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Student Case Brief/Presentation Project
The basic purpose for briefing a case is to help you understand the particular legal issues of the case, learn the proper universally accepted format and to refresh your memory on the significant portions of the case later as needed.
Each student will brief a case in the requested format that deals with some aspect of the emergency services. Each individual will present their brief in class, explaining all pertinent facts, concluding with a discussion of how we personally can avoid such a pitfall. Your case must have been tried in a court of law and may not be taken from those listed in the texts.
Instead, you must perform credible research regarding your case (LexisNexis database; findlaw.com etc.) or another acceptable law specific database … not Wikipedia, a fire publication etc; seek librarian help if necessary.
Each brief should be at least 3 pages in length with a thorough discussion of potential policy implications as related to some aspect of the emergency services. The written brief will be worth 50 points, with another 50 points credited when adequately presented in class with a provided teaching outline (10 points extra credit if you attend all sessions of students briefing). Proper formatting, grammar and spelling will count for a significant part of your grade, so edit your work carefully. Your case brief must follow the model described in class. Briefs must be typed double-spaced with 1″ margins. No fonts larger than 12 point are to be used. You will be prepared to fully discuss/explain your findings in class
on the date as assigned.
Answer preview
In this case, the captains won as the respondent failed to prove that the captains were executive members. The respondent claimed that first response was not the initial duty of the captains, a point supported by the decision of the district court which argued that the captains spent most of there time at the station as opposed to responding to emergency situations and as such, managerial work was their primary duty as opposed to responding to emergencies. The circuit court, in reversing the districts court opinion argued that such a perspective went against the nature of emergency responses.
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