Pedro is a famous professional football player.  Pedro is an outspoken critic of athletes using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). Don is a former football player who now has his own sports blog.  Don strongly disagrees with Pedro’s stance on PEDs.  One day, Don received an email from an anonymous source.  This source claimed that Pedro has, himself, been using PEDs for several years.  Without conducting any further research, Don posted an article about Pedro on his blog.  In this article, Don wrote the following: “Multiple sources claim Pedro has been using using PEDs.” A friend of Don’s, named Al, saw this article and texted Don and asked if his article was really true.  Don replied to his Al, “Don’t know if it’s true, but I know it will get clicks!”  Al then told a co-worker that Pedro has been using PEDs for years. Don’s statement is demonstrably false because Pedro has been required to take blood tests for PEDs prior to the start of each football season.  Pedro has never tested positive for PEDs.   What claims, if any, can Pedro bring against Don?  Will Al be liable for repeating Don’s statement?  Discuss.

As the mayor of Smithsville, William is negotiating a high-profile contract with Acme Co. for the construction of the Smithville Public Library. Charlie is William’s neighbor. William and Charlie are in the midst of a bitter civil suit to the determination of the property line separating their adjacent properties. After losing an important motion related to their civil suit, Dan warned William, “I will do whatever it takes to ruin you, even if I have to lie to do it.” Shortly after that statement, Dan filed a lien against the property of William despite his loss on the property line dispute. Later that week during a public question and answer period at a Smithsville City Council meeting, Charlie accused William of receiving a suitcase full of money from an Acme Co. representative. William vehemently denied the claim, and suffered a heart attack, collapsing on the podium. Doctors determine the heart attack was caused by the argument. The next day, the City Newspaper published a news article recounting the city council meeting and reported Charlie’s accusation, quoting him word for word. The City Newspaper also published an editorial complaining about the rampant corruption in city government. The editorial did not name William directly.   However, alongside the editorial, the City Newspaper published a photo of William lying next to the podium. William has filed suit against Charlie claiming Defamation and abuse of process. What are the likely results of Williams suit against Charlie. Discuss likely outcome and if any defenses. William also filed suit against Newspaper for defamation and false light, discuss outcome.

Estimad@s Estudiantes: La evaluación se desarrollará desde el día 29 de abril (0:00 horas) hasta el día 5 demayo (23:59). Favor tener presente que:1. La presente valuación no tiene preguntas asociadas al uso de GeoGebra. Por lo tanto en cada desarrollodebe explicitar todos los cálculos y procedimientos utilizados para justicar su respuesta. Realizandoel desarrollo en manuscrito y paso a paso.2. Desarrollos que se envíen utilizando editores de texto, Excel, IA o similares serán calicados con notamínima.3. Desarrollos que no sean enviados en manuscrito serán calicados con nota mínima.4. En la calicación de sus respuestas (asignación de puntaje) inuyen directamente:Responder formalmente cada una de las preguntas planteadas. Por ejemplo, según correspondase debe responder:El valor de x es ….El valor exacto de la expresión es …La solución de la ecuación lineal es …Las soluciones de la ecuación cuadrática son …El número de artículos que maximiza la utilidad es …La utilidad máxima es …El sistema lineal admite solución….etc..Desarrollos que no respondan formalmente la pregunta planteada serán calicados con menorpuntaje, ya que la respuesta formal, en cada ítem tiene asignado puntaje.Explicitar todos los cálculo y procedimientos utilizados en la resolución de un determinado problema.Por lo tanto, desarrollos que tengan resultados mágicos, es decir, resultados que no sepueden deducir de manera directa o por simple inspección, serán calicados con puntaje mínimo.El orden de los desarrollos. Desarrollos desordenados serán calicados con menor puntaje.Resolver los problemas utilizando solo los contenidos y/o procedimientos vistos en clases. Desarrollosque utilicen otro tipo de contenidos serán calicados con puntaje mínimo, salvo que elestudiante demuestre la validez de los conceptos no vistos en clase y explique el motivo por elcual utiliza ese contenido y/o procedimiento.5. Debe enviar sus desarrollos en un solo archivo en formato PDF. Archivos enviados en otros formatosserán calicados con nota mínima.6. Es de responsabilidad del estudiante cargar todos los archivos de sus desarrollos, no se revisaránarchivos complementarios enviados por mail.7. Dispone de solo 150 minutos como máximo, para desarrollar la prueba y enviar sus resultados víaplataforma.8. No se aceptarán envíos fuera de plazo ni por otro medio que el habilitado durante la solemne.9. La evaluación se cierra a las 23:59 del último día habilitado para rendir la evaluación. Después de esahora no podrá adjuntar sus desarrollos. Por lo tanto, si ingresa a la evaluación a las 23:00 del últimodía, solo dispondrá de 59 minutos como máximo para resolver su evaluación. 10. Es de responsabilidad de cada estudiante contar con las herramientas necesarias para rendir cadauna de las evaluaciones programadas del curso. (internet estable, computador o laptop(no Tablet nicelular), cámara digital, instalación de Honorlock y GeoGebra en su ordenador)11. Si se detecta vía Honorlock:  El uso y/o navegación en páginas de inteligencia artificial.  La interacción vía WhatsApp.  La navegación en páginas no autorizadas.  La evaluación será calificada con nota mínima.12. De tener algún inconveniente de fuerza mayor, durante el desarrollo de la evaluación, debe:Enviar un correo a su docente(al correo informado por su docente en clases) con las imágenesque corroboren el problema. Enviar el desarrollo de la evaluación vía mail dentro del tiempo asociado a su evaluación. Sin los antecedentes mencionados previamente no se analizará la posibilidad de corregir lo enviadoy se calificará con nota mínima la evaluación.Saludos y éxito Solemne3_2.pdf

