Prima facie Essays

  • Prima Facie Case Summary

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    Accordingly of accord with the above mentioned complainant declared a prima facie case 0f Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation on the basis of national origin when he shows the elements that apply such as: 1.- the Complainant's national origin “ Hispanic”. 2.- The complainant is otherwise qualifies for the benefits in question“ legally enrolled in the Tyler Junior College”. 3.-The entity “ Tyler Junior College” receive FFA and; 4.- The entity “Tyler Junior College” alleged to have discriminated

  • Examples Of Prima Facie

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    Prima Facie is a phrase that came from Latin, which means ‘at first glance’ or ‘on the face of it’. It can also define as initial impression. However, that are two different meanings of ‘prima facie’. In one use, for most civil problems, ‘prima facie’ means having enough presented evidence to withstand a motion for directed verdict. The plaintiff must provide enough evidence to support the claims and shift the burden of evidence to the respondent. The evidence must be strong enough to call up the

  • Age Discrimination In The Barney Hubsch Case

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    on the understanding of the basis of age under ADEA. However, from reading this case there is a possibility of age discrimination based off the company's actions against Barney Hubsch. That being said Barney has a case that can be classified as prima facie because the the four conditions needed can be found in this case. The first condition is that the individual must be 40 year or older, and Barney is 55. The second condition Barney must show that the employer made a decision that adversely affected

  • Prima Facie Monologue

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    JUDGE: Where is the explanation for that? MR SCRAGG: That the figure prima facie appears to be reasonable, but when it's investigated, it's clear that it's wrong. JUDGE: Alright. MR SCRAGG: And when your Honour looks at it, you can see that two days' counsel-fee - or whatever it is, two and a half days, plus reading time - the figure prima facie six thousand is reasonable. But when you go to what's actually occurred, where the rubber meets the road, you can see that there's three attendances

  • The Pros And Cons Of The ADEA

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    does a lot of good, but it still has its downfalls. Their largest downfall is that the ADEA can place the burden of proof on the employee reporting the age discrimination. Employees must themselves provide proof that they have a prima facie age discrimination case. A prima facie case is a case in which the plaintiff provides adequate evidence that they were discriminated against. The employee must show three things: they are in the protected age group, they are qualified to do the job, and they have

  • What Makes Right Acts Right Analysis

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    the moral rules were absolute. The basis of Ross’s moral theory lies in the concept of prima facie; the “duty” performed based on the relationship between certain individuals. Ross means that in any situation the individual needs to decide which relationship is most important to them at that time when making decisions. His main argument consists of: 1. If humans have common sense morality, then they follow prima

  • Case Study: Vehar V. Cole National Group

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    study will determine if the plaintiff established a valid prima facie as well as if there was a basis for equal work. Next, what factors did the appeals court base its decision and why is the other-than-sex factor that is presented by the employer insufficient to avoid a trial? Finally, what should the employer have done differently to ensure this type of situation did not occur in their business? Legal Issues Presented & Was a Valid Prima Facie Case Established In this case, Vehar v.

  • Cortez V. Wal-Mart Stores: Case Study

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    It got affirmed the appeals court. The reason the court concluded that the active coaching in the file didn’t render him unqualified for the qualification or thus not able to establish the prima facie case Any employee not meeting the minimum objective qualifications for any position can’t set up prima facie evidence of unequal treatment A candidate’s qualifications subjective judgment are however not enough to defeat promotion’s requirement. Thus, the court opposed. “Indeed, as the Sam’s Club disagrees

  • Prima Facie: Illegal Discrimination

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    particular case study seems to lack the ability to truly provide how this is possible. According to Robinson (2010), Prima Facie involves the process of having sufficient evidence before trail in a lawsuit or in some situations criminal prosecution cases (p. 27). Based off the information provided in this particular case study it would see that Carol is in a bit of a bind regarding Prima Facie. It does not appear that Carol has sufficient evidence to prove that there is illegal discrimination. While it

  • Tale Of The Mandarin Duck Analysis

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    The Tale of the Mandarin Duck The key is to not to judge a book by it’s cover, as you can't judge someone or something on how they look.The lord in a book called The Tale of the Mandarin Duck is from a Japanese folktale.The lord was always looks for beautiful, eye catching things either big or small. On the other hand, this self centered lord pushes away less attractive things. One day, the lord catches a colorful drake, but the lord did not choose the drake's mate, for she was not colorful. Once

