Matching Pairs NS2015 mix and match 6Online version week 6 by Jacqui Jane 1 False imprisonment 2 Battery 3 Assault 4 Crime 5 Standard of care 6 Foreseeable 7 Contributory negligence 8 Negligence 9 volenti non fit iniuria 10 nova causa interveniens 11 res ipsa loquitur 12 Duty of care 13 Vicarious Liability An injured parties failure to act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in the injury which they have suffered. A violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public The illegal confinement of one individual against his or her will by another individual in such a manner as to violate the confined individual's right to be free from restraint of movement. The facility to perceive, know in advance, or reasonably anticipate that damage or injury will probably ensue from acts or omissions. The degree of prudence and caution required of an individual (nurse) who is under a duty of care towards another (client). An intentional unpermitted act causing harmful or offensive contact with the "person" of another. The principle that the mere occurrence of some types of accident is sufficient to imply negligence. Failure of one person (nurse) to take reasonable care to avoid injury or loss upon another (client). Doctrine which states that if someone willingly places themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of harm might result, they are not able to bring a claim against the other party. The tort doctrine that imposes responsibility upon one person for the failure of another, with whom the person has a special relationship An intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. A legal obligation which is imposed on an individual (nurse/midwife) requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others (clients). An act or event that breaks/severs the causal connection between a wrong committed by the defendant and subsequent happenings and therefore relieves the defendant from responsibility for these happenings.
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