Legal News 7: Negligence / Agency law
About Legal News Assignments
You will be assigned ten legal news assignments throughout the semester. Don't forget about them; they are "easy" ways to earn points toward your final grade.
Each legal news assignment will be assigned a topic, relating to the legal topic being covered in class. To earn the full ten points, you must:
1. Research a current news item that relates to the topic assigned. "Current" means a news item within the last six months.
2. Use a reputable news source. Consider researching The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Lowell Sun, or any ohter newspaper from a major city. The Associated Press and Reuters are also acceptable. Do NOT cite to social media, buzzfeed, popsugar or a blog. These are not "news" sources.
3. Your summary must be 2 - 3 full paragraphs, in complete sentences. Please summarize what the news item is, and how it relates to our business law topic.
4. Turn in your Legal News item on time.
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Legal News 7: Negligence/Agency law
Source and Date of Article: The Washington Post. 4th April 2019. /health/2019/04/03/hidden-hospital-cameras-filmed-women-during-childbirth-miscarriage-procedures-lawsuit-says/?utm_term=.195952ff5b3e
The news article centers on a lawsuit filed by 80 women against a Women’s Health Center at Sharp Grossmont Hospital near San Diego. The women claim that they were recorded by cameras without their approval or that of their families. As a result, the hospital was accused of being “grossly negligent” towards patient privacy over an 11 month period. Consequently, the women and their families went through “highly stressful and emotional periods because their tender life-changing moments in theater rooms was exposed.” In its defense, the hospital indicated that it had installed the cameras ...
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