Sentences with phrase «allow victims and their families»

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of the Victim Service Portal, an internet based system that allows victims and their family members to apply for compensation online.

This will allow the victims and their families to prove negligence in court and obtain compensation for their injuries.

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You see, this now allows them to save reputation, protect the pedos and deny victims and families justice.

Congress allowed the World Trade Center Health Program to expire in September this year, and the Victims Compensation Fund, which provides funding for 9/11 first responders and their families in the event of illness, is set to expire in 2016.

«I strongly believe the governor should have had the decency and the compassion to at least contact the victim's family to allow them to be heard before commuting the defendant's sentence,» Spota said.

Carlucci, in his January 3rd letter writes, «Allowing this murderer back on our streets is a slap in the face of the victims» families and law enforcement.»

As drafted last year, the bill would also allow employees to take sick time if they were a victim of domestic violence and to care for a family member.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, the 31 - year - old Brit revealed why he's excited to explore new parts, what attracted him to play a bad guy that's a victim, his love of noirish 70's thrillers like «Klute,» «Dirty Harry,» and «The Conversation,» how he worked closely with director Scott Frank to tap into the darkness of his character, how music helped him prepare for his role in «The Guest,» why family is hugely important to him, and how 2014 has been a breakout year that's allowed him to work with a number of his childhood heroes including Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and John Travolta.

The zombie plague here moves at such a glacial pace that the authorities can quarantine the infected and, in cases like Maggie's, allow victims to spend time with their families before they have to be terminated.

Her work in has allowed her to represent victims and families both nationwide and statewide in Albany, Columbus and Atlanta as well as Savannah, Augusta and a number of other cities.

It is this compassion that allows us to enter our 48th year of helping Miami accident victims and their families.

Once circumstances allow, victims of domestic violence should seek the advice of a family law lawyer to ensure their rights are protected with respect to issues such as exclusive possession of the family home, child custody and access, property division and child support.

It is the Protection Against Family Violence Act, RSA 2000, c P - 27 (PAFVA) that allows victims to obtain emergency and longer term protection orders that can be the basis for a certificate under Bill 204.

This negligent action has resulted in the death of someone else, which allows the surviving members of the victim's family to sue for damages and compensation.

However, Idaho law does not allow for the recovery of compensation for pain and suffering suffered by the victim prior to death or for any grief suffered by the family members as a result of the death.

The Montreal Convention also amended prior international aviation laws and now allows victims of airplane accidents and their families to sue foreign airlines in their home countries.

The insert appropriate state agency shall provide for visitation centers throughout the state for victims of domestic or family violence and their children to allow court ordered visitation in a manner that protects the safety of all family members.

Interviewed respondents, all lawyers or advocates working with battered women in the family court context, highlighted their feelings that guardians ad litem did not view domestic violence as serious, did not understand the risks associated with mediation and couples» counseling in the face of abuse, did not appreciate that abusers can be skilled in manipulating the courts, allowed themselves to be manipulated by abusive partners, and tended to pathologize victims rather than understanding how they were affected by their experiences of abuse.