XYZ Counseling Agency, a Limited Liability Company,hired Chuck as an anger management counselor. Two months ago during
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XYZ Counseling Agency, a Limited Liability Company,hired Chuck as an anger management counselor. Two months ago during a counseling session with a client named Wilbur, Chuck became very angry at Wilbur’s failure to improve and beat up Wilbur. A week earlier, XYZ Counseling had counseled Chuck about an incident in which he grabbed a client by the arm and shook him. XYZ Counseling has a specific policy against violence and has disciplined employees who violate it but it has never terminated anyone for such conduct. Five years ago, Chuck was fired by another counseling firm after he hit a client. Wilbur has sued XYZ Counseling Agency. The minimum length of the paper will be three double‐spaced pages. The required three papers will be prepared by the student using the following format (any other formats will not be accepted for credit): Legal Issues. State the legal issue(s) involved in this dispute as short legal questions in your first paragraph. Plaintiff’s Arguments. What facts and legal rules support the Plaintiff’s (the one suing) arguments? (second paragraph) Defendant’s Arguments. What facts and legal rules support the Defendant’s arguments? (third paragraph) My Decision as the Judge. “You be the Judge”, who should prevail (win the case) and what legal rules control in this type of dispute, based on “these given facts”? (fourth and fifth paragraphs) My Own Opinion. Do you think the legal rules that currently apply are fair and reasonable, or should they be changed; explain your reasoning? (sixth paragraph) All legal rules, whether case law, common law, or statutory law cited in your discussions must be taken from somewhere in your class textbook materials. You should cite the page number or other reference to your textbook materials. You may cite some outside material but the main points should be on topics mentioned in the textbook. (We don’t want to see papers citing the Tasmanian Agricultural Statutes or their equivalent.) Choose a topic for your paper from the following case scenarios (the same five options will be presented to you each time.
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The following scenarios are based on actual cases You are not expected to know the law or even the result of the cases This is because the point of the paper assignment is to think through the issues ... View the full answer
