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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Claim of Defective Seats Brings Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Honda
Lawsuit claims Honda car allowed ejection of passenger who was wearing seatbelt in wrongful death case
A lawsuit has been filed in Texas against Honda Motor Co., Ltd. by the parents of a young woman who died in her 2005 Honda Civic in April of this year, reports the Southeast Texas Record.
The young woman died when she lost control of her car and skidded off the rain slick road. She hit several trees and even though she was wearing a seatbelt, she was killed when her seat collapsed and she was thrown into the back seat.
When you or a loved one gets behind the wheel of a vehicle, you should be able to count on the fact that it has been safely designed and is free from flaws that could result in serious injury, or even death. At Munley, Munley & Cartwright we have successfully handled cases involving injury or death caused by alleged defects such as automobiles, […]
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DEP Makes Marcellus Shale Production Data Available to Public
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has made production data for Marcellus Shale natural gas wells in the state available on their website. Under Act 15 of 2010, Marcellus operators are required to report their well production totals from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. This act overturned previous provisions in the Oil and Gas Act that required production data to be kept confidential for five years.
John Hanger, secretary of DEP, says that by making this information available to the public “a much-criticized layer of secrecy” is removed and the public and government now have “unprecedented access to this information.”
Even though the companies were required to submit the data to the state by August 15, 2010, 18 of the state’s 74 Marcellus Shale operators have not yet complied. Hanger said the department will pursue “whatever enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with the law.” […]
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Some Pennsylvania Parks Could Become Marcellus Shale Drilling Sites
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) manages and maintains close to 120 state parks. However, Pennsylvania does not own the mineral rights to 80 percent of the land underlying the parks, opening it up to the possibility of the private owners entering into Marcellus Shale lease agreements with gas companies.
Oil and gas companies have already drilled a limited number of wells in some of the state park land in western Pennsylvania. DCNR cannot impose surface-use agreements on the drilling companies to govern their impact on the surface of the parks, due to a 2009 ruling by the Supreme Court, and some fear the increased interest in Marcellus Shale in the parks could result in damage to the landscape.
DCNR Secretary John Quigley says that while the threat to the parks is not immediate, “there are a dozen or fewer parks where drillers or seismic testing firms have expressed interest in accessing the surface to get to the Marcellus Shale.” […]
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Marcellus Shale Drilling Goes International
As companies discover how lucrative the Marcellus Shale region has become, more and more are trying to buy a stake to the rights of the mineral-rich property. Reliance Industries Ltd., India’s largest private-sector company, has just acquired a 60 percent stake in 104,400 Marcellus acres in central and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Reliance, which has already invested $3 billion in the purchase of shale-gas assets in Pennsylvania, believes they could yield close to 3.4 trillion cubic feet of gas. They also anticipate drilling 1,000 wells in the area over the next decade.
Other international investors include companies from France, Norway and Japan.
If you are a property owner whose property has been harmed by natural gas exploration, talk to an attorney who is experienced in Marcellus Gas drilling issues. The attorneys at Munley, Munley & Cartwright represent victims who have been injured through no fault of their own, […]
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Hazelton City Authority Investigates Drilling Rights
The chairman of the Hazelton City Authority (HCA), Phil Andras, is investigating the process of the Marcellus Shale drilling that could soon be moving into the area. Andras wants to ensure that they have the mineral rights for the 7,000 acres that the town currently owns, understand the steps needed to preserve the watershed and “spend some time learning more about the process and about the protections with the state and federal (environmental agencies).”
Andras has proposed enforcing a moratorium on Marcellus Shale drilling on HCA land until the drilling companies can prove “with a very high degree of certainty” that their operations are safe and would have no adverse environmental impact.
Another authority member, Dick Ammon agrees with Andras saying, “we want to make sure whatever’s done, we won’t pay a price down the road.” HCA members have said they are not against drilling, but they do want to ensure their watershed is protected. […]
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