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Manslaughter by gross negligence - 1/4/2006
Under English law, where a person causes death through extreme carelessness or incompetence, gross negligence is required. ...
What is Personal Injury? - 1/3/2006
Injuries that occur to an individual are generally called as Persoanl Injuries. ...
What is Legal aid? - 1/3/2006
Most liberal democracies consider that it is necessary to provide some level of legal aid to persons otherwise unable to afford legal representation. ...
What are Legal aids in U.S.? - 1/3/2006
The U.S. has always been less generous than most other First World industrialized democracies in providing counsel to the poor and indigent.
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What are Legal Aid in Scotland? - 1/3/2006
In Scotland, legal aid is in principle available for all civil actions in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court with the significant exception of actions of defamation. ...
What are Legal Aid in Australia? - 1/3/2006
Legal Aid is administered separately by each of the different states and territories in Australia, which typically have specific statutory agencies set up for that purpose. ...
What are Motor-vehicle collision? - 1/3/2006
Motor-vehicle collisions are damaging events involving road traffic, particularly automobiles. ...
What are Responsibility of car manufacturers? - 1/3/2006
Car makers have been both accused of making cars that go too fast, and praised for the safety measures (such as ABS) found in new models.
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What is Rear-end collision? - 1/3/2006
A Rear-end collision (often called simply rear-end) is a traffic accident where a vehicle (usually an automobile or a truck) impacts the vehicle in front of it, so called because it thus hits its rear.
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What is Head-on collision? - 1/3/2006
A head-on collision is one where the front ends of the ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.
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What is Side collision? - 1/3/2006
Side Collisions collisions are a type of car accident that usually occur at intersections or in parking lots, or when two vehicles pass on a multi-lane roadway. ...
Side collisions at intersections - 1/3/2006
Side collisions at intersections occur when the front or rear of one vehicle strikes the side of another vehicle. ...
What is Rollover? - 1/3/2006
Rollover is a type of vehicle accident, where a vehicle turns over on its side or roof. ...
What is Single-vehicle collision? - 1/3/2006
A single vehicle collision or single-vehicle accident is, as the name implies, a type of collision in which only one vehicle is involved. The normal inference is that the cause is operator error.
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What is Multi vehicle collision? - 1/3/2006
A multi-vehicle collision (colloquially known as a pile-up) is a road traffic accident involving many vehicles. Generally occurring on highways they are one of the deadliest form of traffic accidents.
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What is the use of Seat belt? - 1/3/2006
A seat belt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a harness designed to hold the occupant of a car or other vehicle in place if a collision occurs. ...
What is are the types of Seat belts? - 1/3/2006
There are many types of seat belts such as lap, automatic, sash, three point, inertia reel etc. ...
Legislation and Risk Compensation of Seat belts? - 1/3/2006
The issue of seat belt legislation has been a source of some controversy. Hospital based studies of car accident victims, experiments using both crash test dummies and actual human cadavers have indicated that wearing seat belts should provide a reduced risk of death and injury in many types of car crash. ...
What is Level crossing? - 1/3/2006
The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing, railway crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path, or other railroad.
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Crossings in United States - 1/3/2006
In the United States, and in countries following US practices, a train must have a bright headlight and ditch lights, a working bell, and a whistle or horn must be sounded as the train approaches the crossing. ...
Crossings in Australia - 1/3/2006
In Melbourne, Australia, there are several level crossings where the train tracks cross tram tracks on the road. These crossings require trains to travel very slowly to avoid tangling the overhead cables.
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Crossings in South East Asia - 1/3/2006
Level crossings in China, Thailand and Malaysia are still largely a manual matter. ...
Legal consequences of car collisions - 1/3/2006
Car collisions often carry legal consequences in proportion to the severity of the accident. ...
What du you mean by "In case of emergency" - 1/3/2006
In case of emergency or ICE is a campaign to encourage people to put an emergency contact name in their mobile phones.
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Accidents and incidents in aviation - 1/3/2006
An aviation accident is an incident on board an aircraft causing injury or death to one or more persons. ...
What are the causes of Accidents and incidents in aviation - 1/3/2006
There are many causes to these type of accidents. ...
What do you mean by Product liability? - 1/3/2006
Product liability encompasses a number of legal claims that allow an injured party to recover financial compensation from the manufacturer or seller of a product. ...
Product liability and negligence - 1/3/2006
A basic negligence claim consists of proof of (1) a duty owed on the part of the manufacturer, (2) a breach of that duty, (3) that the breach caused the plaintiff's injury, and (4) an injury. ...
Product liability and strict liability - 1/3/2006
Rather than focus on the behavior of the manufacturer (as in negligence), strict liability claims focus on the product itself. ...
Product liability and breach of warranty - 1/3/2006
Warranties are statements by a manufacturer or seller concerning a product during a commercial transaction. ...
What do you mean by Consumer protection? - 1/3/2006
Consumer protection is government regulation to protect the interests of consumers ...
Consumer protection in United States - 1/3/2006
In the United States there are a variety of laws on the federal or state levels that deal with consumer affairs including the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending Act, Fair Billing Act, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and much more. Federal consumer protection laws are usually enforced by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. ...
Traumatic brain injury - 1/3/2006
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called acquired brain injury, intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. ...
What is Head injury? - 1/3/2006
Head injury is a trauma to the head, that may or may not include injury to the brain (see also brain injury).
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What is Penetrating head injury? - 1/3/2006
A penetrating head injury, or open head injury, is a head injury in which the dura mater, the outer layer of the meninges, is breached. ...
