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Read the below scenario before starting.
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 500-word 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.
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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.
There are numerous business tort claims that can be made against Cash Mart by Patty.
The first is business torts. Business tort in this case study is characterized by tortious
meddling with the contract which can be directly referred to as fraud
The first is business torts. Business tort in this case study is characterized by tortious
meddling with the contract which can be directly referred to as fraud. Also, a business tort is
found in the theft and exposure of the trading secrets which significantly features as a
commercial fraud dispute.
While in some cases these claims constitute of foundations of a case and in other
times they are used to supplement the claim of a fraudulent contract, the result is a creation of
punitive risks (Bach, 2016). About this case study, it is arguably correct that Patty can claim a
business tort against Cash Matt and justify it with the tortious and fraudulent inference and
trade secrets and contracts.
Also, this case is certainly and a case of defamation. There is a false and falsification
of imprisonment. When an individual is falsely accused, one is largely emotionally
distressed. There is intentional emotional infliction for an individual who never committed a
crime but accused of committing the same (Bach, 2016). In this regard, Patty can sue Cash
Mart and subsequently demand payment of punitive damages caused against him by Cash
Mart justifying the case with the accusations by the security guard as well as his behaviour
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