Sentences with phrase «death by omission»

And it doesn't deserve the death by omission it is currently enduring.

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But in the chronic case, where the patient is not in imminent danger of death, the omission of assisted N&H is a lethal omission, for by that omission we set in motion a chain of events known to be death - dealing.

In sum, in the argument that a PVS patient ought to be sustained as long as possible I see the unhappy fruits of the three technological seductions I described above: death by «starvation» has now become our fault, not nature's, if we omit treatment; the distinction between omission and commission is erased in the insistence that the stopping of artificial feeding is the same as killing the patient and, as too often happens, a new technology gets legitimated and routinized by an invocation of the sanctity of life.

As the Declaration on Euthanasia prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1980 correctly observed, «by euthanasia is understood an action or an omission which of itself or by intention causes death, in order that all suffering may in this way be eliminated.»

I further accept the definition of euthanasia put forward by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in its Declaration On Euthanasia (1980): «Any act or omission which of itself or by intention causes death.»

Much pressure is put upon this by what the document calls the «problematic features» that «The Act unfortunately retains a feature of recent English Law... acceptance of certain decisions to bring about death», namely intentional killing by «omission», even and especially «of food and water» (p. 19).

The Supplier does not exclude liability for: (i) any fraudulent act or omission; or (ii) for death or personal injury caused by negligence or breach of the Supplier's other legal obligations.

The governor also expanded the executive order to give the attorney general prosecutorial power over «any and all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer relating to the death of Delrawn Small.»

Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving Schneiderman specific authority to probe «all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer» in the shooting death of Thevenin.

Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to relieve a licensed veterinarian from liability for damages for injuries or death caused by an act or omission on the part of a veterinarian while rendering professional services in the normal and ordinary course of his or her business.

The vacation participant agrees that neither the Company nor its affiliates shall be liable for any damage, loss (including personal injury, death, and property loss), or expense occasioned by any act or omission of any supplier providing services, any insurer or insurance administrator under the Travel Protection plan, or any other person.

Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

We in helping victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

For years, we have been assisting victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the recklessness or omissions of another individual.

We specialize in assisting victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

For years, we have been representing victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the negligence or omissions of another individual.

For years, we have been assisting victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the negligence or omissions of another person.

We specialize in helping victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the negligence and omissions of others.

We in assisting injured individuals of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

For years, we have been assisting victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the fault or omissions of another person.

For years, we have been helping victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the fault or omissions of another individual.

Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a healthcare provider in which the care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient.

We are experts in representing victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

We specialize in assisting injured individuals of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the negligence and omissions of others.

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, «A female person commits infanticide when by a wilful act or omission she causes the death of her newly - born child, if at the time of the act or omission she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child and by reason thereof or of the effect of lactation consequent on the birth of the child her mind is then disturbed.»

Section 13 - 212 (a) sets out a two - year statute of limitations for medical - malpractice claims and ends by declaring: «But in no event shall such action be brought more than 4 years after the date on which the act or omission or occurrence alleged in such action to have been the cause of such injury or death.»

We specialize in helping victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

We specialize in assisting victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the negligence and omissions of others.

Medical malpractice is defined as professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes the victim injury, trauma, or wrongful death.

Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

We assist victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

We are experts in helping injured individuals of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the acts and omissions of others.

(c) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or omission, engages in conduct that places a child younger than 15 years in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.

For years, we have been helping victims of serious injuries or wrongful death caused by the mistake or omissions of another person.

Representation of TPA in errors and omissions claims by client who provided notice of fatality occurrence and subsequent wrongful death action to TPA but not to insurer, resulting in insurer denying coverage based on late notice.

The grammatical and ordinary sense of the words used in s. 233 of the Criminal Code supports the conclusion the legislator did not intend to restrict the availability of infanticide to situations where the psychological health of the woman was substantially compromised or where a mental disorder was established; the statutory language also shows there is no requirement for a causal connection between the disturbance of the accused's mind and the act or omission causing the child's death; but there is, however, a required link between the disturbance and not having fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child or of the effect of lactation consequent on the child's birth ̶ in either case the disturbance must be «by reason thereof».

(1) whether the onset of deep vein thrombosis («DVT») sustained during the course of, or arising out of, international carriage by air, whether as a result of an act and / or omission of the carrier or otherwise, is capable, in principle, of being «an accident» causing bodily injury within the maening of Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention, (2) whether a claim against an air carrier for personal injury or death alleged to have been sustained during the course of, or as a result of, international carriage by air can be brought at common law in the alternative or in addition to a claim under the applicable version of the Warsaw Convention, (3) whether the Human Rights Act 1998 applies to claims brought against air carriers under the Warsaw Convention and / or at common law in relation to personal injury or death alleged to have been suffered by a passenger during the course of, or as a result of, international carriage by air and if so with what result.

The most difficult thing is to prove is the cause - and - effect relationship between act or omission by a health care provider and prove it caused harm, injury, or death to a patient.

Section 233 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C - 46, provides that «a female person commits infanticide when by a wilful act or omission she causes the death of her newly - born child, if at the time of the act or omission she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth to the child and by reason thereof or of the effect of lactation consequent on the birth of the child her mind is then disturbed».

Homicide is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another, death occurring at any time, and is either (1) murder, (2) homicide by abuse, (3) manslaughter, (4) excusable homicide, or (5) justifiable homicide.