What is a Loss?
A loss is the monetary value assigned to an injury or damage in a personal injury claim, including pain and suffering, past and future income, future medical care, at-home assistance, current medical bills, etc.
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, “loss” is defined as “the harm or damage resulting from an injury; the deprivation or detriment to an owner or possessor as a result of a judgment or voluntary transfer of property.” As such, loss is often a broad term in law, encompassing both tangible and intangible impacts as loss can come from a variety of forms of damages.
Legal principles governing loss aim to provide remedies, compensation, or restitution to individuals or entities adversely affected by wrongful acts, accidents, or adverse events. Loss can include economic loss, personal loss or property loss. The assessment of loss often involves evaluating evidence, calculating damages, and applying legal standards to determine liability and appropriate remedies in civil litigation or legal disputes. As a legal term, loss underscores the importance of addressing and mitigating the impacts of losses through legal recourse and equitable remedies in accordance with applicable laws and judicial principles.
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Car Accident Round-Up – PA Accident Claims Life of Actor
Actor Ryan Dunn killed in car accident in West Goshen Township, PA
Pennsylvania Accident Leaves Actor Dead
A single car crash around 3am on Monday morning at the intersection of Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, claimed the lives of actor Ryan Dunn and his passenger. Both of them died of injuries sustained in the accident. While an investigation is ongoing, police indicated that Dunn was most likely speeding in his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3. The car, which was engulfed in flames after running off the road and ending up in the woods, was destroyed.
Drunk Driver in NC Leaves Two Motorcyclists Dead
A pickup driver charged with driving while impaired crossed the center line when traveling north on N.C. Highway 82 early Sunday morning, and struck a southbound motorcycle carrying a driver and passenger leaving both of them dead at the scene. […]
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PA Driver Tries to Run Down Pedestrians
No one injured after man drives on sidewalk targeting pedestrians
Virginia Accident Leaves One Dead
A Sunday morning crash on I-81 near Abingdon, Virginia has left a 23-year-old college student dead. The driver of the 2005 Jeep Wrangler left the northbound lanes of the highway, struck several trees then overturned. The deceased was the only person involved in the single-vehicle accident.
Fleeing Man Causes Fatal Accident in West Virginia
Deputies in Loudon County, Virginia attempted to pull over a speeding driver before he fled the scene and raced across the state line into West Virginia causing a multi-car accident leaving one person dead and five others injured, including the fleeing driver. The DC man was driving a stolen Toyota 4Runner on Wednesday morning around 3am when he crossed into oncoming traffic and sideswiped a car carrying three people, then careened sideways and struck a van head-on that was carrying two. […]
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NY Man Charged with Vehicular Assault, DWI in Motorcycle Crash
Drunk driver hit motorcyclist, who suffered serious leg injury
Man Charged with Vehicular Assault, DWI in Motorcycle Crash
A Montour Falls, NY man was charged with vehicular assault when he hit and injured a motorcyclist while driving drunk. The accident occurred Friday after the drunk driver turned into the path of a motorcycle at College Avenue and Turner Park in Montour Falls. The motorcyclist sustained a serious leg injury and was airlifted to Robert Sayre Hospital. In addition to the first-degree vehicular assault charge, the driver was also charged with driving while intoxicated, failure to yield the right of way and failure to keep right.
Drug-Impaired Driver Charged in Accident
A New York woman was charged with driving while impaired by drugs, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and various other traffic violations after crashing her car into several road signs on Thursday. […]
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Nine-Car Accident Causes Injuries in MA
Reckless driver weaving between lanes causes nine-car accident
Fatal Car Accident In Woodford County, Kentucky
The driver of a Volkswagen Jetta ran a red light and ran into a Mercedes at the intersection of Falling Springs Boulevard and McCowans Ferry Road around 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Lex18.com. One person in the Mercedes was killed and another in that car was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Volkswagen was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Traffic Snarled Following Three Car Accident in Michigan
U.S. 23 north of Lee Road in Green Oak Township was the scene of a three car accident around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Traffic was slowed on both sides of the freeway and one person in the accident was taken to the hospital. Michigan State Police are still investigating the accident in which one vehicle ended up on the southbound side of U.S. […]
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Woman Who Lost Arm To Receive $8.8 Million
In 2004, a 16-year-old girl got the pocket of her coat caught on a bolt protruding from the drive shaft of an auger-like post-hole digger operated by her stepfather. Her arm wrapped around the auger resulting in the loss of her arm.
A New York jury hearing the case in State Supreme Court decided the manufacturer of the digger, Ford New Holland (now known as Case New Holland) sold a defective product and awarded the now 21-year-old girl $8.8 million. The jury placed 35% of the blame on Case New Holland and 30% each on Peter A Smith, the owner of the digger and the person who loaned the digger to the stepfather, and on SMC Corp. from Sioux Fall, S.D., the company who assembled the digger.
The bolt that caught on the girl’s coat was supposed to be covered by a shield, but the shield broke and was removed by Smith, […]
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