Government Investigations Rachel Hamilton
This document summarizes a webinar on government investigations for the medical device industry. It discusses the responsible corporate officer doctrine and individual liability, the False Claims Act and qui tam actions, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Key cases on the responsible corporate officer doctrine established that it can apply to any person with responsible relation to a regulatory violation. The False Claims Act continues to be aggressively enforced against the medical device industry, with common allegations including off-label marketing, kickbacks, and regulatory violations. Recent case law has addressed issues like implied certification, the public disclosure bar, and enforceability of releases in False Claims Act cases.
This document discusses several approaches to ethical evaluation in business, including utilitarianism and rights-based approaches. It provides examples and definitions of key concepts. The central questions posed are how to determine the morally right action, how to weigh costs and benefits, and how rights and justice relate to utilitarian analysis. It also discusses contractual rights and duties as they apply to business ethics.
This document provides an overview of negligence and other torts. It defines negligence as a careless act that causes harm. There are three elements: the action is unintentional, not planned, and causes injury. Negligence is proven using criteria like duty of care, the reasonable person standard, foreseeability, causation, and burden of proof. Defenses for negligence include contributory negligence, assumption of risk, and inevitable accident. Other torts discussed include trespass, nuisance, defamation, and more.
There are two types of copyright infringement: direct and indirect. Direct infringement occurs when someone violates the exclusive rights of the copyright holder without permission. It is a strict liability offense that does not require intent. Indirect infringement can be contributory or vicarious. Contributory infringement involves inducing or contributing to infringement while knowing it is occurring. Vicarious infringement involves having the ability to control infringement and receiving financial benefit from it.
The document provides information about workplace violence and domestic violence policies. It defines workplace violence and outlines an employer's responsibilities to assess risks, provide training to employees, monitor incidents, and evaluate prevention programs. It also defines domestic violence and outlines laws requiring employers to support victims by providing leave, confidential resources and consideration of their situations. The document provides guidance to employees on recognizing signs of distress or crisis and how to safely defuse threatening situations.
The document summarizes a seminar on political speech in the workplace that discusses a case study of Whole Foods employees who were disciplined for wearing Black Lives Matter attire. It examines the lawsuit filed by employees claiming discrimination and the court's dismissal of the suit. The presentation then discusses potential concerns around political speech in the workplace and legal considerations for limiting such speech for private and public sector employers.
This document outlines the agenda for a seminar on religion in the workplace. It will discuss the legislative history of Title VII, the Idaho Human Rights Commission process, litigation on religious discrimination including specific cases and highly litigated areas, and differences between the Trump and Biden administrations' EEOC approaches. It will also cover practical lessons and include handouts on religious discrimination questions and answers and a DOJ memo on religious liberty.
Direct copyright infringement occurs when someone exercises the exclusive rights of a copyright holder without authorization, such as copying or distributing a work. Indirect infringement includes contributory infringement, which involves knowingly inducing or contributing to direct infringement, and vicarious infringement, which involves having the ability to control infringement and receiving financial benefit from it. Defenses include fair use, lack of copyright validity, and safe harbors for libraries. Remedies for infringement include damages, attorney's fees, injunctions, and in rare cases criminal penalties.
Whistleblowing involves voluntarily reporting misconduct within an organization to those who can enact change. A whistleblower is an employee who reports such issues. The document discusses types of whistleblowing like internal/external and reasons for whistleblowing like enforcing ethics and protecting public interest. It provides examples of famous whistleblowers from companies like Enron and guidelines for potential whistleblowers to follow.
Successful Strategies For Resolving Disputes (Jenny Cooper and Brendan Cash, ...nzde
1) Litigation can be a long and costly process with many variables outside the parties' control, so it's important to carefully consider objectives and strategy from the beginning.
2) Key questions include analyzing the facts and legal position, determining desired outcomes, and considering alternative dispute resolution options.
3) Ongoing strategic choices around procedures, settlement discussions, and preparation can impact the results, so parties should actively manage their approach throughout the process.
This document discusses different types of tort law including negligence, intentional torts, and product liability. It explains the elements required for different causes of action in tort cases like negligence, battery, and product defects. The document also reviews various defenses that can be used in tort lawsuits such as assumption of risk, comparative negligence, and warranty disclaimers.
Tort law introduction into negligence. Ppreyhanarehan
Tort law provides compensation for civil wrongs and protects individuals from various harms. It establishes duties to not cause physical, property, economic, or reputational harm to others. Tort functions include deterring harmful behavior, holding people accountable, and improving standards of care. Common torts include negligence, nuisance, defamation, trespass, and battery. To establish negligence, one must prove a duty of care was breached that caused damage. The level of care owed depends on factors like expertise. Defenses can include acceptance of risk or contributory negligence.
This document provides an overview of the law of tort, specifically the tort of negligence. It defines a tort, distinguishes torts from crimes, and outlines the key types of torts. It then focuses on negligence, explaining the four elements that must be proven (duty of care, breach, causation, damages). It discusses cases that have helped develop these elements and concepts like foreseeability, proximity, standard of care, remoteness, and contributory negligence. The purpose is for students to understand tort law principles and be able to apply them to factual scenarios and case law in seminars and exams.
The document discusses ethics and social responsibility. It defines ethics as moral principles that govern behaviors. There are three domains of human action - law, ethics, and free choice - with differing levels of control. Ethical dilemmas arise when choices have negative consequences, making right from wrong unclear. When making ethical decisions, managers consider the needs of individuals versus groups. Four approaches to ethical decision making are described: utilitarian, individualism, moral rights, and justice. Factors like the manager's moral development and the organization also affect ethical choices.
A presentation on organisational reputation and the legal issues of internal conflict being played out in the media. This presentation was given by Thomas Eggar LLP as part of the Sport and Recreation Alliance's, Sport and the Law Conference 2015.
The document discusses ethics and social responsibility for managers. It defines ethics as moral principles that govern behaviors. There are three domains of human action with differing levels of control: law, ethics, and free choice. Managers face ethical dilemmas when choosing between alternatives with negative consequences. When making ethical decisions, managers consider approaches like utilitarianism, individualism, moral rights, and justice. An organization's social responsibility includes considering stakeholders and being environmentally responsible. For an organization to be ethical, it requires ethical individuals, leadership, structure, and a commitment to maintaining standards of ethics.
Chapter 05 Ethics and Social ResponsibilityRayman Soe
Richard L. Daft addresses themes and issues directly relevant to both the everyday demands and significant challenges facing businesses today. Comprehensive coverage helps develop managers able to look beyond traditional techniques and ideas to tap into a full breadth of management skills. With the best in proven management and new competencies that harness creativity, D.A.F.T. is Management!
Tort law provides remedies for legal wrongs committed against individuals. It aims to compensate victims for injuries caused by others' wrongful conduct. There are two types of torts - intentional torts that involve intended harmful acts, and negligence which involves careless behavior that causes unintentional harm. Product liability falls under tort law, allowing consumers to sue sellers for damages from defective products.
Medical Device Industry - Government Investigations Rachel Hamilton
This document summarizes a webinar on government investigations for the medical device industry. It discusses the responsible corporate officer doctrine and individual liability, the False Claims Act and qui tam actions, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Key cases on the responsible corporate officer doctrine established that it can apply to any person with responsible relation to a regulatory violation. The False Claims Act continues to be aggressively enforced against the medical device industry, with common allegations including off-label marketing, kickbacks, and regulatory violations. Recent case law has addressed issues like implied certification, the public disclosure bar, and enforceability of releases in False Claims Act cases.
This document discusses several approaches to ethical evaluation in business, including utilitarianism and rights-based approaches. It provides examples and definitions of key concepts. The central questions posed are how to determine the morally right action, how to weigh costs and benefits, and how rights and justice relate to utilitarian analysis. It also discusses contractual rights and duties as they apply to business ethics.
This document outlines the key learning objectives and content covered in Chapter 6 on Introduction to Law. It discusses the meaning and objectives of tort law, defines negligence and distinguishes it from malpractice. It explains the elements necessary to prove negligence, as well as intentional torts like assault, battery, and defamation. The document also covers criminal law, contracts, and the trial process.
At our March claims club we covered a number of topics including:
- the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) 2013
- how to deal with stress in the workplace both in terms of civil claims and claims in the employment tribunal
- advice on dealing with HM Coroner.
