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WORKERS COMPENSATION
Workers
compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical
benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for
mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue their employer for the
tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of
recourse outside the worker compensation system is known as “the compensation
bargain”. One of the problems that the compensation bargain solved is the
problem of employers becoming insolvent as a result of high damage awards. The
system of collective liability was created to prevent that, and thus to ensure
security of compensation to the workers. Individual immunity is the necessary
corollary to collective liability. Talk to one of our Lawyerzone.com lawyers about your workers
compensation case today.
WRONGFUL
DEATH
When a person dies or is killed due
to the negligence or misconduct of another, including murder, the surviving
members of the victim’s family may sue for “wrongful death.” Most wrongful
death lawsuits follow in the wake of criminal trials, using similar evidence
but with a lower standard of proof. Regardless, someone found liable for
wrongful death may or may not be convicted of a crime associated with that
death. Talk to one of our Lawyerzone.com lawyers about your wrongful death case
today.
CRIMINAL
DEFENSE
In the field of criminal law, there
are a variety of conditions that will tend to negate elements of a crime
(particularly the intent element), known as defenses. The label may be apt in
jurisdictions where the accused may be assigned some burden before a tribunal.
However, in many jurisdictions, the entire burden to prove a crime is on the
government, which also must prove the absence of these defenses, where
implicated. In other words, in many jurisdictions the absence of these
so-called defenses is treated as an element of the crime. So-called defenses
may provide partial or total refuge from punishment. Talk to one of our
Lawyerzone.com lawyers about your criminal defense questions today.
CYBER
CRIMES
Cybercrime, or computer-oriented
crime, is crime that involves a computer.[1] The computer may have been used in
the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.[2] Cybercrimes can be
defined as: “Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of
individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the
victim or cause physical or mental harm, or loss, to the victim directly or
indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (networks
including but not limited to Chat rooms, emails, notice boards and groups) and
mobile phones (Bluetooth/SMS/MMS)”.[3] Cybercrime may threaten a person or a
nation’s security and financial health.[4] Issues surrounding these types of
crimes have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking,
copyright infringement, unwarranted mass-surveillance, extortions, child
pornography, and child grooming. Cybercrimes crossing international borders and
involving the actions of at least one nation state is sometimes referred to as
cyber warfare. Talk to a Lawyerzone.com lawyer about any cyber crime questions
you might have.
