What Are Damages?
Damages are compensation, usually in monetary form, awarded in a civil court case for an injury or loss caused by another person’s negligence.
What Are Damages?
According to the American Bar Association (ABA), damages are tangible and non-tangible losses that can be quantified and documented, providing direct financial assistance to an injured party. Examples of damages can include medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and property damage.
Damages are important in restoring the injured party to the position they would have been in had the wrongdoing not occurred. This concept is fundamental in both tort and contract law, where it addresses breaches of duty or contract, provides a financial measure of reparation, and is even more important in personal injury cases where the injured party receives compensatory damages for medical bills and pain and suffering.
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Car Accident Round-up — A Car Crashes At President Bush’s Texas Home
Bush family was home but not in danger
Car Crashes Onto Lawn At President Bush’s Home In Texas
A man who was visiting one of President Bush’s neighbors crashed into the front lawn of the president’s residence, reported abcNEWS/U.S. A Secret Service spokesman said the driver was questioned and released. The Bushes were home but never in danger.
Teenager Dies In Car Accident In California
A 19-year-old was the victim of a car accident this week in Sacramento County after she pulled her car into the path of a pickup truck, reported The Sacramento Bee. Tavernor Road has stop signs in both directions at Clay Station Road where the accident happened. At this time it was unclear if she stopped and then entered the intersection or if she slowed and rolled into the intersection.
Florida Restaurant Closes Temporarily Following Car Accident
Examiner.com reports the “Two Blondes and a Shrimp” restaurant in downtown Sanford was closed after a small blue sedan jumped onto the sidewalk and came to a stop when it ran into the restaurant after hitting several other buildings. […]
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$1.7 Million Judgment Against Johnson & Johnson Following Injury Due To Drug
Failure to warn patients about potential tendon damage due to drug use leads to lawsuit
A Minneapolis jury has awarded an 82-year-old man $1.1 million in punitive damages and $630,000 in compensatory damages against Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn patients its antibiotic, Levaquin, may cause tendon damage, reports the Star Tribune.
The case in U.S. District Court is the first of thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide by patients who claim tendon injuries after taking Levaquin. This man was an active golfer and a mall-walker before rupturing or partially rupturing both Achilles tendons after taking Levaquin and a steroid for bronchitis five years ago – unaware of the risks with the drug combination.
The lawsuit was filed in 2008 against Johnson & Johnson and its Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit for failing to warn doctors and patients of Levaquin’s potential for tendon damage. […]
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Top Trial Lawyers Share Their Winning Strategies
Attorneys Marion Munley and Matt Cartwright attended the American Association for Justice’s annual Weekend with the Stars in New York City December 9-11, where they joined with the nation’s preeminent trial lawyers, sharing winning strategies and techniques.
This year’s Weekend with the Stars “kicked-off” with a seminar devoted entirely to the DePuy Hip Implant Recall. This past August, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. (A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) recalled the ASR Hip Resurfacing and the ASR XL Acetabular Systems, which came on the market in July 2003.
About 93,000 of the medical devices have been recalled due to increased rates of failure and elevated levels of cobalt and chromium, which leads to metallosis. It is estimated that one in 8 patients who received one of these DuPuy hip implants may need revision or a second hip replacement surgery.
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Preliminary Truck Crash Data For 2009 Released
Preliminary statistics on 2009 tractor trailer crashes have just been released. The Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts: Early Release is based on crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), as well as preliminary total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) data from the Federal Highway Administration.
Among the highlights:
- Of the 286,000 police-reported crashes involving large trucks in 2009, 2,987 (1 percent) resulted in at least one fatality, and 51,000 (18 percent) resulted in at least one nonfatal injury.
- Single-vehicle crashes made up 20 percent of all fatal crashes, 16 percent of all injury crashes, and 35 percent of all property damage only crashes involving large trucks.
- Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of all fatal crashes involving large trucks occurred on rural roads, and just over one-fourth (26 percent) occurred on rural and urban Interstate highways. […]
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Car Accident Round-Up — Seven Injured In 3-Car Wreck In South Carolina
Car accidents around the country
WCSC TV in Charleston, South Carolina reports a 1995 Nissan with five passengers hit a 2006 Nissan which was waiting for another car to turn left, shortly before 6 p.m. in Moncks Corner on U.S. 17 near Old Gilliard Road Wednesday night. The 2006 Nissan then hit a Ford large passenger van which had stopped in front of it. Seven people, most of them teenagers, were taken to hospital, but none had life-threatening injuries.
“Coughing Fit” Causes Power Outage In Tallahassee
Fallschase shopping plaza suffered a power blackout this week when a driver lost control of his car and tore through some power lines, reports WCTV in Tallahassee. According to the report, the driver of the Lincoln Navigator, he had a coughing fit and ran off Buck Lake Road and flipped onto the service road for the shopping plaza. […]
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