View further resources and training on our website - https://www.brownejacobson.com/insurance
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This lecture provided an overview of the Ghanaian legal system and health law. It discussed the three branches of government - executive, legislative, and judicial. The legislative branch makes laws, the executive enforces laws, and the judicial branch interprets laws. Health care workers must know and follow state laws regulating their profession. Legal responsibilities were discussed, including professional codes of conduct and patients' rights. Documentation, non-discrimination, and informed consent were also covered.
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This document outlines a workshop on market needs analysis, which is part of the process of discovering a potential one million dollar business idea. The workshop agenda covers identifying customer segments, perceptual mapping, marketing mix, competitor analysis, and macro trends analysis. The document provides an overview of how to conduct a market needs analysis to determine if a product meets a clear market demand. It discusses identifying product uniqueness, competition, customer requirements, barriers to entry, distribution channels, and pricing criteria. Examples are given on perceptual mapping and segmentation for car and smartphone ownership. Tools like the marketing mix, competitor analysis grid, PESTEL analysis, and force field analysis are presented as ways to evaluate market opportunities and trends.
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Mba1034 cg law ethics week 9 law & markets 2013
1. LAW
AND
MARKETS
Stephen Ong, BSc(Hons) Econs (LSE),
MBA International Business(Bradford)
Visiting Fellow, Birmingham City University
Visiting Professor, Shenzhen University
MBA1034 GOVERNANCE, LAW & ETHICS
2. • Discussion: CEO Hubris1
• Law of Torts, Property &
Product Liability2
• Case Discussion: Obesity
and McLawsuits3
Today’s Overview
3. 1. Open Discussion
• Petit, Vale´rie and Bollaert, Helen (2012)
Flying Too Close to the Sun? Hubris Among
CEOs and How to Prevent it, Journal of
Business Ethics, 2012: 108: pp.265–283
5. Overview
• Introduction
• The common law
• Property
• Intellectual property
• Contracts
• Torts
• The product safety problem and social efficiency
• Entitlements, liability, and social efficiency
• Products liability
• Imperfections in the liability system
6. Introduction
• Markets are the cornerstone of a
free enterprise system
• The law plays a principal role in:
–Reducing uncertainties
–Supporting exchange in
markets
7. Common Law
• Used in the United Kingdom, the United
States, and most of the other former
English colonies
• Common law countries typically have an
adversarial system of litigation in
which:
–Each party advocates its side of the dispute
–Judges and juries render decisions based
on the evidence, the arguments provided,
and precedents
9. Intellectual Property
• The basic trade-off in the protection of
intellectual property is between:
– Benefits to society from the use of ideas and
inventions and the incentives for their creation
11. Intellectual Property
• The appropriability of the returns
from a discovery depends on two
principal factors:
–How easy it is for others to replicate
the discovery
–Strength of the public protection for
the discovery
16. Enforceability
• Central issues in contracts are:
–Which contracts are
enforceable
–When can they be breached
–What damages are due in the
event of a breach
17. Breach
• Breaches are allowed
because:
–Under some circumstances it is
economically efficient not to
fulfill the conditions of the
contract
18. Remedies
• Courts use two basic types of
remedies in the event of
breach:
–Damages
–Specific performance
22. Entitlements and Their Protection
• Rules for protecting
entitlements
–Property rule
–Liability rule
23. The Assignment of Social Costs
and the Choice Between Liability
and Regulation
• There are five principles for the
assignment of costs and the choice
between the institutions of liability
and regulation
25. 2. Allowable Defenses under Strict
Liability
• Some defenses are allowed
under strict liability but:
–They vary among the states
