Sentences with phrase «of avoidable injury»

By far, one of the most common types of avoidable injury accidents in Colorado is car accidents.

Also opposing fixed costs, Brett Dixon, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil), said costs could be saved by reducing the number of avoidable injuries.

Not exact matches

By «aggression» and «violence» I mean not only destructive conduct toward persons and property, but also the subtle types of violence that have been called avoidable injury and the institutionalized violence that deprives people of rights and resources.

Wouldn't be Arsenal without (1) completely avoidable injury crisis (2) Ramsey, Wilshire, Walcott getting injured (3) under performing back ups under perform (4) scrap into Champions League 16 (5) not advance further in Champions League (6) make tons of money along the way (7) refuse to spend crying poverty and financial unfairness (8) rinse and repeat

Defensively (and this isn't counting the potential of Sebastian Coates or the injury plagued Daniel Agger), there's been growing discontent with Jamie Carragher and Martin Skrtel for goals being conceded that are perceived to have been avoidable.

Campaign for Safer Births: working to improve NHS Maternity Services in order to reduce the avoidable deaths and injuries of babies and others during labour

Figures obtained by Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat MP, show that the overall number of «serious incidents» — involving unexpected or avoidable deaths, serious harm, injury and abuse — has climbed 34 % to 8,139 a year.

The Council Conclusions stress that harmful use of alcohol is recognised as an important risk factor in the need to reduce the burden of alcohol - related avoidable deaths, chronic diseases, injuries, violence, health inequalities and other social consequences to third parties.

For example, for the issue of Navient putting people into forbearance when it was not in their best interest, Navient says, «Here, the alleged injury — borrowers entering forbearance without considering alternative repayment plans — was entirely «avoidable» because federally mandated notices and other disclosures provided borrowers with the necessary information to make a «free and informed choice» regarding forbearance and alternative repayment options.»

It's important to keep them on a short tether in icy situations and avoid walking on ice all together if possible to avoid a slip or fall that could result in a slipped disk, broken bone or a number of other avoidable injuries.

And the need for improvements has never been clearer than in the past week, as the New York region grappled with the human toll (four deaths and dozens of serious injuries) from the completely avoidable derailment of a speeding Metro - North commuter train one week ago.

Ahmed Al - Nahhas, partner and solicitor at Bolt Burdon Kemp says the MoD are failing servicemen and women across the UK: «The extraordinary amount of claims for NFCIs shows that the MoD are not doing enough to prevent entirely avoidable injuries for hundreds of our brave armed forces every year.

When healthcare providers are careful and pay particular attention to the risks of broken bones in difficult deliveries, these injuries may be avoidable.

There is a school of thought that all brachial plexus injuries during birth are avoidable and are the product of either excessive traction on the baby's head by the obstetrician or the use of fundal pressure by labor and delivery nurses which further jams the shoulder into the pubic symphysis in combination with excessive traction.

Several studies have shown that thousands of avoidable birth injuries occur every year.

We fight to hold medical facilities accountable when their lack of care causes permanent injury to a newborn — and to get the compensation you need to care for your child if those injuries were caused by avoidable mistakes.

Traffic mishaps caused by drunk, impaired or distracted driving — and which in turn cause life - changing injury and wrongful death — are the most avoidable of all accidents.

Proof of medical malpractice depends on your lawyer's ability to prove through qualified experts that your doctor's failure to diagnose an illness in time for effective treatment was an avoidable mistake that resulted in serious injury or death.

In fact, California's common carrier law mandates that mass transit agencies will work to ensure that their patrons do not face avoidable injury due the actions of the mass transit agency or its employees.

Of course, there are risks involved with childbirth, but sadly, sometimes it's negligence that has led to an avoidable death or injury.»

The doctrine of avoidable consequences, sometimes referred to as the «duty to mitigate,» is an affirmative defense that can be raised by defendants in personal injury cases to argue the plaintiff was partially or fully responsible due to failure to exercise reasonable care to reduce the injury or damages suffered.

Many of these accidents and injuries are avoidable.

Both are issues raised by the defense, the main difference is while comparative negligence involves the allowance of a court finding that numerous parties contributed to the initial injury and therefore share liability damages, the avoidable consequences doctrine asserts plaintiff had a duty to prevent further injury after the the initial legal wrong occurred.

Playing outside is an important part of many people's childhoods, but injuries from avoidable playground accidents are not fun for anyone.

In determining whether a product is defective, a manufacturer is required to take into account expected human error and act reasonably to prevent avoidable injury when that type of human error occurs.

Our personal injury law firm wants to help our Nebraska neighbors, which is why we've compiled a list of causes of car accidents to help educate motorists and prevent avoidable collisions.

However, other medical issues are preventable with proper medical care, and some injuries and lifelong defects are entirely avoidable with the help of an attentive team of doctors.

As critical injury lawyers, we often see the devastating and avoidable consequences of not wearing a seatbelt.

As with any birth injury, some cases of shoulder dystocia are the result of clinical negligence in circumstances where they were clearly avoidable with better or alternative treatment or care.

At the Boston Injury Law Firm of Altman & Altman, LLP, we have represented individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic injury or death as the result of a drowning accident. Sometimes these accidents were the fault of no one and were just a random tragic occurrence. In other cases, we have seen either a lack of safety measures, defective product design and human error to be the cause of these unfortunate and oftentimes avoidable accidents. Our experienced team of litigators understand the gravity of the situation and will be along your side throughout every step of this often difficult and sensitive process. We are available to speak with you about your case 24 hours a day, seven days a week including nights and weekends. In addition, our personal injury attorneys will meet with you at your home, office or other convenient location.Â

If your newborn child suffers an avoidable injury at birth, it is important that you know the legal rights of both you and the baby.