Injuries during working hours at a construction site leads to several legal consequences. If a person gets injured at working site, he/she can file civil law suit for negligence or product liability.
In the above situation, Flo was not wearing any safety wear while working on the construction site of a Grider company. She can file a product liability suit against the Girder company.
The company can most successfully raise the defense of "negligence". Since Flo was not wearing any safety wear during her working hours, the company can raise the defense of negligence because she knew that working on construction site without wearing safety gears may cause harm to her.
Answer:
Huprey Co.
Identifying the accounting treatment for each claim as either (a) a liability that is recorded or (b) an item described in notes to its financial statements:
1. Huprey (defendant) estimates that a pending lawsuit could result in damages of $1,550,000; it is unlikely that the plaintiff will win the case.a. A liability that is recorded.
b. An item described in notes to its financial statements.
2. Huprey faces a loss on a pending lawsuit that it is unlikely to lose; the amount is reasonably estimable.
a. An item described in notes to its financial statements. b. A liability that is recorded.
3. Huprey faces a probable loss on a pending lawsuit; the amount is reasonably estimable.a. An item described in notes to its financial statements.
b. A liability that is recorded.
Explanation:
Huprey Co. will recognize and record contingent liabilities in its accounts when it can be reasonably established that the future event will occur and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. The implication is that Huprey Co. must establish two things before a contingent liability is recognized and recorded. One is that the probability or the likelihood or the chance that the event will happen exists and can be estimated. With the probability estimate, it becomes possible for Huprey Co. to also estimate the amount that the happening of the event will cost it.
Explanation:
The given question cannot be answered as little information is provided. However it shall be an amount if $21,580,000. For, complete analysis we need to understand the current prices and various other variable costs. We know that the contribution margin is the Sale Price (SP) minus the Variable Cost (VC). It is the number of sales per unit that will be available to service fixed expenses and to generate the profit.
Therefore, to determine a more detailed answers more inputs are needed.
Answer:
An increase in the value of an asset
A portion of profits paid back to shareholders
Explanation:
Capital gain can be defined as a rise in the value of a capital asset (which could be investment or real estate) that facilitates a higher worth than the original purchasing price.
Dividend can be defined as a distribution of profits by a certain corporation to its shareholders.
