Tag Archives: pain and suffering
Sideswipe Accident Injures Children, Among Others
Several people, including two children, escaped serious injury recently in a Miami Gardens auto accident that occurred on southbound Interstate 75 when one vehicle sideswiped another and both vehicles crashed into the highway’s retaining walls. Altogether, four people were transported to local hospitals for treatment; fortunately, according to reports, none of the accident victims… Read More »
Family Vacation Dream Turns To Nightmare
Few experiences are more tragic than losing a child. When it happens in a horrific way and it becomes national news, we all feel the parents’ pain. The Nebraska family that lost their little boy during their vacation to Disney World has a long road to recovery ahead of them and their lives will… Read More »
Baby Dies After Being Struck By Car
A young child’s life was taken, and her mother injured, as a result of being struck by a car and dragged under it. The baby’s mother, who was walking her baby in a stroller down the sidewalk, suffered serious physical injuries as a result of the accident. These physical injuries, however, may be easier… Read More »
Recovery For The Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress
When a person suffers physical injuries, it is easy for people to understand a need for that person to be compensated for his or her losses. However, when people suffer emotional injuries that people cannot see or sometimes understand, it may become challenging for a person to recover for losses related to those injuries…. Read More »
Understanding Damage Caps in Florida Personal Injury Cases
The sky isn’t the limit when it comes to payouts in personal injury lawsuits in the state of Florida. What are known as “damage cap statutes” govern the financial ceiling in a given case. They essentially set the limit on the amount of money an injured person can receive as a result of those… Read More »
Understanding Pain and Suffering in Personal Injury Lawsuits
Pain and suffering is a term often thrown around in media when discussing personal injury lawsuits. But what are these damages really, and how do they affect a personal injury lawsuit? Defining pain and suffering Pain and suffering is a common type of “damage” seen in personal injury cases. Damages are the economic or… Read More »
Target Data Breach: Class Action Settles for $10 Million
The popular American retail store Target was involved in one of the largest data breaches ever to occur. Customers who shopped between November 27 and December 15, 2013 may have had their credit card or debit information stolen. Target did not make an announcement that it, and its customers, had been a victim of… Read More »
Northern Ireland Man Faces Unfair Scrutiny After Traumatic Brain Injury
The family of a Londonberry man who was reduced to a vegetative state following a brain injury is highly offended that the government has challenged the true extent of the victim’s injuries. The UK’s Social Security Agency sent a large amount of paperwork to the victim’s family, inquiring as to if and when 36-year-old… Read More »
