Accident
Accident
Accident, unintended and unforeseen event, usually resulting in personal injury or property damage. In law, the term is usually limited to events not involving negligence, that is, the carelessness or misconduct of a party involved, or to a loss caused by lightning, floods, or other natural events (Act of God). In popular usage, however, the term accident designates an unexpected event, especially if it causes injury or damage without reference to the negligence or fault of an individual. The basic causes of such accidents are, in general, unsafe conditions of machinery, equipment, or surroundings, and the unsafe actions of persons that are caused by ignorance or neglect of safety principles. (1)
Description of Accident
In this reference work, accident is a sort of the Equity practice category.
Accident
Accident
Accident
Accident
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- Social Protection
- Social Security
- Employment Affairs
- Welfare State
- Health
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- Restatement, Second, Torts § 8
- Unavoidable accident
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- Perils of the sea
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- Hit and run accident
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- Act of God
- Casualty
- Inevitable accident
- Unavoidable accident
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