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21 Cards in this Set
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Litigious
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Prone to engage in lawsuits
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Liability Insurance
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insurance designed to cover a policyholder for acts or omissions for which he or she may be legally obligated
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Medical Malpractice
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Medical Professional misconduct
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License
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A license indicates that the holder meets the state's basic minimum qualifications for a particular occupation
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Mental Incapacity
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A condition in which a person lacks reasoning faculties to understand ordinary concerns or to act competently
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Vicariously Liable
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Legally obligated in place of someone else
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Respondeat Superior
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An employer is vicariously liable for the behavior of an employee working within his or her scope of employment
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Negligence
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Failure to act with reasonable and prudent care
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Due Care
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The duty to have adequate regard for another person
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Procedures Manual
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A reference handbook explaining the procedures to be followed when performing a task by which a legal right may be enforced
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Standard of Care
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The degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under the same or similar circumstances
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Adjudicate
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To hear and settle by a judicial process
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Substantive Law
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The part of law that creates, defines, and regulates rights
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Common Law
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Law deriving its authority from ancient usages and customs affirmed by court judgements and decrees
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Arbitration
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A hearing held between two or more parties who disagree on an issue but agree in advance to abide by the decision of an impartial third person
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Preventive Medicine
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Medical practices and precautions designed to ward off litigation
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Deposition
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A prior statement by a witness to be used in court as testimony taken under oath subject to cross- examination
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Bench Trial
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A Trial in which a judge serves without a jury and rules on the law as well as the facts
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Disposition
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In criminal law, the final settlement of a case
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Cert. Denied
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When the United States Supreme Court refuses to hear a case on appeal
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Wirt of Certiorari
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A device used by the United States Supreme Court to Choose the cases it wishes to hear
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