What is Skull fracture? - 1/3/2006
A skull fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the skull caused by a head injury. ...
What is Linear Skull fracture? - 1/3/2006
Linear skull fractures, the most common type of skull fracture, occur in 62% of patients with severe head injury. ...
What is Comminuted Skull fracture? - 1/3/2006
Comminuted skull fractures, those in which a bone is shattered into many pieces, can result in bits of bone being driven into the brain, lacerating it. ...
What is Basilar skull fracture? - 1/3/2006
Basilar skull fractures, breaks in bones at the base of the skull, require more force to cause than cranial vault fractures. ...
What do you mean by Medical malpractice? - 1/3/2006
The basic definition of medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider which deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community causing injury to the patient.
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What do you mean by Back injury? - 1/3/2006
The human spine and associated muscles are particularly vulnerable to some types of injury, being both a highly flexible structure and subject to a great deal of stress as the main load-bearer of the torso.
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What is Spinal cord? - 1/3/2006
The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). It consists of nerve cells. ...
What is Brain? - 1/3/2006
In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the higher, supervisory center of the nervous system. ...
What is Brain damage? - 1/3/2006
Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ...
Wrongful death claim - 1/3/2006
Wrongful death is a claim in tort against a person who can be held liable for a death. ...
What is Toxic mold? - 1/3/2006
Molds are ubiquitous in nature, and mold spores are a common component of household dust. The term toxic mold is sometimes used to refer to mold-related indoor air quality problems.
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Causes of Toxic mold - 1/3/2006
Molds are ubiquitous in nature, and mold spores are a common component of household dust. The term toxic mold is sometimes used to refer to mold-related indoor air quality problems. ...
Remedies for Toxic mold - 1/3/2006
There are many remedies which is mentioned here in this article. ...
Symptoms of Toxic mold - 1/3/2006
Human bodies can tolerate molds and mycotoxins in small quantities. In larger quantities, they can be a health hazard. Molds are a very common human allergen. Because exposure to mycotoxins is relatively rare, allergic effects are more common than toxic effects.
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What is Manslaughter? - 1/3/2006
Manslaughter, also called criminally negligent homicide in the United States or culpable homicide in Scotland, arises when criminal liability as a homicide is imposed on those who kill. ...
Manslaughter by gross negligence - 1/3/2006
Under English law, where a person causes death through extreme carelessness or incompetence, gross negligence is required. ...
Motor manslaughter - 1/3/2006
Because of a reluctance by juries to convict when the charge was manslaughter, a statutory offence of "causing death by dangerous driving" was introduced. ...
Misdemeanor manslaughter - 1/3/2006
In the United States, this is a lesser version of felony murder and covers a person who causes the death of another while committing a misdemeanor: a violation of the law that does not rise to the level of a felony. ...
Unlawful act manslaughter - 1/3/2006
Under English law, according to R v Creamer (1966), a person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter when he or she intends an unlawful act that is likely to do harm to the person, and death results which was neither foreseen nor intended. ...
Punitive or Exemplary Damages form Medical Malpractices. - 12/21/2005
Generally, punitive damages are not awarded in order to compensate the plaintiff, but in order to reform or deter the defendant and similar persons from pursuing a course of action such as that which damaged the plaintiff. ...
Restitutionary or Disgorgement Damages form Medical Malpractices. - 12/21/2005
In certain areas of the law another head of damages has long been available, whereby the defendant is made to give up the profits made through the civil wrong. ...
Nominal Damages form Medical Malpractices. - 12/21/2005
Nominal damages (very small damages) are awarded to show that the loss or harm suffered was technical rather than actual. ...
Economic Damages form Medical Malpractices. - 12/21/2005
Economic damages in civil litigation are computed as the financial loss suffered by a person due to the wrongful actions of another person. ...
Personal injury protection - 12/20/2005
Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is an extension of car insurance available in some American states. ...
Wrongful death claim - 12/20/2005
Wrongful death is a claim in tort against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives. ...
Accidents and incidents in aviation - 12/20/2005
An aviation accident is an incident on board an aircraft causing injury or death to one or more persons. ...
Back injury - 12/20/2005
The human spine and associated muscles are particularly vulnerable to some types of injury, being both a highly flexible structure and subject to a great deal of stress as the main load-bearer of the torso.
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Product liability - 12/20/2005
Product liability encompasses a number of legal claims that allow an injured party to recover financial compensation from the manufacturer or seller of a product. ...
Product liability and negligence - 12/20/2005
A basic negligence claim consists of proof of (1) a duty owed on the part of the manufacturer, (2) a breach of that duty, (3) that the breach caused the plaintiff's injury, and (4) an injury. ...
Product liability and strict liability - 12/20/2005
Rather than focus on the behavior of the manufacturer (as in negligence), strict liability claims focus on the product itself. ...
Product liability and breach of warranty - 12/20/2005
Warranties are statements by a manufacturer or seller concerning a product during a commercial transaction. ...
Medical malpractice - 12/20/2005
Medical malpractice law is generally defined as those laws having to do with medical malpractice. These laws are different from country to country, and even within those countries.
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Damages from Medical malpractices - 12/20/2005
Damages, in law has two different meanings. It is used to refer both to the harm suffered by a plaintiff in a civil action, and to any money paid or awarded to him to compensate for said harm. ...
Compensatory damages form medical malpractices. - 12/20/2005
Compensatory damages are damages awarded for civil cases. ...
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