Sentences with phrase «other civil wrongs»

To offset the effects of this for claimants, general damages awards for personal injuries and other civil wrongs should be increased by 10 % (Chpt 10);

There are a number of other civil wrongs which are also crimes.

This HPRB decision will, in any event, likely force colleges to develop a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between different forms of negligent acts or other civil wrongs, and professional misconduct.

From a practical standpoint, the prospect of colleges assessing «negligence» claims, or other civil wrongs, may result in operational issues.

But the decision begs the question (and does not answer) whether or when negligence or some other civil wrong may be «satisfactory».

Not exact matches

They heard reports from smaller working groups, relayed feedback they had gotten from civil rights groups and other outsiders and suggested ways that a policy or product could go wrong in the future.

In an attempt to redress the wrongs of slavery following its abolition in 1865, Congress passed the 1875 Civil Rights Act — which, among other things, forbade most forms of discrimination in public accommodations.

They were wrong on slavery, voting rights, civil rights and a slew of other issues.

Others are suffering simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, being caught up in civil wars that use religion to define nationalism — much like our favorite Godwin's law reference did.

Comparing Wednesday's antics with the courageous acts of civil disobedience 50 years ago by the the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. John Lewis and others is wrong.

«The suggestion that Treasury civil servants have colluded in publishing anything other than accurate figures is just plain wrong.

During the civil - rights movement, and at other times in the past, some Americans have shown their dissent by intentionally disobeying laws they believed to be wrong.

While Goodreads, with a membership of 20 million users, may feel that censoring what it feels to be genuine responses to books would be wrong, Athena and the other moderators do propose solutions to at least keep the site civil and supportive of readers.

civil claim [top] Legal disputes between two parties (individuals, groups or corporations), at least one of whom feels he or she has been wronged by the other.

Science can no more tell us that air travel is wrong than it can help us navigate the ethics of evicting people from their homes to make a runway, or any other civil infrastructure.

In broad terms, a tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the judicial system or court is used to provide a remedy in the form of a required action for damages.

In other words, every civil society must have a system of rules that determines when a wrong has occurred that merits compensation as a means to an equitable result.

In this context, civil law means the ability of people to seek redress for wrongs from other people.

Civil cases are where people have a disagreement with other people or businesses, or where people think the government is doing something wrong.

This is important for local authorities which, as extensive landowners and overseers of outdoor and other activities, can run real risks of criminal and civil liability when things go wrong.

You seem less interested in having a civil debate than informing me — and others with similar opinions to mine — just how wrong and uninformed we are.