In the trial process, there are for stages. The first one is the pleading stage. In this stage filling, a complaint takes place where the court is served as an official document to handle the injustice case. The stage is the beginning of a trial where there is a summons, motions for judgement and so on. It gives an outline of how the case will be handled. The second stage is the pretrial. The stage involves investigations and determination of the reality through witnesses outside the courtroom. It also requires interrogation of both sides of the plaintiff and defendant. The trial stage as the third one involves jurisdiction, testimonies of both parties (Storrar et al., 2015). Opening and closing arguments are also heard here. It also requires redirection and recall after cross-examination by the judge. Chare to the jury, verdict and judgement then follow in that order. The fourth stage is the post-trial. It applies if any side is not content with the outcome of the process, and they want it dismissed.
Respond-eat superior is a concept in law where the master can be liable for the offences of a servant. This concept applies if the offence is committed at the expense or in line of duty (O’Sullivan, 2016). In this concept, there must be a clear line of relationship between the employee and the employer. It is therefore apparent that the principle does not work in the case of an independent contractor. Corporate negligence is a legal concept that ensures the safety of patients by keeping an eye to any wrongdoings by healthcare facilities (Feldman, 2008). The procedures in hospitals are complicated such that many patients may not differentiate between wrong and right. Corporate negligence takes the case of such situations.
A good example happened when I was working in a hospital facility as a cashier. Patients coming to the pharmacy for medication had to pass at my desk with the drugs and written prescriptions. After some time, there were complaints of long periods of recovery for patients who sought medical help from our facility. One morning, I took a keen look at the drugs given to the patients at the pharmacy and noticed that a good number had expired. I secretly reported the incident and the local health officers came to investigate the incident. The pharmacist was not held liable for the case. Instead, the owner of the hospital was heavily charged.
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The four steps of trial based pleading defendants areas the student elaborated. There has to be a pleading stage to allow the official commencement of the case. Ten follows pretrial to dig deeper into the matter to substantiate claims and complaints. The pretrial gives way for trial where the main business takes place. Crosschecking of all investigations and findings happens here. Consultations, arguments charge of the jury, verdict and judgement occur in the trial stage. Finally, the post-trial stage takes over if any of the sides refutes the outcome of the trial stage. The respond-eat superior concept applies in many businesses, especially in hospitals where it is applied with corporate negligence. The example that the student gives to illustrate the typical use of the two concepts.