Valuing Pain and Suffering Damages Factors used by an insurance company to calculate pain and suffering for an accident or injury .. with examples for age, job/income, lifestyle, attorney, attitude, medical treatment, pre-existing injury → Read More
Daycare Responsibility for Injuries to Children If my child is injured at daycare, the personal injury and premises liability laws of your state will control the circumstances and extent to which your day care will be held liable. To establish a claim for negligence, you must prove that your daycare had a duty of care, breached the duty of care, and then because of that breach, caused an injury to your child. → Read More
What is slander? Slander is a spoken defamation. Defamation or defamation of character is spoken or written words that falsely and negatively reflect on a living person’s reputation. → Read More
Are insults and epithets considered defamation under the law? Insults and epithets are usually not considered to be defamation because they are emotional outbursts and the intent of the person is to show displeasure or dislike. They are not normally meant to harm the person to whom they are directed, so would not generally meet the criteria required under the law for a defamation suit. → Read More
Calculating Reasonable Pain and Suffering Reasonable pain and suffering damages vary from case to case, and are too difficult to calculate without a close examination of the facts of each accident. → Read More
Pain & Suffering From Emotional Distress Calculating pain and suffering on emotional distress by a bystander or witness to accident. A claim for pain and suffering based on being a’bystander’ at an accident rather than the direct victim of the accident is brought as a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED). → Read More
Calculating Damages in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Find out when you can sue for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice lawsuit, and get a basic understanding of how you can estimate the damages you are owed. → Read More
Can libel suits be brought by a public figure? Public figures can prove defamation, but it is not always easy. See when and how a public figure can successfully file a libel case. → Read More
Intervening Cause An intervening cause is a separate omission or act that breaks the direct connection between the actions of the defendant and a loss or injury to another person. As a result, intervening cause may be used as a legal defense in a civil lawsuit. → Read More
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