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For example, for the purposes of general liability, a 2001 survey found that a minority of courts included emotional distress within the definition of bodily injury. [28] [29] Where a mental injury arises from a physical injury—as with a traumatic brain injury caused by a car accident—auto insurance policies normally cover the injury.
The Code of Iowa contains the statutory laws of the U.S. state of Iowa. The Iowa Legislative Service Bureau is a non-partisan governmental agency that organizes, updates, and publishes the Iowa Code. It is republished in full every odd year, and is supplemented in even years.
Actual bodily harm [42] – the term is not defined in the Crimes Act, but case law indicates actual bodily harm may include injuries such as bruises and scratches, [43] as well as psychological injuries [44] if the injury inflicted is more than merely transient (the injury does not necessarily need to be permanent) [45]
As a legal term, injury is a harm done to a person due to acts or omissions of other persons. Harm may be of various kinds: bodily injury , psychological trauma , loss of property or reputation, breach of contract , etc. Injury may give rise to civil tort or criminal prosecution.
Bodily harm is a legal term of art used in the definition of both statutory and common law offences in Australia, Canada, England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. It is a synonym for injury or bodily injury and similar expressions, though it may be used with a precise and limited meaning in any given jurisdiction.
Parents and community members have filed 100 challenges to books in Iowa schools between August 2020 and May 2023, according to a statewide records request. Here are images of some of the 60 books ...
Parents and community members filed 100 challenges to books in Iowa schools between August 2020 and May 2023, according to data gleaned from a statewide records request.
Such laws are sometimes used to prosecute cases of dangerous driving causing injury or death. [3] The maximum penalties for criminal negligence causing bodily harm and death are 10 years [4] (14 years if the conviction is for street racing causing bodily harm) and life imprisonment, respectively.