Press Release Summary: Various legal remedies may be available for personal injury,
which is under the law of negligence, or some other type of injury.
Press Release Body: A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of
injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident or medical
malpractice. The most common type of personal injury claims are road traffic
accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the
home, defective product accidents and holiday accidents.
There are a multitude of types of accident and the term personal injury also
incorporates medical and dental accidents, which lead to numerous medical and dental
negligence claims every year.
Where the accident was the fault of someone else, the injured party may be entitled
to monetary compensation from the person whose negligent conduct caused the injury.
At least in the United States this system is complex and controversial with critics
calling for various forms of tort.
Tort law is the name given to a body of law that creates, and provides remedies for,
civil wrongs that do not arise out of contractual duties. A person who is legally
injured may be able to use tort law to recover damages from someone who is legally
responsible, or "liable," for those injuries. Learn more about this with the North Carolina personal injury lawyer.
Damages in tort are generally awarded to place the claimant in the position he/she
would have been had the tort not taken place. Damages in tort are quantified under
two headings: general damages and special damages.
General damages are generally awarded only in claims brought by individuals, when
they have suffered personal harm. Examples would be personal injury (following the
tort of negligence by the defendant), or in the tort of defamation. Visit the North Carolina personal injury lawyer to know more about this.
Special damages can include direct losses (such as amounts the claimant had to spend
to try to mitigate problems) and consequential or economic losses resulting from
lost profits in a business. Visit the North Carolina personal injury lawyer to know
more about this.
Damages in tort are awarded generally to place the claimant in the position in which
he would have been had the tort not taken place. Damages for breach of contract are
generally awarded to place the claimant in the position in which he would have been
had the contract not been breached. If you want more information about this, then
visit the North Carolina personal injury lawyer for more details.
Web Site: http://www.robertsonmedlin.com
Contact Details: 125 S. Elm St., Suite 100
Greensboro, NC 27401
2010
