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Assignment: Patty Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week
Due Week 7
Worth 280 points
In this assignment, you’ll need to decide whether Patty Plaintiff has any legal claims arising from a series of unfortunate events. After reading the scenario, answer the questions that follow, making sure to fully explain the basis of your decision.
Patty Plaintiff is shopping at her favorite store, Cash Mart. She is looking for a new laptop, but she can’t find one she likes. Then, realizing that she is going to be late for an appointment, she attempts to leave the store, walking very fast. However, before she can leave, she is stopped by a security guard who accuses her of shoplifting. Patty, who has taken nothing, denies any wrong doing. The officer insists and takes Patty to a small room in the back of the store. The guard tells Patty that if she attempts to leave the room she will be arrested and sent to jail. At this point, the guard leaves the room. Patty is scared and waits in the room for over an hour until the manager comes in and apologizes and tells Patty that she is free to go.
About this same time, Gerry Golfer is hitting golf balls in his backyard. Gerry decides to break out his new driver and hits a golf ball out of his backyard into the Cash Mart parking lot. The golf ball hits Patty Plaintiff on the head and knocks her unconscious just as she is leaving the store.
Five days later, after recovering from her injuries, Patty returns to work at Acme Corporation. Unfortunately, she used her company email to send her mom a personal email about her injury despite being aware that Acme’s company policy prohibits use of company email for personal communication. Patty’s supervisor, Barry Bossley, discovers Patty’s violation and Patty is reprimanded. When Patty goes home she uses her personal computer to post disparaging comments about her boss and Acme Corporation on social media. The next day Patty is fired from her job.
In a 6-10 paragraph paper, answer the following question: What types of legal claims could Patty make against Cash Mart, Gerry, and Acme Corporation? Consider the following:
- What are the possible tort claims that Patty can make against Cash Mart? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.
- Was Gerry negligent when he hit the golf ball that injured Patty? Discuss the elements of negligence and use facts from the scenario to support your decision.
- Does Patty have a right to privacy when using Acme Corporation’s e-mail system? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.
- Can Patty be legally fired from her job for making negative comments about her boss and her company on social media? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.
- What are the possible tort claims that Patty can make against Cash Mart? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.
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PATTY PLAINTIFF'S REALLY BAD WEEK 5
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Patty Plaintiff's Really Bad Week
Name:
Institutional Af liation:
Date:
Patty Plaintiff's Really Bad Week
An individual may encounter diverse challenges which in the long run,
undermine their abilities to undertake the associated day to day activities. In
the case of the occurrence of a series of unfortunate events, one needs to
identify the basics of each exercise as far as claiming or ling a tort is
concerned. Not all occurrences however unfortunate they maybe allow one to
le a tort. However, the lack of information about torts may undermine the
abilities of an individual to get the desired level of justice against the offences
committed. This section basis its arguments from the series of unfortunate
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events which happened affecting Patty Plaintiff. First, she was accused of
shoplifting as she was leaving for an appointment. Further, she was hit with a
golf ball on the head, resulting in injuries. Finally, she was red from her job by
violating the corporate policy and positing bad things about her supervisor on
social media.
In the rst instance, Patty Plaintiff has a right to sue Cash Mart. The basis for
the case would be on the issue of defamatio...