Legal aspects of engineering
1. Black, an engineer Is injured while visiting the White Manufacturing Company. Black was splattered in the face with hot metal from a die-casting machine he was observing at the time. What complaint and reasoning might Black use in a tort claim? What reply would White be likely to use?
2. Why was caveat emptor an appropriate defense two hundred year ago but is not appropriate today?
3. Why must we have agencies? Why, for example, must we have an agency to control air traffic? Is there a better way to regulate air traffic?
4. Show graphically how Adam Smith’s supply-and-demand theory might be used by a court to prove “unlawful” union action be used for same purpose.?
5. Why were employers’ liability acts unsatisfactory?
6. Black, an engineer for the white Company, is injured while returning home from work. What circumstances might cause this injury to be covered by workers’ compensating?