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Personal injury is defined as damage to a person, whether physical or mental. This term has become a common phrase because of the lawyers who advertise to be his specialty. In a court of justice, to the detriment of others is liable for damage and possibly loss of wages. There are many ways in which these injuries occur, the most common motor vehicle accidents and medical malpractice to be. Some of the most popular ways of getting a personal injury that may be brought before the courts is a car accident, slip and fall or medical malpractice. Many of them are serious and a lawyer should be used if conditions apply. Many lawyers will take the case if they think they can win a lot of money to the plaintiff. Read the rest of this entry »

A personal injury claim is a claim which injured because of someone’s negligence. If only his car was beaten, no personal injury claim. That is a property damage claim. But if you were injured both you and your car, then you have a personal injury claim and a claim for property damage. Therefore, there are two parties to a complaint: (1) Personal injury, ie, injury to his body, Read the rest of this entry »

The figures are alarming, but a bitter truth is that auto accidents are a major cause of death in America. More than 40,000 thousand people die each year because of damage to property and bills over $ 150. This enormous loss of life and support families of the dead, was introduced in personal injury law. According to this law, if you are injured due to negligence, carelessness or mistake of another person, you are liable for compensation. Some causes of automobile accidents are summarized below: Read the rest of this entry »

Thousands of people are victims of personal injuries every year in all states. If you have been the subject of personal injury, no doubt his first priority is to get care for their injuries. But after the wounds have begun to heal, what is the next step in solving your experience? Because there are many personal injury victims, it is not surprising that there are many groups of lawyers and law specializing in personal injury claims and settlements. Another important step that should be in resolving your injury is talking with a reliable reputation and personal injury lawyer whose legal advice and counsel can be valuable to you. Read the rest of this entry »

How much money should be compensated?
The amount of money to compensate depends on the actual damage caused to the vehicles or persons, and is a function of what each and every company policy stipulated in the General and Particular Conditions of the policy. Below is a brief overview of what the law provides in this regard as limits.
The first paragraph of Article 18 of Law 50/1980 provides:
“The insurer is obliged to pay compensation at the end of investigations and surveys necessary to establish the existence of the claim and, where appropriate, the amount of damages resulting from it.”
As for physical damage to people, the Administration, annually establishes a scale of allowances depending on the damage.
As for the damage, the Law 50/1980 provides in its various articles, the following: Read the rest of this entry »

The classification of lesions ranged in establishing the scale ranging from 1 to 100, lowest to highest severity, and is subject to negotiation. Often when assessing damage occurring discrepancies between the medical insurance company, the coroner and the physician who attends an injured himself. In such cases the judge must decide what score is given, since the scale leaves room for maneuver. In general can be considered a sequel scored with a 1 may be a slight scar is not visible, while a sequel is valued with 100 head injury that incapacitates a person both physically and mentally. But between these two extremes there are infinite possibilities. For example, post concussion syndrome is valued between 5 and 15 points according to later symptoms (headaches, sleep disorders, memory, character, etc…) Loaded all issues of subjectivity. Read the rest of this entry »

The damage can compensate is the death, permanent injury, disabling or not, and temporary disabilities. In addition to indemnities shall be paid also the expenses of medical and hospital care and, where appropriate, the costs of burial and funeral. And any time the courts can replace all or part of compensation for an annuity. In case of death, the scale is questioned who the relative of the victim, who is entitled to compensation for the pain of their loss and economic, causes that leads to success. So defined if the victim is a spouse, older or younger children, brothers or fathers in their care, and so on. Family circumstances will arise, and compensation. But this is corrected upward or downward by several factors. The first and fundamental income of the victim. That is, the compensation varies according to capacity was the victim of revenue, which now cuts off death.

Ake successful claims for personal injury in car accidents to “, would allow one to understand the procedure involved in filing a claim and securing compensation for personal injuries in the event of a car accident. For a successful claim for personal injury in the event of an auto accident claim submitted must be supported by the necessary evidence to support the cause of the victim to prove his innocence and at the same time showing the failure of the third party. In the majority of cases, the passengers of the car who had suffered personal injuries and allegations of them have a greater chance of success. In some cases the other driver was responsible for the accident, the passenger could claim auto - accident compensation. On the other hand if the person who drove the car was responsible for the accident, he can not file an auto accident claim. Read the rest of this entry »

What to do if you are a victim of an accident and personal injury? Who helps with a claim? An accident can easily happen. Everyday many people are victims of a traffic or industrial accident. Sometimes there is damage through the use of a bad product, or a physician makes a mistake. Bitten by the dog of the neighbor everyone can happen. Also the examples are many and varied. Maybe you free to terror and a scratch, or you still face the lifelong consequences for that “one second”.

Recoverable injury
Bodily injury that occurs from physical and / or psychological injury. When caused by the fault of another, then this damage recoverable. The article 6:162 of the Civil Code provides that any person other undue harm, it must compensate. The offender can be held liable. In many cases, the responsibility clearly, sometimes it can also lead to lengthy legal discussions. In established liability, the costs of the injury are recoverable. Read the rest of this entry »

The party that wins a personal injury lawsuit is entitled to receive money from the defendant. This money is called damages. There are two categories of damages: damages and punitive damages. Compensation for damages to the victim tries to compensate for the loss and restore the situation that was before the injury. Moreover, punitive damages are intended to punish the defendant for his actions to avoid repeating the behavior that caused the injury.

Compensation for damages

There are two categories of compensation for damages: special damages and general damages.

The special damages compensate the victim for monetary loss related to the injury. Some typical categories of special damages include: Read the rest of this entry »