The following strategies and tools can be a great starting point for cash-strapped CEOs looking to kickstart their marketing programs on the cheap.More >>
The following strategies and tools can be a great starting point for cash-strapped CEOs looking to kickstart their marketing programs on the cheap.More >>
Now that nearly a decade has passed since the housing market peaked, what lessons can investors and banks learn from the banking crisis brought on by the Great Recession?More >>
Now that nearly a decade has passed since the housing market peaked, what lessons can investors and banks learn from the banking crisis brought on by the Great Recession?More >>
While pursuing an MBA comes with its own set of challenges, an MBA can be a valuable asset on the path to a better career for young professionals with clear career goals and realistic expectations.More >>
While pursuing an MBA comes with its own set of challenges, an MBA can be a valuable asset on the path to a better career for young professionals with clear career goals and realistic expectations.More >>
The House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement that averted widespread tax increases and spending cuts that were set to kick in Jan. 1.More >>
The House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement that averted widespread tax increases and spending cuts that were set to kick in Jan. 1.More >>
Avis has announced that it will purchase high-tech car-sharing company Zipcar for around $500 million.More >>
Avis has announced that it will purchase high-tech car-sharing company Zipcar for around $500 million. The deal is expected to greatly increase the availability of Zipcar vehicles for customers.More >>
A tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). When a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law, a tort has been committed.
The four elements present in a typical tort lawsuit are:
The existence of a legal duty owed by a person to others
The breach of the duty by one person (negligence). A person is negligent when he or she fails to act like the standard "ordinary reasonable person". Of course the critical issue in many cases is just how an "ordinary, reasonable person" was expected to act in the particular situation that caused the injury.
The breach of the duty being the proximate cause of damages suffered by a person. "Proximate cause" is the initial act which sets off a natural and continuous sequence of events that produces injury. In the absence of the initial act which produces injury, no injury would have resulted. Any time you act, you start a series of natural and continuous events to occur (for example, after swinging your arm with a ball in your hand, you release it and the ball then rolls down a hill).
Damages incurred by a person.
Each of the four elements of a tort typically must be present to be compensated.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:50 AM EDT2013-06-18 04:50:58 GMT
A Central Vermont landslide will cost thousands of dollars to repair. VTRANS officials say the slide happened off Route 110 in the town of Washington after heavy rains soaked the slope. Monday crews cutMore >>
A Central Vermont landslide will cost thousands of dollars to repair.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:50 AM EDT2013-06-18 04:50:08 GMT
Green Mountain Power wants a permit to kill bats.When the Lowell Mountain Wind project went online -- Little Brown Bats were not an endangered species. Now they are and killing them is illegal. But GMPMore >>
Green Mountain Power wants a permit to kill bats. When the Lowell Mountain Wind project went online -- Little Brown Bats were not an endangered species. Now they are and killing them is illegal.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:49 AM EDT2013-06-18 04:49:15 GMT
When it comes to parking in downtown Burlington empty spaces can be tough to find. "I go up to the mall parking lot," said Ian Gould. "It's just so much easier to park there. You don't have to bringMore >>
Burlington considers raising penalties for expired meters.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:57 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:57:16 GMT
A car smashed into a building in the Northeast Kingdom Monday morning.Police say an Mary Bailey, 85, from Quebec, was making a trip to the Dollar General in Troy. While parking she thought her car wasMore >>
She thought her car was in reverse, but when she hit the gas the car hurtled forward and slammed into the side of the Dollar General. More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:52 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:52:47 GMT
Police are on the hunt for a purse snatcher.They say the man -- captured on a surveillance camera -- took the purse from a woman at the Price Chopper in Derby Friday afternoon. He left the store in anMore >>
Suspect took purse from a woman at the Price Chopper in Derby Friday afternoon.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:51 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:51:22 GMT
Thousands of state employees are making the switch to electronic time sheets.The new $11-million payroll system went live last month. The idea is to make the payroll system more efficient by eliminatingMore >>
Thousands of state employees are making the switch to electronic time sheets.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:31 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:31:29 GMT
At 25 years-old, Michael Adams has done more in his career than most people twice his age. "I surprise myself every single day," Adams said.This young entrepreneur is mixing up his 5th business -- GreenMore >>
From barbeques to baseball games, mustard is a staple of summer for many people. But one man is trying to elevate the condiment to a whole new level.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:23 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:23:56 GMT
Ricardo Gervais visits the Queen City every chance he gets. And now when he parks in downtown Burlington, new signs on parking meters displayed in English and French will greet the Canadian tourist."IMore >>
Downtown Burlington keeps getting a bit more international -- an effort to make our neighbors to the north feel more welcome.More >>
