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vandal
[Vandal, member of a Germanic tribe who sacked Rome in A.D. 455] : a person who willfully destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public
wrongful life
defect, but the life itself, and courts are reluctant to declare life an injury. A specific calculation of damages for wrongful life would entail affixing a monetary value to the difference between life in an impaired state
vandalism
vandalism : the willful or malicious destruction or defacement of property [insurance covering property damage from and malicious mischief]
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viatical settlement
viatical settlement [probably from Latin viaticum provision for a journey] : an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy covering a person (as the owner) with a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation...
wanton
aggravated level of negligence that borders on intent and that is often ground for an award of punitive damages. wan·ton·ly adv wan·ton·ness n
wrongful death
: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another [sought damages for the wrongful death of their murdered daughter]
wrongful death action
the personal representative (as a spouse or parent) of one who dies a wrongful death and that seeks damages for the benefit of the survivors or the estate of the decedent compare survival action NOTE: A wrongful
wrongful dishonor
bank to honor an item that is properly payable [a payor bank is liable to its customer for damages proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor of an item "Uniform Commercial Code"]
wrongful pregnancy
for wrongful pregnancy] called also wrongful conception NOTE: A majority of courts faced with the issue have disallowed damages for child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and
busted
Inoperable due to damage broken of a machine as the coke machine is busted
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