• In all of these defenses, the
burden of proof is on the
defendant
26. 3. Preemption
• Some federal legislation
preempts states from adding
requirements beyond those
stated in the federal law
–Could be explicit or implicit in
the law
27. 4. Damages
• Principal form of damages
awarded in liability cases is
compensatory
–Compensation for the loss
incurred
28. The Politics of Products Liability
• Strong incentives to take liability
issues into the legislative arena
are provided by:
–The costs and consequences of
liability cases
–The proportion of awards that go
to trial lawyers
29. Imperfections In the Liability System
• Liability system has been
criticized on:
–Equity grounds
–Distributive grounds
–Efficiency grounds
31. Case - Nonmarket Environment of
McDonald’s
• Obesity - Economists studied the
increase in the body mass index and
concluded that it was due to several
factors:
– Increase in calorie intake
– Decrease in strenuousness of work
– Decrease in cost of food due to
technological change leading people to
eat more
1-31
32. Case - Nonmarket Environment of
McDonald’s
• Meal and Menu Nutrition Information - Public
attention to the obesity issue led to the introduction of
the Menu Education and Labeling Act (MEAL) in the
House and the Senate
• Healthy Lifestyles - As a result of the concern about
obesity, McDonald’s suspended its promotion of
supersize meals
1-32
33. Case - Nonmarket Environment of
McDonald’s
• Children’s Advertising
– McDonald’s promoted its trademark golden
arches on Barbie dolls and backpacks
– Some schools had McDonald’s days for lunch
– Used plastic toys for promotion
1-33
34. Case - Obesity and McLawsuits
• To deal with the McLawsuits, McDonald’s and other
restaurants could continue to defend themselves in
court on a case-by- case basis
• McDonald’s could also seek legislation to shield
restaurants and food processors from liability
• The public attention to the obesity issue led to the
introduction of the Menu Education and Labeling Act
(MEAL)
• The fast-food industry also faced the possibility that
state attorneys would file lawsuits seeking
reimbursement for Medicare costs of obese people
35. Core Readings
• Baron, David P.(2013) Business and its environment,
7th Edition, Pearson, Ch.14
• Cheeseman, Henry R.(2013) Business law, 8th Edition,
Prentice Hall. Ch.5-6.
36. Next Week’s Ideas for Discussion
• Gabaix, Xavier, Landier, Augustin and
Sauvagnat, Julien (2013) CEO pay and firm
size: an update after the crisis,NBER
working paper 19078, May 2013
39. Introduction to Intentional Torts and
Negligence
• Injured party brings civil lawsuit to seek
compensation for a wrong done to the party
• Damages available
–Tort damages
–Punitive damages
• If the victim of a tort dies, beneficiaries can
bring a wrongful death action against
defendant
5-2
40. Intentional Torts
• Assault
–Threat of immediate harm or
offensive contact
–Any action that arouses reasonable
apprehension of imminent harm
–Actual physical contact is
unnecessary
5-3
41. Intentional Torts
• Battery
–Unauthorized and harmful or
offensive physical contact with
another person
–Direct physical contact between
victim and perpetrator unnecessary
–May accompany assault
5-4
42. Intentional Torts
• Doctrine of transferred intent
–Party A intends to harm Party B,
but actually injures Party C
–Law transfers perpetrator’s intent
from target to actual victim
–Party C can sue the perpetrator
5-5
43. Intentional Torts
• False imprisonment
–Intentional confinement or restraint of
another person without authority or
justification and without that person’s
consent
• Physical force
• Barriers
• Threats of physical violence
• False arrest 5-6
44. Intentional Torts
• Shoplifting and merchant protection
statutes
–Merchants may stop, detain, and
investigate suspected shoplifters if:
• There are reasonable grounds for suspicion
• Suspects are detained for only reasonable time
• Investigations are conducted in reasonable
manner
5-7
45. Case 1: False Imprisonment
• Case
– Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Cockrell
– 61 S.W.3d 774, Web 2001 Tex. App. Lexis 7992
– Court of Appeals of Texas
• Issue
– Does the shopkeeper’s privilege protect Walmart
from liability under the circumstances of the
case?
