"I would think criminal prosecution of physicians for what amounts to civil wrongs, a negligence, can't do anything but chill the relationship of physician and patient, " he said . " It serves no public good ."
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Llewellyn Rockwell, a libertarian author and editor, references Steven Yates'book, " Civil Wrongs : What Went Wrong With Affirmative Action " as an example as to why affirmative action is a policy that libertarians tend to not support.
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A "'tort "', in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act, called a "'tortfeasor " '.
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Freedom Bus Tour has been all over California this week, spreading the word that Prop . 209 is a " civil wrongs " initiative that will end affirmative action, making public colleges and workplaces as white-male as the state Legislature.
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When an employee or a servant commits a civil wrong against a third party, the employer or master could be liable for the acts of the servant or employee when those acts are committed within the scope of the relationship.
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Thus, personal injury lawyers tend to be especially knowledgeable and have more experience with regard to the area of law known as tort law, which includes civil wrongs and economic or non-economic damages to a person s property, reputation, or rights.
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The law of England recognised the concept of a " wrong " before it recognised the distinction between civil wrongs ( governed by civil law ) and crimes ( defined by criminal law ), which distinction was developed during the thirteenth century.
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It is a tort ( civil wrong ) making the person or entity ( like a newspaper, magazine or political organization ) open to a lawsuit for damages by the person who can prove the statement about him / her was a lie.
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In " Coleman's Appeal " ( 1874 ), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that " a man shall only be liable to be called on to answer for civil wrongs in the forum of his home, and the tribunal of his vicinage ."
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Historically that concluding phrase, now legally superfluous, represents the last trace of the process by which the royal courts assume jurisdiction over all offences, and gradually eroded the jurisdiction of the sheriff and of civil wrongs or infractions of the rights of local magnates.
