Great Time Speaking with 8th Graders / After School All Stars Atlanta

We did a simulated First Day of Class in College.  After going over the syllabus, we covered:

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS – First Day of Class

Theme 1: The Consequences of Winding up in Court

Theme 2: How to Protect Your Business Before Its Formation

Theme 3: Knowing Your Individual Legal Rights

Civil and Criminal Cases

Example of Civil Case: Negligence

1-      Does the defendant owe a duty to plaintiff?

2-     Did defendant breach that duty? ...

3-     By proximately causing …

4-     Damages

Palsgraf case and Proximate Cause

a-     Were the events foreseeable? or …

b-     Did the series of events break the chain of causation?

Example of Criminal Case: 4^th Amendment

Warrant to search home - Police need probable cause, based on “objective, articulated facts.”

What is suppressed evidence?

-          It depends – Were the police lawfully present?

Exclusionary rule

-          Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine