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Punitive Damages Compensatory Damages
1,967 wordsRunning head: LEGAL FRAMEWORK Legal Framework [Student Name] University Affiliation PLAGIARISM REPORT 3 PERCENT QUOTES PROPERLY CITED Total Matched Phrases / Total Submitted 3 % (5 / 148) Expected Report Execution Time (peak) Abstract Negligence, in law is referred to as a breach of legal duty set forth by the law. Negligence, as tort refers to a careless act (or failure to act). Negligence leans towards behaviour or conduct rather than the bounds of a contract. In pursuing negligence litigat...
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Punitive Damages Recover Damages
2,011 words... the case based on the facts alone and regardless of the absence of a direct link to the actual cause of the accident. The defendant could use affirmative proof to rebut the presumption of negligence show that the accident or injury was not the cause of neglect on the part of the defendant (Biggs, n. d. , pp. 12 - 13). It is one form of circumstantial evidence, which allows any reasonable person to establish probable cause in negligence litigation's. The res ipsa loquitur conclusion is approp...
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Compensatory Damages Risk Taking
4,336 wordsWhy the law of damages is more favourable to commercial interests than personal interests. On August 7 th 1994, 11 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through the BHP-owned Number 2 Mine in Moura, Central Queensland. In a bitter attack the Workers News declared that these deaths were not an unexpected accident, but a direct result of BHP s drive to boost productivity and cut costs. They form part of the disastrous death toll now escalating through industry. This paper seeks to determine ...
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