1. Read each scenario below
2. Decide what classification (s) of law each scenario falls under (civil, criminal, procedural, or substantive)
3. Create 2 events that could happen to you as a business person during the course of a day and which type of law would be applied to that scenario
***Post all answers on the classifications of law page***
Scenarios:
a. Carlos sold the trees on his 300-acre farm to Redicut Lumber Company. Redicut used logging equipment and methods that caused severe erosion on steep hillsides and drainage problems in low-lying areas.
b. Jean went to a party Friday night. While driving home, she ran a red light, hit another car, and killed the driver. When Jean was arrested for DUI and vehicular homicide, she was read her Miranda rights and allowed to call a lawyer.
c. Loretta owned an apartment building in New York City. A New York state law allowed her to collect only $1 from the cable company who installed a television cable to her building. She challenged the constitutionality of this law on the grounds that it allowed the taking of her property without just compensation.
Scenario A classifies as substantive.
ReplyDeleteScenario B classifies as Criminal.
Scenario C classifies as Civil.
Event 1: You are a Manager at target and you find out that a worker is giving out free merchandise. This would classify under criminal since they are basically stealing from the store.
Event 2: You find out that a coworker is putting company money in a separate account for them self. this also classifies under criminal.
1. Civil because they cant be arrested but sued
ReplyDelete2. Criminal, Procedural, Substantive
3. substantive, Civil,
1.Probate since its an estate and happened on his farm
Delete2. Municipal court since murder falls under criminal acts
3. Smalls claims court since this case deals with a small lawsuit
scenario A is civil
ReplyDeleteScenario B criminal
Scenario C civil and substantive
Event 1:Your at a restaurant and while your eating someone crashes into your car and pulls off. i said criminal because thats a hit and run
Event 2: your getting a house built and you want red velvet carpet and marble counters with a triple garage for your 3 cars and a shower room in the basement with a swimming pool out back when you come back when your house is done everything in the house is wooden and the counters are chipped and the person that built your house is no where to be found
1.) Civil because he did not do anything to be arrested for, but he can be sued
ReplyDelete2.) Criminal because she committed a murder, procedural because she ran a red light.
3.) civil
Event one
I own a small consignment shop and it has snowed the day before, i did not shovel and someone slips and falls, i could be taken to a civil court to be sued.
Event Two
After i got threw being sued five years later i hire someone that i though would be a good worker, one day a customer comes in and they are related to my employee and he gives her a 50% of discount. and another customer finds out and wants the same treatment and tried to sue me, this would fall under substantive
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