Across
- 3. lawsuit brought on by multiple people affected by a single event
- 7. what is done to compensate for an injury
- 8. a civil wrong
- 12. legal responsibility
- 13. payments made for insurance coverage
- 14. level of certainty and degree of evidence needed to establish proof in a case
- 15. the standard of proof used in a civil suit, a party must provide evidence that is more convincing than the other side's evidence
Down
- 1. the amount that an insured person agrees to pay towards repairs before the insurance company pays anything
- 2. type of tort in which the situation is so dangerous, that any injury is liable
- 4. type of tort in which there's action taken on purpose to harm another person
- 5. type of tort in which there is failure in being careful, resulting in injuries
- 6. money paid to the plaintiff for injuries
- 9. money paid to the plaintiff for injuries
- 10. failure to meet acceptable standards of practice in any profession
- 11. a person or organization that could be liable, but is best able to pay large amounts of damages (monetary)