Sentences with phrase «as permanent impairment»

Compensation is appropriate for both economic and general damages, such as medical expenses and loss of wages, and non-economic losses such as permanent impairment or loss of quality of life, often referred to as special damages.

Injuries can include significant medical expenses, as well as permanent impairment and disfigurement.

Not exact matches

Athletes can receive serious injury (e.g. fatal brain bleeding and swelling) and possibly permanent impairment from concussions such as neurological disturbances.

This category is identified as a hearing impairment (fluctuating or permanent) that is severe enough to impact the process of verbal information (with or without amplification from hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.) and adversely affects — you guessed it — a child's performance.

We view risk primarily as the likelihood of suffering a permanent impairment of capital on a portfolio basis.

Quarterly earnings are highly important to TAVF, insofar as they provide evidence that a business has suffered, or is suffering, a permanent impairment.

I guess I think about stock risk largely as the value investment community does as the possibility of permanent impairment of capital, not really what overall general business and economic conditions are (rail traffic, ECRI, ISM, etc.).

But as the number of stocks I track keeps increasing, I can always rely on a few to be on sale — and (presuming no permanent reversal / impairment) that's exactly what I'm looking for — cheap & interesting stocks!

Discharge applies to catastrophic situations, including death, total and permanent disability, the closing of a school, bankruptcy, disaster situations (such as the surviving spouses of people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack), fraud or severe physical and mental impairments.

If there is any one thing to which TAVF's good 1990 through 1994 performance ought to be attributed, it is the absence of any permanent impairments in the fundamental values of any of the businesses in which the Fund invested, either as a creditor or an equity holder.

Obviously at Rebalance IRA you're cognizant of those realities too and so it sounds to me as if a goal is also to avoid the permanent impairment of capital, which is to avoid losses.

The permanent impairments to the Fund's portfolio are probably just as likely to come from unpredictable surprises and straight out misanalysis as from having compromised the standards just enumerated.

Ideally, we want businesses with management teams that add value, but more generally we seek to avoid companies in which management habitually overpays for assets and destroys value, as this could lead to a permanent impairment of investors» capital.

The idea is to eliminate as many stocks as possible, as objectively as possible by identifying those that have a greater risk of causing a permanent impairment of capital.

Other sources of dry eye include drug toxicity (antibiotics such as sulphadiazine and sulphasalazine can cause temporary or permanent dry eye in some animals), drug - induced reaction (atropine and topical anesthetics temporarily reduce tear production), neurological impairment (damage to the nerves leading to the lacrimal glands), removal of the third eyelid (see Cherry Eye), systemic disease (e.g. distemper), chronic conjunctivitis, trauma to the tear glands, hypothyroidism, congenital disease (some dogs are born without lacrimal glands), breed predisposition.

Upper Back — Pain originating from the neck and / or upper spinal column (also known as thoracic spine injury — the region where your spine connects to your ribs) can cause severe pain and permanent impairment.

A catastrophic injury is typically defined as any injury that results in any serious, long - term or permanent disabilities or impairment.

Upon successfully proving negligence by a motor vehicle driver in a bicycle accident, you may be able to recover payment for all related medical and hospital bills and expenses — including bills for doctor visits, physical therapy, and surgery — as well as compensation for lost wages, pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, lost earning capacity, permanent impairment, and wrongful death.

The former cover lost wages, medical expenses, property damage and similar losses, while the latter are designed to compensate injured riders for injuries that can not be quantified, such as pain and suffering, permanent impairment and loss of enjoyment of life.

This action plan includes a thorough investigation of how your accident happened and our client's injuries and, when necessary, interviews of witnesses and consultations with medical experts about issues such as the nature and severity of your injuries, whether you will have permanent impairment, your future medical needs and lost income, and any work restrictions you may have.

If an injured worker is able to return to work following recovery from their injury, they may be entitled to Permanent Partial Disability Benefits (PPD) which are calculated based on an impairment rating assessed by a physician as a result of the injury.

With regard to permanent disability benefits, which are payable after the worker's condition has become permanent and stationary, the California Department of Labor has adopted a Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities, which incorporates many of the protocols and procedures set forth in the American Medical Association's Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition (often known as the «AMA Guidespermanent disability benefits, which are payable after the worker's condition has become permanent and stationary, the California Department of Labor has adopted a Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities, which incorporates many of the protocols and procedures set forth in the American Medical Association's Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition (often known as the «AMA Guidespermanent and stationary, the California Department of Labor has adopted a Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities, which incorporates many of the protocols and procedures set forth in the American Medical Association's Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition (often known as the «AMA GuidesPermanent Disabilities, which incorporates many of the protocols and procedures set forth in the American Medical Association's Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition (often known as the «AMA GuidesPermanent Impairment, 5th Edition (often known as the «AMA Guides»).

In order for there to be a viable tort action for damages or losses that were incurred as a result of a motor vehicle collision, the injured person must have sustained a permanent serious impairment of an important physical, mental or psychological function.

The hurdle is actually twofold — first, accident victims must meet what is known as the «verbal threshold» by proving that their injury is a «permanent, serious impairment of an important physical, mental or psychological function.»

The Hearing Officer accepts the opinion of the Board Medical Advisor, who is of the view Mr. LeBlanc has an unusual shoulder injury (two impairing conditions: one in relation to a labral tear; and the other, a tendon injury) and, as such, there is no duplication in the determination of permanent medical impairment.

If you can prove that your health care provider was negligent in their care for you, you may be able to recover all medical costs and lost wages during recovery, as well as compensation for pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, and permanent impairment.

In many cases, it is necessary for a doctor or other health care provider to testify as to the nature and extent of the spinal cord injury, the permanent impairment sustained, and the likely costs of future medical procedures and treatment related to the injury.

Additional benefits in the form of permanent total disability (PTD) or permanent partial disability (PPD) payments may be available to workers who suffer some degree of permanent physical impairment as a result of an on - the - job injury or illness.

Since 2010, the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule has defined catastrophic amputation as «the amputation or other impairment causing the total and permanent loss of use of an arm or a leg,» a definition that covers most major amputations.

While the jury was deliberating, the Defendants brought a «threshold motion» for a declaration that the Plaintiff's claim for general damages was barred on the basis that the Plaintiff had failed to establish that, as a result of the accident, he had sustained a permanent, serious impairment of an important physical, mental or psychological function.

Permanent Partial Impairment: If you have lost the use of a body part such as an arm, you are entitled to benefits based on the percentage of loss, even if you are working, as long as you have reached maximum medical improvement.

So the good news is that the vast majority of Americans who have a hearing impairment will pay the same rates for Term Life insurance and Permanent Life insurance as any other American.

The World Commission for cerebral palsy defines it as «permanent, but not irreversible impairment of muscle tone and movement, which is caused by a damage of the evolving nervous system before or during birth or in the first months of life» (Hodapp, 1998).