LAW 531 WEEK 3

LAW 531 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

Read “The IRAC method of case study analysis.”

Select one legal case from a current event that has taken place within the past 2 years relevant to the following objectives:

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• 3.3: Differentiate between personal, real, and intellectual property issues.
• 3.4: Determine appropriate methods to address potential property issues.

Discuss the selected case with your Learning Team.

Brief the selected case as a Learning Team.

Write a case brief using the IRAC method.

Write an explanation of no more than 750 words about how the legal concepts in the selected case can be applied within a business managerial setting.

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For the following scenarios you should:

1) Write a paper of no more than 1500 words

2) Analyze the potential torts; and

3) Provide a recommendation on how to eliminate the issues seen for

each Defendant (the person or business, who might be sued).

Scenario 1: Iryna orders a meal in an Thai restaurant. After her food is served, she

takes a bite and cries out in pain. She has bitten down on a piece of

glass. Upon hearing Iryna’s cry, another waiter who is pouring wine at a

nearby table spins around and bumps into Iryna’s waiter, who is

carrying a flaming dish. The flaming dish tilts onto Iryna’s waiter, and

her apron catches fire. She rips it off and casts it aside, where it ignites

another tablecloth. People start screaming and run for the door, but

because it is a revolving door, only one or two people can leave at a

time. An old man is trampled by the crowd and is seriously injured.

Several other patrons suffer smoke inhalation and burns, but finally,

everyone is out.

When the ambulances and fire engines arrive, Iryna is among those

transported to the emergency room. Her mouth is bleeding profusely,

and she is becoming weak. The emergency room doctor tells Iryna that

immediate surgery will be necessary to stop the bleeding and save her

tooth. She is immediately prepped for surgery. While she is

unconscious, the surgeon mistakes her for another patient and

amputates her left leg.

Scenario 2: Christine is an agent for Insure, Inc., an independent

insurance agency that offers policies from several insurance

companies. With the economy in crisis, Insure, Inc. is experiencing hard

times. The boss tells the agents that if they do not start selling

insurance policies, the agency is going to shut down and everyone will

be out of a job. Christine needs this job badly, and starts calling his

customers to see if he can sell some policies. She calls John, and tells

John that if he increases his coverage at present rates, Christine will

guarantee that the premiums will never go up. He tells other customers

the same thing, and many take advantage of the offer to increase their

coverage and lock in at the present rates. The commissions start rolling

in, and the boss is pleased.

A year later, when customers get bills for policy renewals, they are irate

to see that premiums have gone up. The boss finds out for the first time

what Christine has done when she is served with a lawsuit filed by a

customer. She yells at Christine, and demands that he clear out his

desk. She has security escort Christine out of the building in front of the

other agents, who are shocked. When asked by the other agents about

what happened, the boss tells them Christine was fired for stealing.

John decides to get back at the agency, and marches up and down the

street in front of the agency with a big sign that says, “Insure, Inc.

cheats its customers!” The boss cannot let this continue, so she takes a

staple gun, goes outside, and fires it in John’s direction, hoping to scare

him away. Unfortunately, she misses and hits John in the eye, causing

permanent blindness in that eye.

Scenario 3: Adam is a sales clerk at Cheap-So Mart, a huge discount

store. He works in the hardware and gun department. One day, Louis

asks to look at a rifle. Adam unlocks the case and hands Louis the rifle

he wanted to see. Louis examines the rifle, and tells Adam he will take

the rifle and a box of bullets. Adam puts the bullets on the counter, and

turns to ring up the transaction. While Adam is not looking, Louis opens

the box, loads the rifle, aims, and shoots a lady who is walking with a

man in the next aisle. Upon seeing his wife fall, the man clutches at his

chest and has a heart attack.

Louis aims at someone else, but Adam tackles him and knocks him

down, spoiling his shot. The bullet ricochets off a metal beam and

injures a boy. Adam and Louis struggle until Adam knocks Louis

unconscious. The store security guard comes over and, in the heat of

anger, kicks the unconscious Louis in the ribs. Adam can hear Louis’s

ribs breaking. Adam and the security guard manage to lock Louis in a

storage room until the police come. For some reason, the police do not

arrive for two hours. Before they get there, Louis comes to and bangs

on the door, saying he needs medical attention. The security guard tells

Louis, “Be quiet or I will break more of your ribs.” Louis does not get

released from the closet until the police arrive to arrest him.