Sentences with phrase «for ordinary negligence»

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court found that an employee's liability to an employer for ordinary negligence did not give rise to a prima facie duty of care.

Therefore, a few days before the two - year statute of limitations for ordinary negligence cases was to expire, Nava filed a personal injury case against Saddleback.

In the event that Koch Media is hereby liable for ordinary negligence, the liability Koch Media will be limited to that damage / loss which is foreseeable and typical for this type of agreement.

Not exact matches

RELEASE OF LIABILITY You agree that: in consideration of Tails of Gray allowing your participation in this activity, under the terms set forth herein, you, for yourself and on behalf of your child or legal ward, heirs, administrators, personal representatives or assigns, do agree to hold harmless, release, and discharge Tails of Gray, its agent employees, officers, directors, representatives, assigns, members, affiliated organizations, Insurers, and others acting on its behalf of and from all claims, demands, causes of action and legal liability, whether the same be known or unknown anticipated or unanticipated, due to the Tails of Gray and or its associates ordinary negligence: and you further agree that you shall bring no claims, demands, actions and causes of action, and or litigation due to injury, including but not limited to serious bodily injury, death or property damage, sustained by you or your minor child and or legal ward in relation to the premises and operations of Tails of Gray.

The plaintiff contended that the lawsuit was not one of medical malpractice, but of ordinary negligence, for which an expert is not required under state law.

Under the negligence theory, a defendant is held liable for the results of actions, or inaction, when an ordinary person in the same position should have foreseen that the conduct would create an unreasonable risk of harm to others.

However, the plaintiff (who had refiled under medical malpractice) brought the ordinary negligence theory again, despite the orders, and was awarded a staggering $ 20 million (one of the largest in state history and very unusual for someone so advanced in age).

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Therefore, the court found, when the evidence was viewed in favor of the plaintiff, there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the defendant driver failed to exercise ordinary care (the standard for Georgia ordinary negligence cases) in parking his truck in front of his home and was therefore potentially negligent.

Jury Award Highlights Dram Shop Liability for DUI Crashes in New Mexico and Throughout the Nation, New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer Blog, November 26, 2013 New Mexico Appeals Court Clarifies Medical Malpractice Versus Ordinary Negligence in Richter v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services, New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer Blog, November 19, 2013 Photo credit: mensatic, morgueFile

If the driver wasn't doing anything illegal but simply took her eyes off the road for a second to read the billboard she was passing, she is guilty of ordinary negligence.

In some ways, it is easier for someone who is injured by a dangerous product to recover financial compensation for their injuries and other losses than it is for a person who is injured by the ordinary negligence of another person.

For example, while ordinary medical mistakes by a medical doctor such as confusing two drugs with similar names or putting the decimal point in a prescription dosage, causing harm to a patient, would not ordinarily result in criminal liability, coming into an operating room while too drunk to drive and without reviewing which limb of a patient needs to be amputated despite a clear indication in marker on the leg of a patient showing that fact, might constitute criminal negligence on the part of a medical doctor.