Sentences with phrase «substantial risk of death»

Clauses in the policies will state that any activity which could and would result in a felony charge, or any activity which knowingly puts the person's health and well being in substantial risk of death or injury, voids the policy.

This type of injury can involve a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain or trauma, obvious disfigurement such as scarring, or the impairment or loss of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.

Failure to carry out a plan of care for a vulnerable adult when such failure results in physical or psychological harm or a substantial risk of death to the vulnerable adult

«Serious bodily injury» is defined as an injury that carries a substantial risk of death.

This type of personal injury can involve a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain or trauma, or the impairment or loss of mental faculty.

It can be difficult to prove «substantial risk of death», «substantial suffering» or «prolonged pain» when it comes to an animal.

Goddard's Law makes it a fifth degree felony to knowingly cause serious physical harm to a companion animal, which is defined as activities involving a substantial risk of death, a partial or permanent incapacity, long - term pain, or deprivation of food, water and shelter.

Not exact matches

There is a substantial risk of neonatal death if the baby is born with chickenpox.

There is substantial evidence from round the world to show that sleeping your baby on their back (known as the supine position) at the beginning of every sleep or nap significantly reduces the risk of sudden infant death.

They then argue that «By creating a financial incentive for embryonic stem cell research — an incentive that by NIH's own admission involves investments of «hundreds of millions of dollars» — and by specifying the precise means by which embryos must be destroyed in order to qualify for federal funding, the NIH necessarily and knowingly subjects embryos to a substantial risk of injury or death.»

«Overall, climate change is projected to have substantial adverse impacts on future mortality, even considering only a subset of the expected health effects,» the agency said in its latest «Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Selected Causes of Death.»

Although there is substantial evidence that the virus can be transmitted by breast - feeding, the risk to infants is lower than the risks of death from other infections and malnutrition.

«Antipsychotic drugs are commonly used to treat agitation and aggression, but there is substantial concern about these drugs because of an increased risk of death, cardiovascular adverse events and infections, not to mention excessive sedation,» Schneider says.

The substantial reduction in risk of death, low adverse events reported and low costs related to this intervention suggest great potential for melatonin in treating cancer.»

Even small changes in relative risk can be quite substantial for diseases like malaria that kills over 1,600 per million and diarrhea that kills over 1,000 / million population — and yes, mostly children; therefore in this case even a small or «marginal» risk translates to a potentially very large number of additional deaths over baseline; this is how confusion between «relative» vs. «attributable» risk can be misleading.

«The substantial risk of putting an innocent man to death clearly provides an adequate justification for holding an evidentiary hearing,» responds Stevens.

Not every fine in 2016's largest 20 involved a fatality, with the guidelines deeming that it is enough for a company's health and safety failings to have caused injury, or put people at substantial risk of injury or death, to warrant a large financial penalty.

A police officer can use deadly force to effectuate an arrest based on a reasonable belief that a suspect has committed a felony involving the risk of physical harm or death to others (murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape or burglary) or if there is substantial risk that the suspect was dangerous to the point that he may cause serious physical harm or death to someone if the arrest were delayed.

Endangerment involving a substantial risk of imminent death is a class 6 felony.

A driver can be held liable for Endangerment if he or she «recklessly endangers another person with a substantial risk of imminent death or physical injury.»

The mother became anemic during her pregnancy, and, as a result, was at increased risk of death if she suffered substantial bleeding during and after her C - section.

Excessive drinking in adolescence can cause substantial harm to individuals and is associated with future alcohol - related problems.1 — 3 Drinking in adolescence is particularly risky because it is much more likely to be heavy and episodic (binge).4, 5 Excessive drinking during adolescence, while the brain is still developing, can be a major cause of trauma, physical injuries, hospitalisation, prolonged disability and premature death.1 — 3, 6 Alcohol contributes substantially to motor vehicle collisions, homicides, suicide, assault, sexual risk - taking and many other problems in Canada and the USA.7 — 16

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10