5-8
46. Intentional Torts
• Misappropriation of the right to publicity
–Attempt by another person to appropriate a
living person’s name or identity for
commercial purposes
–Tort of appropriation
–Plaintiff’s recourse:
• Recover the unauthorized profits made by the offender
• Obtain an injunction preventing further unauthorized
use of his or her identity
5-9
47. Intentional Torts
• Invasion of the right to privacy
–Violation of a person’s right to live
his or her life without being
subjected to unwanted and
undesired publicity
–Placing person in a “false light”
5-10
48. Intentional Torts
• Defamation of character
–Types
• Slander
• Libel
–Plaintiff must prove that:
• Defendant made an untrue statement of fact about
plaintiff
• Statement was intentionally or accidentally published to
a third party
5-11
49. Intentional Torts
• Disparagement
– Untrue statement made about products, services,
property, or reputation of a business
• Intentional misrepresentation (Fraud)
– Wrongdoer deceives another person out of
money, property, or something of value
5-12
50. Intentional Torts
• Intentional infliction of emotional distress
– Extreme and outrageous conduct that
intentionally or recklessly causes severe
emotional distress to another person
– Also known as tort of outrage
• Malicious prosecution
– Frivolous lawsuit maliciously brought
– Prevailing defendant sues original plaintiff to
recover damages for injuries
5-13
51. Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
• Unintentional Tort: A doctrine that says a person is
liable for harm that is the foreseeable consequence of
his or her actions
• Negligence: Omission to do something which a
reasonable person would do, or doing something
which a prudent and reasonable person would not do
5-14
52. Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
• Elements of a Negligence Lawsuit
– The defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff
– The defendant breached the duty of care
– The plaintiff suffered injury
– The defendant’s negligent act caused the
plaintiff’s injury
– The defendant’s negligent act was the proximate
cause of the plaintiff’s injuries
5-15
53. Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
• Duty of care: Obligation not to cause any
unreasonable harm or risk of harm
– Tests used to determine whether a duty of care
was owed:
• Reasonable person standard
• Reasonable professional standard
• Breach of duty of care: Failure to exercise care or
to act as a reasonable person would act
5-16
54. Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
• Injury to plaintiff
– Personal injury or damage to the plaintiff’s
property
– Damages cannot be recovered if the plaintiff
suffered no injury
– Damages recoverable depend on the effect of the
injury on the plaintiff’s life or profession
5-17
55. Case 2: Damages for Negligence
• Case
–Clancy v. Goad
–858 N.E.2d 653, Web 2006 Ind. App. Lexis
2576 (2006)
–Court of Appeals of Indiana
• Issue
–Were the damages awarded to Dianna Goad
excessive? 5-18
56. Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
• Causation
– Causation in fact (actual cause): A person who
commits a negligent act is not liable unless actual
cause can be proven
– Proximate cause (legal cause): A point along a
chain of events caused by a negligent party after
which this party is no longer legally responsible
for the consequences of his or her actions
5-19
57. Case 3: Duty of Care
• Case
–James v. Meow Media, Inc.
–300 F.3d 683, Web 2002 U.S. App.
Lexis 16185 (2002)
–United States Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit
5-20
58. Case 3: Duty of Care
• Issue
–Are the video and
movie producers
liable to the
plaintiffs for selling
and licensing
violent video games
and movies to
Carneal, who killed
the plaintiffs’ three
children? 5-21
59. Special Negligence Doctrines
• Professional malpractice
– The liability of a professional who breaches his or
her duty of ordinary care
– Breach of reasonable professional standard
• Negligent infliction of emotional distress
– Permits a person to recover for emotional distress
caused by the defendant’s negligent conduct
5-22
60. Special Negligence Doctrines
• Negligence per se
–Violation of a statute that proximately
causes an injury
• Res ipsa loquitur
• Defendant had exclusive control of the
situation that caused the plaintiff’s injury
• Injury would not have ordinarily occurred but
for someone’s negligence
5-23
61. Special Negligence Doctrines
• Good Samaritan laws
–Protects medical professionals who
stop and render emergency first aid
• Relieves them from liability for ordinary
negligence
• No relief for gross negligence or intentional or
reckless conduct
–Laypersons not trained in CPR not
covered 5-24
62. Defenses Against Negligence
• Superseding or intervening event
–An event for which defendant is not
responsible
• Assumption of risk
–Plaintiff knowingly and voluntarily
participates in a risky activity that
results in injury
5-25
63. Case 4: Assumption of the Risk
• Case
– Lilya v. The Greater Gulf State Fair, Inc.
– 855 So.2d 1049, Web 2003 Ala. Lexis 57
– Supreme Court of Alabama
• Issue
– Was riding a mechanical bull an open and obvious
danger for which Lilya had voluntarily assumed the
risk when he rode the mechanical bull?
