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- 2. _________ action - a lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group
- 6. _________ motorist coverage - insurance that protects drivers from those with no insurance or inadequate insurance. It compensates the injured for personal injuries or damages the uninsured driver caused
- 8. _________ liability - the legal responsibility for damage, or injury even if you are not negligent
- 9. mutual agreement between two sides in a civil lawsuit; made either before the case goes to trial or before a final judgment is entered; that settles or ends the dispute
- 11. _________ coverage - insurance that covers an individual’s own medical expenses resulting from accidents
- 13. __________ law - a system in which court decisions establish legal principles and rules of law
- 15. __________ wrong - also called intentional tort; an action taken deliberately to harm another person and/or his or her property
- 16. _________ coverage - the portion of an insurance policy that protects an individual against automobile damage or loss from other than collisions. Includes damages and losses due to fire, vandalism, or theft
- 17. _________ insurance - the type of coverage or insurance that pays for injuries to other people or damage to property if the individual is responsible for an accident during the term of the contract
- 18. _________ pockets - a description of the person or organization, among many possible defendants, best able to pay damages and therefore most likely to be sued in a tort case
- 20. what is done to compensate for an injury or to enforce some right
- 21. legally responsible
Down
- 1. failure to meet acceptable standards of practice in any professional or official position; often the basis for lawsuits by clients or patients against their attorney or physician
- 2. a legally enforceable agreement between two or more people to exchange something in value
- 3. the failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something, resulting in harm or injury to another person
- 4. _________ coverage - insurance that pays for the damage to the insured’s own car caused by an automobile collision
- 5. - a breach of some obligation, causing harm or injury to someone; a civil wrong
- 7. the amount an insured person agrees to pay towards repairs before the insurance company pays anything
- 10. legal responsibility; the obligations to do or not to do something. Failed to use reasonable care, resulting in harm to the plaintiff
- 12. money asked for or paid by the court order to a plaintiff for injuries or losses suffered
- 14. _________ insurance - a form of automobile or accident insurance in which each person’s insurance company pays up a certain share of the damages, regardless of fault (only in a few states)
- 19. payments made for insurance companies