Sentences with phrase «responsibility of the accident victim»

It is the responsibility of the accident victim to gather proof to support his or her claim that the insurance carrier's insured was the cause of the crash.

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> Victim blaming occurs when the victim (s) of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment are held entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them (regardless of whether the victim actually had any responsibility for the inciVictim blaming occurs when the victim (s) of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment are held entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them (regardless of whether the victim actually had any responsibility for the incivictim (s) of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment are held entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them (regardless of whether the victim actually had any responsibility for the incivictim actually had any responsibility for the incident).

When an accident occurs and causes injury or death, the last thing the victims want to think of is how to assign responsibility.

Car accident victims researching on the internet about car crashes in Florida find lots of articles about fault and how to determine responsibility when there are two or more drivers involved in a wreck.

That's not to say there couldn't be a civil suit by the survivors of the victim, in which case vicarious liability could leave both John and Bill to share responsibility for the accident.

For example, if John or Bill had put a sign on the sidewalk warning of construction above and the person killed by the hammer ignored it and walked down the sidewalk anyway, it's possible the court would say the victim shares some of the responsibility for the accident.

If you have become the victim of a trucking accident, it could be a complicated process determining responsibility for the accident.

If the victim is found to have a significant amount of responsibility for the accident, he or she will be found to have been «comparatively negligent,» and the damages that he or she may receive from other responsible parties can be substantially reduced, based on the division of fault.

Commercial tenants and business landlords will dispute responsibility for the victim's injuries based upon things such as, the tenant contractually agreed to indemnify the commercial landlord for any liability, and the commercial landlord may argue that the tenant undertook all control of the premises and therefore the landlord had no ability to exercise care in order to prevent the accident.

In a personal injury case, the person who is liable is the one who bears the responsibility for making victims of the accident whole.

Students working at the clinic are supervised by a staff lawyer from the Industrial Accidents Victims Group of Ontario, but have full responsibility for files including the preparation and presentation of appeals before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.

Accidents that involve multiple parties and varying degrees of responsibility involve a complex legal analysis that can directly impact an accident victim's potential recovery.

It is important for Chicago accident victims to be aware that Illinois has specific rules to apportion responsibility for an accident when multiple people contribute to the cause of an accident.

The highway billboard casting a lawyer as the champion of accident victims, the corporate lawyer who uses a client's power and might to evade legal responsibilities, the family lawyer who asks irrelevant questions of an opponent's client for abusive purposes — these are not examples of our value as a profession, but indeed sources of our emerging irrelevance.

Uninsured motorist coverage protects you from drivers without the proper coverage that cause you to be involved in a car accident as well as protection from financial responsibility if you are the victim of a hit and run accident.

[12] A life stressor is defined as a serious illness; accident or disability; the death of a family member or close friend; mental illness; divorce or separation; inability to obtain work; involuntary loss of a job; alcohol or drug - related problems; witnessing violence; being the victim of abuse or violent crime; trouble with the police; gambling problems; incarceration of self or a family member; overcrowding; pressure to fulfil cultural responsibilities; and discrimination or racism, ibid., Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, op.cit., p79.