tort claim

He then turned to cases in which children actually did make successful tort claims for fetal injuries.

On behalf of the child, his grandfather brought a tort claim against the mother for negligence in driving.

"Whatever the merits of plaintiff's tort claims, they lie beyond this court's power to resolve."

The claimant may also have a tort claim for any losses that had arisen.

The majority of the Court found that tort claims cannot be brought against women for negligence toward the fetus during pregnancy.

He said he had seen numerous tort claims filed on behalf of children, but never for lost modeling income.

Then she abandoned the tort claim.

Today, only a tiny fraction of tort claims are buttressed by expert evidence of emotional trauma.

One area, apparently, is tort claims.

The civil cases include labor suits, antitrust cases, patent infringements and tort claims, he said.

The Senate, which tends to be averse to any extension of statute for tort claims, is unlikely to agree to that provision.

In one particular circumstance physicians, particularly psychiatrists, are held to a different standard than other defendants in a tort claim.

The bill brings community health centers under the protection of a 1946 law, the Federal Tort Claims Act.

An unspecified claim is a tort claim "where the amount to be awarded is left to the Court to determine."

Typically, this provision concerns a shift in burden onto a defendant in either a criminal offence or tort claim.

There was a law, a very old law, called the Alien Tort Claims Act.

In U.S. federal courts, mass tort claims are often consolidated as multidistrict litigation.

"All too often, people file tort claims for the same reason they file lottery tickets," he complained at a news conference in City Hall.

It seems like UMG is setting itself up for tort claims of tortious interference.

Snyder's father sued the congregation, asserting various state law tort claims, including intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Heriot's Hospital was not a tort claim and did not address the issue whether a charity is liable to those whom it has wrongfully injured.

Cory noted that the only issue before the Supreme Court was whether such a tort claim could be made; is a pregnant woman liable for negligence?

The limitation was six years for contract and trespass claims, and three years for tort claims.

In 1985 a three-judge panel unanimously reversed the district court on the search but upheld it on the state-law tort claims.

The Filartiga ruling allows a range of tort claims for alleged breaches of the "law of nations".