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Today's Terms
Occupational Disease
Definition:
An illness resulting from long-term employment in a particular type of work, such as mesothelioma (a type of cancer) from workers exposed to asbestos.
Compensatory damages
Definition:
Which measure actual dollar-value losses for such things as medical expenses, lost income, loss of future earning capacity, etc.
Vicarious Liability
Definition:
When a person who did not actually cause an injury is held for the injury. Sometimes called imputed liability.
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