Group Project Guidelines ( PAYMENT WILL BE AMMENED AS NEEDED)
GROUP PROJECT GUIDELINES
A Real Life Look at Premises Liability Law
DUE DATE: THURSDAY, 25 NOVEMBER BY 3:00PM
See Week 13 for Turnitin submission links
The group project will send you out into Dubai (or wherever you want to go) to find and document potential premises liability issues in the community. Think of yourself as a Risk Management Consultant who has been asked to inspect the premises to find the potential hazards on the property where customers/clients/general public could be injured.
Examples: boxes stacked too high, sharp edges on counters, slippery floors, broken tiles, failure to block off dangerous areas, failure to put up warning signs, etc.
Be careful not to take photographs containing people, unless you get their permission. You may use your teammates as “actors” in your photos.
You may need to ask permission of the business manager before you start taking photos of potential hazards in their workplace.
These photographs are to be used for this project only. DO NOT post project photos on social media!
Group Project Guidelines:
1. You may work together in groups or as individuals. Groups are more for support and ideas than for submitting a combined project. Each student must choose their own photos and not duplicate those of their group members. Projects will be submitted separately by each student.
2. Research “premises liability” law so you understand what you are looking for (also review Power Point from class).
3. Go out into the world and photograph examples of potential liability issues (hazards) for business owners.
*If you are “sheltering in place”, you may use stock photos; however, the slide must indicate the source of the photo from.
4. Each student will prepare seven (7) Power Point slides:
Three (3) slides of potential indoor hazards
Three (3) slides of potential outdoor hazards
One (1) slide showing what property owner has done to warn public of potential hazard
No photos of road hazards.
No photos of hazards that could damage personal property. The hazards must be potentially dangerous to people.
The premises where you take the photos must belong to a private company, not the government.
The total presentation (all group members’ photo slides) must be of different locations and hazards. Do not do all missing tiles, broken windows, falling boxes, etc.
Although you may work in groups, each student will submit his/her own Power Point slides and research paper separately.
5. Each slide should use the following template:
The name of the individual student
Where the photo was taken
What the potential legal issue/hazard/risk is (how someone could be injured due to this hazard. Be specific)
Recommendations for how to immediately protect the public from the hazard, as well as recommendations (long term) for making the potential hazard safe/fixing the problem (repair, signs, removal, guards, etc). Get creative.
Estimate the cost of making the property safe. (time, money, manpower)
**See the Project Template on Moodle.
6. Each student must prepare a 750-word research paper (double-spaced, with 1″ margins) explaining (in your own words) premises liability law, property owners duty of care, what injured party must prove to win a premises liability case, any rules, any exceptions, the challenges to winning a lawsuit, what about signs, notice, “open and obvious” hazards, or an interesting case you read about, etc. You must include references at the end of your paper. References are not included in your 750-word count.
The final paragraph must explain what you individually learned from this project
This 750 word research paper is an individual assignment.
7. Each student (even is he/she is in a group) must submit the Power Point presentation via Turnitin
Twenty percent (20%) will be deducted for late projects and research papers.
Group Project Example/Template File