LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rca Dimensia, Elder Abuse, Morphine
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S. c. , p. 299/286: beardsley was having an affair, at his hotel, the woman took morphine. When she was causing a scene, he brought her down to the basement where she later died. Does he have a legal duty to assist: the court said that there was no duty, there was no arrangement of respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ility, he did(cid:374)(cid:859)t pro(cid:448)ide the (cid:373)orphi(cid:374)e, et(cid:272). He is (cid:373)orally guilty, but he is not legally guilty. Is he guilty of manslaughter for failure to act: the court found that there is a legal duty for a spouse to protect their spouse (s. 215). Oca, p. 286/273: the son had his father (who had dimensia) living in the basement, with a mud floor with the dogs who used it as a bathroom. He also kept the door locked from the rest of the main floor: the police were called to intervene, he was arrested for committing elder abuse.
