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VICTIMA PRINCIPAL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... a husband incurs household and medical expenses consequent upon his wife being injured in a road collision. Such loss is an indirect and unintended secondary consequence of the defendant's tort against his primary victim, the wife.

OBS

Members of self-help groups include primary victims of an offence and secondary victims such as family members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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