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Entries Tagged as 'Negligence'

Boy Scout sues for food poisoning

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Negligence

A Boy Scout who was infected by a toxic strain of E. coli at a Virginia scout camp today filed suit against a California food supplier, according to a law firm news release.
The suit naming S & S Foods of California was filed in Augusta County Circuit Court.  In August, 84 people at the Goshen […]

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Issue: Adequacy of notice. Please discuss.

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Negligence

This could easily be a leftover question from last month’s bar exam. The topic: Premises liability. The issue: Adequacy of notice. Here are the facts.
You’re a shopowner in Marblehead, Mass., a grand old town along the Atlantic, north of Boston. The U.S. Navy was founded here, in fact. You own an old building with gutter […]

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Note to employers: Listen to workers’ fears

March 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Negligence, Negligent Retention

Employees at a Harrisonburg medical supplies office say they tried to warn their boss about a coworker’s strange and threatening behavior. But because the company, American HomePatient Inc., allegedly turned a deaf ear, it now faces the possibility of punitive damages on a claim for negligent retention.
Last spring, a man named Brewer Hoover Jr. developed […]

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