  • Arguments Against Robert Paul's The Defense Of Anarchism

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    Name- Abel Kebede Date- 12/02/2017 Course-Philosophy The Defense of Anarchism Anarchism believes in autonomy, self-governance. It regards a state has no right in imposing rules and regulations on individual’s free choice and actions and argue that the individuals have a right to govern themselves. Prominent philosophers who have supported this view are Benjamin Tucker and Henery Thoreau, however, in this essay, I will be arguing against Robert Paul’s the defense of anarchism. Robert Paul's argument

  • Nietzsche's Four Errors Of Human Nature

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    Nietzsche was a German Philosopher who wrote a book called Twilight of the Idols. I will be taking some of his main points from his story and giving my standpoint on them. In my paper I will be explaining Nietzsche's morality as an anti-nature and his four great errors of human nature. The four great errors include confusing cause and consequence, false causality, imaginary causes, and free will. Nietzsche believed that philosophy should be about jumping from one extreme to another extreme and

  • Essay On Trespass

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    INTRODUCTION In order to get the understanding of trespass to person, we first need to get through the tort of trespass. When we think about trespass, the first thing that probably came to our mind is a sign board on our house or our neighbour house or garden reading trespassers should be prosecuted. We generally get the idea of a stranger sneaking around in the private premises or overgrown garden of an estranged, mysterious neighbour. Trespass is one of the ancient forms of action that arouse under

  • Prima Facie Case Brief Outline

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    Discussion: (a) Yes, Browning is liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress as he met every element necessary. In Wilson v. Hynek, 207 Cal. App. 4th 999, 144 Cal. Rptr. 3d 4 (2012), it states that the elements of a prima facie case for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress are: (1) extreme and outrageous conduct by the defendant with the intention of causing, or reckless disregard of the probability of causing, emotional distress; (2) the plaintiff's

  • Case Study: Prima Facie Case

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    The court in Townley, held that after the plaintiff has established a prima facie case for discrimination the corporation has the burden of proof to show that they attempted to accommodate the employee. Townley, 859 F.2d at 614. The Defendant is required to accommodate the employee unless the defendant can prove that accommodating the employee would have caused undue hardship for the employer. Id. Evee will argue that the employer told her to take 3 weeks to consider if she wants to keep her job

  • R V. Zikoviachi Case Brief

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    Case Information: At the Kitchener Courthouse - Ontario Court of Justice, located at 85 Frederick St. Kitchener, ON N2H 0A7 on March 22, 2018, the court case R v Zikoviachi was observed. Judge Rodgerson was the presiding judge, with Ms. J. Tusaw as the crown attorney and Mr. Ridder as the defence attorney. Summary: Zikoviachi plead guilty to two counts of theft under $5000. The first event occurred on January 27, 2017 where Ms. Zikoviachi was detained after being caught leaving Zehrs with groceries

  • Dehumanization In Heart Of Darkness

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    Throughout Heart of a Dog and Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad and Mikhail Bulgakov depict the dehumanizing effects of oppression––specifically slavery and discrimination––on both the oppressed and their oppressors. Dehumanization, as portrayed by these texts, is the unjust stripping (of oneself or others) of human dignity and respect; it is also a subjugation to needless attack, physical or verbal. In Heart of a Dog, Philippovich is dehumanized as he descends from a state of prestige to bumbling

  • 'Bluebeard' By Charles Perault: An Analysis

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    The phrase “curiosity killed the cat” was used to convey that unnecessary investigation or prying could lead to dangers. A man named Charles Perault, wrote the fairy tale “Bluebeard”, published in 1697, which helps argue the phrase and shows the extent of which the dangers can come to: death. However, the course of events in the fairy tale was used for the purpose of scaring the audience of children who read the tale into behaving and following the rules in the hopes that they do not become reckless

  • Case Study Prima Facie Case

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    Midterm 1. List the elements of disparate treatment and apply them to this case. Can Janet prove a prima facie case? How would the plant rebuff these charges? Who would ultimately prevail? The first thing that Janet has to do is establish a prima facie case. In order to prove a prima facie case, she would have to prove the following: a. She applied for the position, plant foreman, which at the time was available. b. That the plaintiff, (Janet), was qualified for that position. c. That she was

  • Disparate Treatment In Hicks's Prima Facie Case

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    This is exactly the case with Hicks and should be presented to the courts to support his position of disparate treatment in this case. In fact, the courts found that Hick’s did establish a prima facie case, and that the preoffered reasons by St. Mary’s were not believable. Yet, they also ruled that Hick’s did not prove that the decisions were racially motivated, but could have been personally motivated. Therefore, personally motivated decisions, while not best practices, are not unlawful and do