An interesting example of sovereign immunity in society is the case of James Tillman (Pattis, 2007), who spent 18 years of a 45-year sentence on a false conviction of rape. His case, when it came before the court, was against the state of Connecticut. While found guilty at the time, later evidence proved Tillman's innocence. Because of sovereign immunity, however, he cannot sue the state for the great injury done

Robins & Robins THE RIGHT THING TO DO Robbins & Robbins Possible Defenses by Casings, Inc. It was the primary responsibility of Robbins & Robbins to have foreknown the risk of explosives getting into its medication before it entered into any formal agreement with Casings, Inc. Although both companies share the ethical responsibility, Robbins & Robbins should have had the greater interest in avoiding the risk. Second, the accounting firm, which worded the clause,

In other words, the Court looked at why Nelson was suing Saudi Arabia, and determined whether those claims were based on Saudi Arabia's actions as a sovereign nation or on its actions as a business. Sovereign immunity should continue, even if it results in the occasional unjust activity. To subject foreign governments to liability for their actions as governments would be allowing other countries to dictate the internal policies of

Federal Tort Claims Act Traditionally, the federal government was immune from lawsuits by its citizens under a doctrine known as sovereign immunity. Theoretically, this immunity was justified because people would necessarily have disagreements with the government and resorting to the court system to help resolve those disputes could have resulted in a tremendous waste of time and energy. However, the situation left people with no solution when they were harmed by

In addition, the recall constitutes an expectation of substantial change before products actually reached consumers, placing it in compliance with 402A. Robins & Robins lived up to its legal and its ethical responsibilities. Question 4 The Blanchard and Peale method of determining ethicality consists of three checks, which can be applied to both the decision to avoid the $0.35 per-package charge to automate recalls and to the "fake" recall process of

Coleman V. Maryland Court of Appeals There has always been a fine balance between the Constitutional power of Congress and individual State rights. At the heart of the Constitutional Debate and even the Civil War was the question -- are states sovereign in their dealings with matters of government and culpability and to what degree does their sovereignty remain solvent. Congress has both Constitutional power and applied power, and is expected