BLW 342 Exam 1 Cases Question and answers already passed
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BLW 342 Exam 1 Cases Question and answers already passed
Soldano v. O'Daniels - correct answer Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
Year: 1983
Court: California Appellate Court
Information:
- Plaintiff's father shot & killed at saloon, patron came into Circle Inn & asked bartender to call polic...
BLW 342 Exam 1 Cases Question and
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Soldano v. O'Daniels - correct answer ✔Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
Year: 1983
Court: California Appellate Court
Information:
- Plaintiff's father shot & killed at saloon, patron came into Circle Inn & asked
bartender to call police or let him use the phone, bartender refused
- Plaintiff alleges: Circle Inn employee did not fulfill his legal duty to help
Issue: Does a business incur liability if it denies use of its telephone in an
emergency?
Verdict: In favor of Soldano, so yes O'Daniels was liable
- Harm was foreseeable & imminent, certainty of injury
- While may not have had a duty to help, DID have a duty to NOT HINDER
others from helping
Griffith v. Southland Corp. - correct answer ✔Chapter 2: Business Ethics and
Social Responsibility
Year: 1992
Court: Maryland Appellate Court
Information:
- Griffith off duty police officer who got involved in a fight
- Son ran inside and told 7/11 employee to call 911, but she didn't
Issue: Was there a duty to take action by 7/11 Employee? Was it foreseeable
that no call would result in injury? Ethical?
Verdict: In favor of Southland Corp.
, - It is foreseeable that a police officer could be beaten up due to the scope of
his job, therefore the gas station owner isn't liable. (Fireman's Rule)
Hooters of American Inc. v. Phillips - correct answer ✔Chapter 3: Dispute
Resolution
Year: 1999
Court: Arbitration
Information:
- Hooters initiated alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program among
employees. Phillip signed agreement but did not get a copy of the rules
- Phillips quit and refused to arbitrate based on the unfairness of the
arbitration rules
- Phillips notified them that she intended to file suit for sexual harassment and
discrimination, hooters filed suit to compel arbitration
Verdict: In favor of Phillips
- Court said that the hooters rules were so unfairly one sided that their only
possibly purpose was to undermine the neutrality of the proceedings (fairness
requirement)
Miss Universe v. Monnin - correct answer ✔Chapter 3: Dispute Resolution
Year: 2013
Court: U.S. District Court S. District of NY
Information:
- Monnin accused Trump (aka Miss Universe) of rigging the Miss Universe
Pageant
- Publically said top 16 and final five were scripted
- Private Arbitration
Verdict: In favor of Miss Universe
- Arbitration award for angry rants on social media, texts, etc.
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