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Res ipsa loquitur

of negligence is required beyond the accident itself, which is such as necessarily to involve negligence, e.g., a collision between two trains upon a railway: see Carpue v. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ry. Co., (1844) 5

Occursion

A meeting a clash a collision

midair

in the air above ground level as the planes collided in midair also used attributively as a midair collision

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Occurrence

A coming or happening as the occurence of a railway collision

Chattering

of talking idly or rapidly or of making inarticulate sounds the sounds so made noise made by the collision of the teeth chatter

comprehensive insurance

comprehensive insurance Insurance coverage that reimburses you for damage to your own car from causes other than a collision, upset, or general wear and tear. Comprehensive insurance may provide coverage for hail, flood, theft, mischief, damage from

first-party coverage

from someone else's insurance policy, such as the person who caused an accident. Examples of first-party coverage include collision insurance and comprehensive insurance, in which your own insurance company pays you for losses to your own car.

lien

against a ship or its cargo (as for services or supplies tendered or for damages caused by a collision) which may be enforced by a court-ordered seizure of the property in order to satisfy the obligation ma·te·ri·al·man's

respondeat superior

or agency [to recover…upon a theory of respondeat superior, it is incumbent upon plaintiff to prove that the collision occurred while the driver was within the scope of his employment "Perdue v. Mitchell, 373 So. 2d 650

Bruise

To injure as by a blow or collision without laceration to contuse as to bruise ones finger with a hammer to bruise the bark of a

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