5-26
64. Defenses Against Negligence
• Contributory negligence
–Plaintiff who is partly at fault for his
or her own injuries cannot recover
against negligent defendant
• Comparative negligence
–Damages apportioned according to
fault
– Pure comparative negligence
– Partial comparative negligence (50% rule) 5-27
65. Strict Liability
• Strict liability is liability without
fault
• A participant in a covered activity
will be held liable for any injuries
caused by the activity, whether or not
he or she was negligent
• Abnormally dangerous activities
5-28
67. Introduction to Product and Strict Liability
• Product Liability: Liability of
manufacturers, sellers, lessors, and
others for injuries caused by defective
products
• Strict Liability: A plaintiff may recover
punitive damages if the defendant’s
conduct has been reckless or intentional
6-2
68. Product Liability: Negligence
• Negligence
–Requires the defendant to be at fault
for causing the plaintiff’s injuries
–The plaintiff must prove that:
• The defendant breached a duty of due care to
the plaintiff
• This breach caused the plaintiff’s injuries
–Only a party who was actually
negligent is liable to the plaintiff 6-3
69. Product Liability: Negligence
• Failure to exercise duty of care includes:
–Failing to assemble a product carefully
–Negligent product design
–Negligent inspection or testing of a product
–Negligent packaging
–Failure to warn of the dangerous
propensities of a product
6-4
70. Product Liability: Misrepresentation
• Misrepresentation
–Occurs when a seller or lesser
either:
• Fraudulently misrepresents the quality of
a product
• Conceals a defect in it
–Recovery is limited to persons who
relied on the misrepresentation 6-5
71. Product Liability: Strict Liability
• Doctrine of strict liability in tort
–Strict liability is liability without fault
–Makes manufacturers, distributors,
wholesalers, retailers, and others in the
chain of distribution of a defective
product liable for the damages caused
by the defect, irrespective of fault
6-6
72. Product Liability: Strict Liability
• Liability without fault
–Does not require the injured person to
prove that the defendant breached a
duty of care
–Casual sales and transactions by
nonmerchants are not covered
–Applies only to products, not services
6-7
73. Product Liability: Strict Liability
• Chain of distribution
–Comprises of:
• Manufacturers
• Distributors
• Wholesalers and retailers
• Lessors
• Subcomponent manufacturers
–All parties in the chain of distribution
of a defective product are strictly liable
for the injuries it causes
6-8
74. Product Liability: Strict Liability
• Parties who can recover for strict liability
– Any injured party
– Privity of contract not required
– Recovery possible even if the injured party had
no contractual relations with the defendant
– Bystanders and non-users are entitled to the same
protection as users
6-9
75. Product Liability: Strict Liability
• Damages recoverable for strict liability
– Damages recoverable vary by jurisdiction
– Property damage recoverable in most jurisdictions
– Economic loss in few jurisdictions
– Some jurisdictions limit the dollar amount of the
award
– Punitive damages generally allowed if defendant
recklessly or intentionally injured the plaintiff
6-10
76. Product Defects
• To recover for strict liability, the injured party
must first show that the product that caused
the injury was somehow defective
• The injured party does not have to prove who
caused the product to become defective
• Plaintiff can allege multiple product defects in
one lawsuit
6-11
77. Product Defects
• Defect in manufacturing
• Defect in design
• Defective packaging
• Failure to warn
• Inadequate instructions
6-12
78. Case 6.1: Defect in Manufacture
• Case
– Shoshone Coca-Cola Bottling Company v.
Dolinski
– 82 Nev. 439, 420 P.2d 855, Web 1966 Nev. Lexis
260
– Supreme Court of Nevada
6-13
79. Case 1: Defect in Manufacture
• Issue
– Should the state of Nevada judicially adopt the
doctrine of strict liability? If so, was there a
defect in the manufacture of the Squirt bottle that
caused the plaintiff’s injuries?
6-14
80. Defect in Design
• Defect that occurs when a product is improperly
designed
• Evaluation of adequacy of a product’s design:
– Risk-utility analysis
– Consumer expectation test
6-15
81. Case 2: Design Defect
• Case
– Domingue v. Cameco Industries, Inc.
– 936 So.2d 282, Web 2006 La. App. Lexis 1593
(2006)
– Court of Appeal of Louisiana
• Issue
– Is the forward blind spot on Cameco’s 405-B
dump truck a design defect?
