By signing on back of the cheque Janet, has made an indorsement to pay to third-party, hence another person was able to cash the check.
To protect herself Janet should have not signed the back of check.
Janet was given a check for $10. While still at home, she indorsed the back of...
QUESTION 16 A post-dated check is a negotiable instrument. True False 3 points QUESTION 17 A bank that certifies (in other words, accepts) a check has what type of liability for the payment of the check? A. Secondary. B. Accommodation liability. C. Primary. D. None. 3 points QUESTION 18 Real defenses, in the context of negotiable instruments, include A. duress that makes the contract void. B. illegality that makes the contract void. C. discharge in bankruptcy. D. all of the...
Twenty-nine year old Janet and her husband Jack were driving home from her ob-gyn appointment when tragedy struck. Another driver, elderly and distracted by an incoming text message, ran a red light and T-boned Janet and Jack’s Mini-Cooper. Both young people sustained severe injuries. Jack died enroute to the hospital. Janet survives, having escaped injury except to her head; but that was unfortunately massive. Her physicians now say, a month after the accident, that the prognosis is grim. The best...
Marianna is a support worker for Murray Hills Home and Community Care Services. Marianna has three children, who are all in school. She is married and her husband is in the armed forces, so he spends a lot of time away from home. Marianna works part-time for the personal care agency, and does some private cleaning at other times. Marianna is working in a person’s home. She is running late and needs to get the person showered and dressed before...
Mrs. Lydia Martin, an 88-year-old widow, lives alone in her single-story home. She prides herself in being fully independent. During the middle of the night, Mrs. Martin fell in her home while walking to the bathroom. She was unable to get up, so she crawled to the telephone and dialed 911. She was transported to the emergency department and underwent diagnostic tests including hip and femur x-ray and computerized tomography, which confirmed a left femoral neck fracture. Her past medical...
Mrs. Lydia Martin, an 88-year-old widow, lives alone in her single-story home. She prides herself in being fully independent. During the middle of the night, Mrs. Martin fell in her home while walking to the bathroom. She was unable to get up, so she crawled to the telephone and dialed 911. She was transported to the emergency department and underwent diagnostic tests including hip and femur x-ray and computerized tomography, which confirmed a left femoral neck fracture. Her past medical...
Laura is a very successful businesswoman in the high-stress high-powered world of corporate finance. She has been referred to you by the company’s employment assistance program. You are the company's occupational nurse. Laura presents herself as a no nonsense business professional. She is frank and honest about the events that has brought her to your office. Laura tells you that although she tells herself that she will only have one or two glasses with dinner, she usually finishes the whole...
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 4. You are helping a person to eat when he begins to choke. He is making a high- pitched wheezing sound, and it is difficult for him to answer you when you ask If he Questions for Review 1. What should you do if a fi re alarm sounds while you are at work? needs help. What should you do? a. Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). b. Call for help immediately, and then begin administering back blows and...
In 1976, 14-year-old Trina Garnett was living on the streets of Chester, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest of 12 children. Her father (Walter Garnett) was a former boxer; his failed career transformed him into a violent and abusive alcoholic. Trina's mother (Edith Garnett) became ill after bearing so many children. Some of her children were conceived during rapes by her husband. The older and sicker Edith became the more she found herself Walter's. Walter regularly punched, kicked, and verbally abused...
In 1976, 14-year-old Trina Garnett was living on the streets of Chester, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest of 12 children. Her father (Walter Garnett) was a former boxer; his failed career transformed him into a violent and abusive alcoholic. Trina's mother (Edith Garnett) became ill after bearing so many children. Some of her children were conceived during rapes by her husband. The older and sicker Edith became the more she found herself Walter's. Walter regularly punched, kicked, and verbally abused...
In 1976, 14-year-old Trina Garnett was living on the streets of Chester, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest of 12 children. Her father (Walter Garnett) was a former boxer; his failed career transformed him into a violent and abusive alcoholic. Trina's mother (Edith Garnett) became ill after bearing so many children. Some of her children were conceived during rapes by her husband. The older and sicker Edith became the more she found herself Walter's. Walter regularly punched, kicked, and verbally abused...