writing assignment 3

PLEASE USE THE SAME ORGANIZATIONAL FORMAT AS EXHIBITED UNDERASSIGNMENT 2

Answer the following questions based upon your assigned readings and class materials. IF YOU USE ANOTHER SOURCE FOR YOUR ANSWER, YOU MUST CITE THAT SOURCE, but please be advised that other sources may give information that is not as discussed or presented in class and will not provide additional credit.

Your answers must be in complete sentences and free of typographical errors.

Your writing assignment must be saved as either as WORD documents or in PDF, with double-spaced, 1” margins. The assignment must be well written and professional in appearance. Your completed assignment must be uploaded onto Blackboard for submission. NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE ACCEPTED. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.

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.1. Identify and define the elements of negligence.

2. Under a negligence claim, please identify and define the two separate elements of causationand discuss how they are applied.

3. In most states, what defenses are available in negligence-based product liability actions?Please define each defense.

Ximena, who runs a successful real estate agency, ran across a very interesting pamphlet oncustomer relations. The pamphlet was fifty pages long and cost $70.00. Ximena thought the pricewas outrageous. Accordingly, she bought one copy and photocopied the pages that she thoughtwere pertinent and gave them to her employees. She copied forty of the pages out of the pamphletfor each of twenty employees. A disgruntled employee informed the pamphlet’s publisher whatXimena had done, and she was charged with copyright infringement. Ximena defended on thebasis of the fair use doctrine.

4. Identify, define and discuss the four factors a court would consider in determining whethera violation occurred. Will Ximena would prevail? Explain your answer.