Week 1 Assignment
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w1_assignment_week_1_case_questions.docxW1 Assignment “Week 1 Case Questions”
Respond in writing to the case questions.
1. Casias v. Wal-Mart Stores (Ch 1, p 7)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. Why do you suppose that the employer ordered a drug test following the workplace injury and decided to terminate the employee despite being aware of his lawful medical use of marijuana?
3. What does employment at will mean? How does it figure into the decision in this case?
4. Do you agree with the decision in this case? Why or why not?
2. Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 21)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. What does it mean for a contract to be “unconscionable,” To be “procedurally unconscionable”? “To be substantively unconscionable”?
3. What was the evidence that this agreement was procedurally unconscionable? That this agreement was substantively unconscionable?
4. What does it mean to “sever” illegal terms from a contract? Why did the appeals court decline to do so here?
5. What would you advise this employer to do in light of this decision? Should it redraft the language of the arbitration agreement to deal with the court’s objections or drop the whole thing?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
. Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
. Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
. Include cover page and reference page.
. At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
. No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
. Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
. Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
W1 Assignment “Week 1 Case Questions”
R
espond in writing to the case questions.
1.
Casias v. Wal
-
Mart Stores (Ch 1, p 7)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal is
sue in this case? What did the
appeals court decide?
2. Why do you suppo
se that the employer ordered a
drug test following th
e workplace
injury and decided
to terminate the employee despite being aware of h
is
lawful medical
use of marijuana?
3. What does employ
ment at will mean? How does it
figure into the decision in this
case?
4. Do you agree with the
decision in this case? Why or
why not?
2.
Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 21)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. What does it mean for a
contract to be “unconscionable,” To be “procedurally
unconscionable”? “To be substantively unconscionable”?
3. What was the evidence that this agreement was procedurally unconscionable? That
this agreement was substantively unconscionable?
4. What does it
mean to “sever” illegal terms from a contract? Why did the appeals
court decline to do so here?
5. What would you advise this employer to do in light of this decision? Should it redraft
the language of the arbitration agreement to deal with the court’s obj
ections or drop
the whole thing?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
·
Write between 750
–
1,250 words (approximately 3
–
5 pages) using Microsoft Word in
APA style, see example below.
·
Use
font size 12 and 1” margins.
·
Include cover page and reference page.
·
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
·
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
W1 Assignment “Week 1 Case Questions”
Respond in writing to the case questions.
1. Casias v. Wal-Mart Stores (Ch 1, p 7)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. Why do you suppose that the employer ordered a drug test following the workplace
injury and decided to terminate the employee despite being aware of his lawful medical
use of marijuana?
3. What does employment at will mean? How does it figure into the decision in this
case?
4. Do you agree with the decision in this case? Why or why not?
2. Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 21)
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. What does it mean for a contract to be “unconscionable,” To be “procedurally
unconscionable”? “To be substantively unconscionable”?
3. What was the evidence that this agreement was procedurally unconscionable? That
this agreement was substantively unconscionable?
4. What does it mean to “sever” illegal terms from a contract? Why did the appeals
court decline to do so here?
5. What would you advise this employer to do in light of this decision? Should it redraft
the language of the arbitration agreement to deal with the court’s objections or drop
the whole thing?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in
APA style, see example below.
Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
Include cover page and reference page.
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