6-16
82. Defect in Design
• Crashworthiness doctrine:
– Automobile manufacturers have duty to design
automobiles taking into account the possibility of a
second collision
– They should take into account the possibility of
harm from a person’s body striking something
inside the automobile in the case of a car accident
6-17
83. Failure to Warn
• Defect that occurs when a manufacturer does not
place a warning on the packaging of products that
could cause injury if the danger is unknown
• Proper and conspicuous warning insulates all in chain
of distribution
• Failure to warn is a defect that will support a strict
liability action
6-18
84. Defect in Packaging
• Manufacturers owe a duty to design and provide safe
packages for their products
• Containers should be:
– Tamperproof
– Clearly indicate tampering
• Defective packaging subjects the chain of distribution
to strict liability
6-19
85. Other Product Defects
• Failure to provide adequate instructions
• Inadequate testing of products
• Inadequate selection of component parts or materials
• Improper certification of the safety of a product
6-20
86. Defenses to Product Liability
• Generally known dangers
–Certain products are inherently
dangerous
–These products are known to the
general population to be inherently
dangerous
–Sellers are not strictly liable for failing
to warn of generally known dangers
6-21
87. Defenses to Product Liability
• Government contractor defense
–Contractors that manufacture products
to government specifications are not
usually liable if such a product causes
injury
• Abnormal misuse of the product
–Relieves the seller of product liability if
the user abnormally misused the
product 6-22
88. Defenses to Product Liability
• Supervening event
–The manufacturer or seller is not liable
if:
• A product is materially altered or
modified after it leaves the seller’s
possession
• The alteration or modification causes an
injury 6-23
89. Defenses to Product Liability
• Assumption of risk
• Defendant must prove that the
plaintiff:
»Knew and appreciated the risk
»Voluntarily assumed the risk
6-24
90. Defenses to Product Liability
• Statute of limitations
–Plaintiff must bring action within a
certain number of years from the time
that he or she was injured by the
defective product
–Limitation period set by each state
–Defendant is relieved of liability if
action is not brought within limitation
period 6-25
91. Defenses to Product Liability
• Statute of repose
–Limits the seller’s liability to a
certain number of years from the
date when the product was first sold
–Varies from state to state
6-26
92. Defenses to Product Liability
• Plaintiff partially at fault
–Types
•Contributory negligence
•Comparative negligence
6-27
93. Defenses to Product Liability
• Contributory negligence
–Plaintiff who contributed to own
injuries cannot recover from the
defendant in negligence
–Contributing plaintiff cannot recover
damages even if the product was
defective
6-28
94. Defenses to Product Liability
• Comparative negligence
– Applies when a plaintiff is partially responsible
for causing his own injuries
– Liability is assessed proportionately to the degree
of fault of each party
– Damages are apportioned proportionally between
the plaintiff and the defendant
6-29
Editor's Notes
The role of the common law is to help people accomplish what they want to accomplish. The advantage of the common law is that it can adjust to changing circumstances without having to wait for new statutes to be enacted by legislation. The common law evolves through lawsuits filed by people in response to the problems they need addressed.
The economic efficiency rationale for property is twofold.Property rules facilitate bargaining, allowing economic transactions to be made and gains from trade to be realized.Property rules provide incentives to create assets, as in the case of intellectual property.Bargaining - Property allows persons to reach mutually beneficial agreements.Incentives and appropriability - A role of property is to provide incentives to create assets.
The characteristics of intellectual assets and the difficulty in excluding others from their use implies that those assets can be undersupplied in markets.
The longer the duration of the monopoly the lower are the benefits to society, since the holder of the patent restricts use so as to appropriate the monopoly returns.
The high cost of enforcement means that protection is loose rather than tight, and technological change reduces the cost of replication.
PatentsA patent establishes a property right that allows the holder to exclude others from using the invention; that is, a patent grants a monopoly to the inventor.CopyrightWorks of original expression may receive a copyright allowing the recipient to restrict use, reproduction, and distribution of the work. A copyright can be claimed even without a filing with the government.Trademarks and trade secretsA trademark provides social and private value.A trade secret is almost anything that is unique and of value or potential value to a company. Includes process information, operating methods, programs, and business plans.
In a contract both parties seek assurances.Contracts are also entered into to induce reliance, which refers to a change in behavior by a party.A contract is an agreement over which parties are to have bargained.
