Across
- 3. The plaintiff is found to be in part or totally responsible for the injury. Therefore, the defendant must prove that the plaintiff failed to exercise due care for his or her own safety
- 6. This provides a basis of recovery for the injured plaintiff while assigning fault to both parties. It allows for the plaintiff to receive partial compensation on a prorated basis, dependent on a judgment regarding the extent of contributory negligence. In other words, if a monetary reward is given, it is based only on the percentage of negligence assigned to the plaintiff
- 9. A medical doctor who agrees to provide at least the medical coverage to a particular sports program or institution
- 13. the defendant did not have a duty or did not breach the applicable duty of care
- 14. Is a condition that protects defendants from tort actions because of their position related to their capacity or their relationship with the plaintiff.
- 17. A legal liability arising when a person commits an act that is not legally his or hers to perform
- 18. A reasonably close causal connection between the conduct (breach of duty) and the resulting injury
- 19. Branch of medicine concerned with the medical aspects of sports participation
- 20. An obligation recognized by the law requiring a person to conform to a certain standard of conduct for the protection of others against unreasonable risks. There is a duty to act in reasonable manner and a duty not to act in an unreasonable manner
- 21. An act of commission where conduct is performed that is wholly unlawful
Down
- 1. This means that the plaintiff has voluntarily consented to assume responsibility for injury.
- 2. This is type of immunity specific to those who attempt to aid another person that was put into a dangerous situation by a third party.
- 4. The failure to do what a reasonably careful and prudent person would have done under the same or like circumstances, or doing something that a reasonably careful and prudent person would have not done under the same or like circumstances
- 5. The individual who was injured and brings the lawsuit
- 7. Violation of the established duty (direct evidence), a failure to conform to the standard required, or inference from circumstantial evidence
- 8. Physician who corrects deformities of the musculoskeletal system
- 10. There are specific time periods (statutes) in which plaintiffs can file lawsuits. Most are based on a time period relative to time of discovery of the harm
- 11. A legal liability arising when a person does not perform an action that ought to be taken
- 12. An act of commission where lawful conduct is performed but done improperly
- 15. Actual losses that are considered compensatory (e.g., medical expenses, future income, mental stress)
- 16. A private wrong or injury, suffered by an individual as a result of another person’s conduct