Ali went to an art gallery seeking to find a painting by Basquiat to recommend to a client. Ali explained to Derrick, an art dealer at the gallery, that her client had no interest in purchasing art by any painter other than Basquiat. Derrick accurately informed Ali that the gallery had paintings by Basquiat as well as other artists. The paintings did not have descriptions accompanying them that listed the artist’s name. After walking around the gallery, Ali found a painting she liked and thought her client would like. Ali asked Derrick if that painting was by Basquiat. Derrick, uncertain of who the artist was but knowing that over half the paintings in the gallery were by Basquiat and knowing that saying the painting was by Basquiat would help him make a sale, said that painting was by Basquiat. Ali notified the client about the painting and the client subsequently purchased the painting. Later, while having the painting appraised, the client learned that the painting was not by Basquiat.Can the client successfully sue Derrick for misrepresentation?

Mickey purchased a Ducati that was promoted in advertisements as an all-terrain motorcycle shown going over very rugged terrain. However, the shock absorbers on the Ducati were not designed for that kind of terrain and would not provide a safe ride under these conditions. The Ducati’s owner’s manual stated that owners must install specific heavy-duty shock absorbers before the motorcycle should be driven over rough terrain. Soon after, Mickey rode his Ducati on a trail at the local wilderness area. He reached the top of a hill and landed hard, causing his shock absorbers to fail. Mickey lost control and crashed, suffering serious and permanent injuries.Mickey brought a strict products liability action against Ducati in a jurisdiction that does not apply its comparative negligence rules to these actions. At trial, Ducati presented evidence that Mickey had received the owner’s manual with the shock absorbers warning and had disobeyed a posted state statute in the wilderness area forbidding motorized vehicles from leaving the roadway. Mickey presented evidence of the advertisements and the fact that the shock absorbers that came with the Ducati were dangerously inadequate under off-road conditions. At the close of the evidence, both parties move for a directed verdict.What should the court do?

Mark was jealous that Gail, his ex-girlfriend, had started dating someone else. As a prank, Mark decided to leave a message on her answering machine that Buck, the new boyfriend, had committed a robbery of a local convenience store. Mark knew the statement was not true. Since Mark and Gail were both fluent in Spanish, he left the voice message in Spanish. Before Gail came home that night, a houseguest played the message, but she did not understand it. Buck then played the message and deleted it. Buck brought an action against Mark for damages.Will Buck prevail?

Brian recently purchased his new Pizazz powerboat from Boats R Us. He took the Pizazz out on Lake Mead but then ran out of gas because of a defective seal in the gas tank. The defect was not discoverable by an ordinary inspection. Brian’s frantic signaling alerted Sandy, the captain of a sightseeing boat passing by. Captain Sandy pulled up alongside to assist and attempted to restart the Pizazz. Because leaked gas had collected in the lower portion of the Pizazz, a spark ignited the gas which caused an explosion and fire. Captain Sandy was severely burned and died from her injuries. Captain Sandy’s estate brought a wrongful death action based on strict liability against Boats R Us and Pizazz (the manufacturer). Evidence at trial established that Boats R Us had sold Pizazz’s boats for years without any problems reported by customers.Can Captain Sandy’s estate recover any damages from Boats R Us?

In a climograph, average precipitation is shown by a smooth curve across months while monthly average temperature is shown by a bar for each month.

The two most common indicators for describing climate are:

The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures during the day is known as the diurnal temperature range.