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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New Hampshire Woman Sues Hospital & Doctors for $5 Million
A woman formerly from New Hampshire is suing two doctors and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua for $5 million alleging they failed to diagnose and treat her bacterial meningitis which left her permanently disabled, reports The Telegraph.
On January 10, 2008, the woman went to the emergency room after suffering for three days with vomiting, headache and fever. She was treated for an ear infection and sent home. With worsening symptoms, she returned to the hospital two days later. The second time she also had hearing loss, altered mental state, and difficulties walking. Her lawsuit states even though a CT scan and other tests suggested something serious was wrong, the doctor diagnosed her with stress and a sinus infection and sent her home.
She returned to the hospital two more times before she was given a spinal tap which showed she was suffering from two life-threatening conditions. […]
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Car Accident Round-Up — All Is Not ‘OK’ When Text Messaging Before Car Wreck
Distracted driving including text messaging is a leading cause of car accidents
Homeless Man Dead After Thanksgiving Accident With Jackie Autry’s Car
The widow of former Angels owner Gene Autry says the Thanksgiving night event which left a homeless man dead was an accident, reports the Los Angeles Times. She was driving home from a Thanksgiving dinner and traveling about 25 mph when she hit a man who crossed the street with no lights and wearing black clothes. She called 911 but the man died about an hour later, the paper reported.
Forty Plus Car Accidents In Delaware County Due To Winter Weather
Wednesday’s brutal weather, which followed months of above average temperatures, brought over 40 car accident reports to police departments in Delaware County, reports the starpress.com. Injuries, roll-overs, and vehicular entrapments were reported, but no fatalities.
Two Car Fatal Accident Closes Route 29 in Easton, […]
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Car Accident Round-Up
Car accidents around the United States
SUV Rollover Results in Fatality
A 20-year-old woman died in a single car crash on I-95 near Springfield, Virginia, after the car in which she was a passenger struck the jersey barrier throwing her from the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle, the woman’s mother, was injured but her injuries were not believed to be life threatening. Virginia state police believe the driver lost control of the SUV while traveling in the far right lane, then overturned across all four lanes of the road before the vehicle came to a stop against the jersey barrier.
Man Dies After Being Ejected from Car in Head-On Collision
The Cullman Times reports that a Cullman County man and his dog were killed when the car they were riding in collided with a dump truck. The impact from the head-on collision ejected the man from his vehicle. […]
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Government Does Not Back Pennsylvania and New York Marcellus Shale Drilling Moratorium
Speaking on behalf of the Obama administration, Brig. Gen. Peter “Duke” DeLuca, the commander of the North Atlantic Division of the Army Corps of Engineers, declined to seek a temporary halt to Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania and New York. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) wanted DeLuca to use his seat on the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to advocate for blocking drilling until after a “cumulative impact” study could be done.
Hinchey is seeking $1 million for the DRBC to study the cumulative effects of drilling in the basin, from which 5% of the country’s population gets their drinking water. DeLuca is not willing to put drilling on hold while waiting for years that it could take to complete the report.
DeLuca said, “the citizens of the basin are counting on the commission to make smart choices that allow for environmental protection to proceed together with economic development.” […]
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Pennsylvania to Vote on Regulation Establishing Cement Type for Marcellus Shale Wells
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will vote on an important regulation that will require Marcellus Shale drillers to use a stronger type of cement inside the casing of the wellbores. The regulation will be part of the well construction rule that currently regulates the time the cement must be allowed to settle as well as setting limits on how much pressure can be applied to a well.
According to Range Resources, one of the Marcellus Shale drilling companies, the process to fully isolate the wellbore involves inserting multiple heavy steel casings extending from the ground surface to deep into the ground, and fully cemented into the wellbore. Once the initial wellbore cement has set, the wellbore setting is continued “from the bottom of the previously cemented steel casing to the next depth. This process is repeated using smaller diameter steel casings until the oil and gas bearing rock is reached. […]
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