A contract may be voided if an individual, such as a minor, does not have the authority to enter into it. A contract to sell one’s vote in an election is voidable because the right to vote is inalienable; that is, it is not transferable.A contract is generally not enforceable if it is illegal or unconscionable and is voidable under certain conditions such as fraud or a mistake.Another situation that can make a contract unenforceable is frustration of purpose.
For example, if a change in the market makes a necessary input to the production process prohibitively expensive, it may be better to breach a purchase contract and allow the buyer to contract for a product made with different inputs.
DamagesDamages can be compensatory for the harm caused or punitive. Compensation for foreseeable damages depends on the baseline used by the courts.Expectations damagesConsequential damagesReliance damagesLiquidated damagesSpecific performanceIn cases in which it is difficult to determine the actual damages incurred as a consequence of a breach, the courts may provide relief in the form of specific performance.Involves an order directing the promisor to take the action called for in the contract.
The law of torts is common law that evolves through decisions made by judges in cases brought by private plaintiffs.The basic elements of a tort case:An injuryAn action that caused the injuryThe breach of a duty owed to the injured party
Social efficiency requires balancing the costs of injuries and the costs of care. This is illustrated in the figure, which graphs costs as a function of injuries prevented.The social cost of injuries decreases as more injuries are prevented.
The property rule prohibits other parties from infringing the entitlement without the consent of the party holding it.The liability rule protects an entitlement in quite a different manner.When an entitlement is protected by a liability rule, a person may infringe the entitlement but must compensate its holder for the objectively assessed harm resulting from that infringement.
The assignment of entitlements should favor knowledgeable choices between social benefits and the social costs of obtaining them.When it is unclear whether the social benefits exceed the social costs, “the cost should be put on the party that is best located to make such a cost-benefit analysis.”When there are alternative means of achieving social benefits, the costs of achieving them should be assigned to the party that can do so at the lowest cost.When it is not clear who that party is, “the costs should be put on the party or activity which can with the lowest transactions costs act in the market to correct an error in entitlements by inducing the party who can avoid social costs most cheaply to do so.”Given principles one through four, protect the assignment with a liability rule or government regulation, depending on which is more likely to lead to social efficiency.
The common law of products liability has evolved considerably since the 1950s, with legal standards originating in the law of contracts evolving into a standard of strict liability under which a producer may be held fully responsible even if it was not at fault and could not have prevented the injury.Implied warranties are not made by producers but are held by the courts to be associated with a product put on the market. Products are held to have an implied warranty of merchantability.At the turn of the twentieth century, state laws generally required privity of contract in which a party incurring a loss of property associated with the use of a product could sue only the party from whom the product had been purchased.
The only absolute defense is that the product was not associated with the injury or was not the proximate cause of the injury.Other defenses are not absolute.One is based on the assumption of risk by the consumer.The correction of a defect may also provide a degree of protection in some instances.In some jurisdictions a defense of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff is allowed.A producer may be able to use disclaimers to limit liability, but the courts have held some disclaimers to be invalid.In most jurisdictions, products liability cases are covered by a statute of limitations, which is often 4 years.For capital equipment, a statute of repose serves the same function as a statute of limitations, but the time allowed is much longer.
In cases in which both the producer and the consumer are responsible for the injury, some courts assess comparative damages.In most jurisdictions punitive damages can be assessed.The legal standard for imposing punitive damages is higher than that for compensatory damages and generally requires a finding of negligence and fault.
Liability costs not only affect safety decisions, but they also affect the prices of products and in some cases whether products are produced.
The equity arguments express a belief that cases should be decided on the basis of fault and negligence. In particular, firms consider it inequitable to be assessed damages when there was nothing they could have done to prevent the injury.The distributive objection is that the awards in many cases are too large and seem to provide a prize, as in a lottery, rather than providing compensation for actual losses.The deep pockets of producers are seen by some jurors as a means of helping those who were unfortunate enough to have been injured.As the Coase theorem indicates, the distributive consequences of a legal standard can be independent of their efficiency consequences.However, liability awards can force firms into bankruptcy or dissuade them from producing certain desirable products.
The Cheeseburger Bill - The bill provided protection from obesity and weight-based lawsuits unless the weight gain was due to the violation of a state or federal law