Sentences with phrase «bills over the victim»
These damages often include medical bills over the victim's lifetime and compensation for any current or foreseeable loss in the victim's quality of life for years to come.
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[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.
The state's Catholic Conference has spent $ 1.8 million over six years lobbying Albany to, among other things, derail a bill to make it easier for sex abuse victims to sue.
New York's Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan met privately with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday over a proposed bill to give victims of childhood sexual abuse more access to the courts.
New York's Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan met privately with Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday over a proposed bill to give victims of childhood sexual abuse more access to the courts.
The senator said he doubts that the Senate will even vote this year on Sen. Brad Hoylman's bill, which would allow victims to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse incidents that occurred before 2006, in many cases decades ago, against abusers and their employers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was in Israel over the weekend, where he spoke at the Annual Conference of Mayors, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visited recent terror attack victims, and made several other stops, including at the Western Wall and at a school educating a diverse student population.
Speaking on Accra - based Citi FM, he noted operators of such facilities do not take necessary precautions as government over the years have been paying the bills of victims of such accidents.
The bill, known in Albany as the Child Victims Act, appears to have fallen out of the budget talks as lawmakers have disagreed over the creation of a one - year «look back» window for survivors to file claims.
As with some other controversial pieces of legislation, the stalemate over the Child Victims Act could continue for years more if the Senate doesn't approve the bill in this session.
Over her tenure, she has authored hundreds of bills including measures to protect students, seniors, crime victims, public employees and veterans.
New York's Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan met privately with Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday over a proposed bill to give victims of childhood sexual abuse more access to the courts.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today called NYPD officers who turned their backs to him during a funeral for a slain cop yesterday — for the second time in just over a week --» disrespectful» to the victims» families and to the city.
«We are greatly concerned, however, that over recent years many local firms and providers of legal services have fallen victim to «Ghost Town Britain», in much the same way that other local services and facilities which this Bill seeks to protect have.
The motorcycle accident victim required $ 116,265.14 in medical bills and is expected to incur over $ 700,000 in future medical bills.
Economic damages include all medical bills and lost wages, in addition to wages that the victim might have earned over a projected life span.
Punitive damages are monies paid to the victim over and above the amount necessary to compensate a plaintiff for medical bills and injuries.
Viewed narrowly, the bill allows victims of sex trafficking to sue websites that «enable» their abuse, but it raises a dangerous precedent for suing websites over user - generated content.