It takes the average reader and 7 minutes to read Principles of Tortuous Liability by Patrick Kimuyu
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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, grade: 1.6, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: Tortuous liability is applied in healthcare in order to monitor claims and lawsuits arising from medical malpractices and negligence of their staff. Precisely, ‘tort’ refers to wrongful action committed by a person. The remedy to tort is damages, and this forms a part of the law of obligation. Currently, juries doctor program has made the principles of tortuous liability compulsory for their students. In this program, students learn the fundamental elements of tort liability in areas such as breach of duty, causation, negligence and defenses to liability. Tort liability in many healthcare setting is based on the conduct of personnel working at the facility as well as the organization itself. Tort law has mainly two objectives; deterrence and compensation. Seemingly, in 2002, the Australia tort laws went through major changes. Tort laws in Australia are divided into three groups namely; negligence torts, strict liability torts and intentional torts. Negligence torts refer to civil wrongs that occur due to one’s failure in exercising care against risk of known harm. Intentional torts are defined as deliberate action that results to harming a plaintiff. Classical example of intentional tort includes fraud and defamation. Strict liability torts impose accountability on a company that is not guilty of wrongdoing but its activities cause dangerous harm to the society despite taking the appropriate care. According to researchers, reasonable comprehension of tort can aid in minimizing the occurrence of tort liability. Risk managers have a duty of updating all the relevant organizations procedures and policies so as to meet the stipulated legal requirements. Any change in policy must be passed to the organizational staff in order to familiarize them with the incoming changes and probable effect on their daily activities. Therefore, this analysis focuses on the impact of reforms on tort law.
Principles of Tortuous Liability by Patrick Kimuyu is 7 pages long, and a total of 1,799 words.
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