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Personal injury lawsuits allow victims of accidents to hold the responsible party accountable for the harm they've done.

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The State of Georgia will pay $ 3 million to the victims in the 2007 Bluffton baseball team fatal bus accident, which is the maximum legal settlement that the state is allowed to pay.

Our in - depth knowledge of California car accident laws and procedures, paired with our extensive hands - on experience litigating cases, allows us to provide unparalleled legal services to injured car accident victims.

In addition, it allows our victims to recall the specific details of the accident more clearly, as the information is often lost over time.

VICTORIA — Allowing people to sue for pain and suffering in car accidents has been viewed as a fundamental principle in British Columbia, but that changed Tuesday when the government joined Canada's other provinces in limiting payouts to some crash victims because of a financial crisis at the public insurance corporation.

When such an accident results in the death of an innocent bystander, Lincoln's wrongful death statute allows for the family of the victim to pursue a wrongful death claim on behalf of the deceased.

In these cases, the laws in the State of Indiana protect the innocent victims of auto accidents by allowing them a method of recovery under the Indiana law of negligence.

Another piece of law to be familiar with as a plaintiff in Idaho is the state's statute of limitations, which allows personal injury victims two years from the date of their accident to sue.

At Citywide Law Group, our attorneys have developed a process that has allowed us to successfully help thousands of accident victims like you.

In the end it was the battle of «broader legislative goals»: allowing an innocent victim of a motor vehicle accident to seek damages against an insured person versus protecting innocent victims by promoting compulsory insurance.

It is this compassion that allows us to enter our 48th year of helping Miami accident victims and their families.

Justice Lauwers» holding directly contradicted the practice in place since Desbiens v. Mordini of allowing motor vehicle accident victims to combine physical and psychological ratings to get a Whole Person Impairment (WPI) rating of 55 % or higher to achieve a catastrophic designation under s. 2 (1.1)(f) of the Statutory Accidents Benefits Schedule (SABS).

In North Carolina, victims of drunk driving accidents also are allowed to seek punitive damages, which go beyond the usual compensation for injuries.

The result is that instead of applying for mediation right after a denial to ensure a speedy resolution and allow the accident victim to get the treatment and benefits awarded right away, the accident victim has to wait until they have all of their reports before even starting the process.

And the laws of New Mexico allow for the victims of these accidents to recover for their medical bills, future medical expenses, and any pain and suffering experienced by the accident.

Matheson, J. used «special circumstances» to allow FLA claimants to add the true owner of the at fault motor vehicle, more than two years after the death of the accident victim.

All of these losses can be considered under the umbrella of «pain and suffering» for the purposes of a car accident claim, and California law allows victims to seek compensation for pain and suffering in many situations.

In these cases, the law allows the innocent victims of these accidents to recover from the negligent driver to compensate the victim for the injuries and medical treatment stemming from the accident.

Most jurisdictions attempt to make a victim of an automobile accident whole by allowing the recovery of these types of damages.

Fortunately, Illinois allows victims of PTSD that resulted from an accident to recover compensation.

Fortunately, California allows victims of personal injury accidents to file lawsuits to recover compensation from at - fault parties.

If you or a family member has been the victim of an electrocution accident, allow us to handle your claim.

Our knowledge of personal injury law and experience representing many accident victims allows us to effective negotiate your claims with insurance companies, adjusters, and the lawyers representing the negligent parties.

In some cases, the legal doctrine of respondeat superior allows an accident victim to recover from a driver's employer, if the driver was performing job duties at the time of the accident.

In an effort to curb the increasing number of Florida drunk driving accidents, Florida lawmakers have passed a law that allows for the victims of a drunk driving accident to hold the person who sold alcohol to the intoxicated person liable for their injuries.

If you or your loved one has been injured in a truck accident, allow a member of our legal team to provide you with an in - depth and personalized free case evaluation so that you can learn more about your rights as a victim and the ways in which we can help.

California law embraces the theory of comparative negligence, which allows accident victims to file claims even if they were partly to blame for an accident.

One of the best options for victims is uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, which allows car accident victims to pursue compensation from their own auto insurance company for injuries caused by an uninsured — or unidentified — at - fault driver.

The law allows victims of a drunk driving accident to recover even more damages: «punitive damages» which are solely designed to punish the at - fault driver.

When an accident is caused by the negligence of another person, Ohio state law allows victims to take legal action.

The Montreal Convention also amended prior international aviation laws and now allows victims of airplane accidents and their families to sue foreign airlines in their home countries.

These laws are called «Dram Shop laws,» and they allow the victims of New Mexico drunk driving accidents to sue the establishment that over served the person who caused the accident.

State law allows for victims of truck accidents to pursue legal action against negligent or reckless truck drivers and trucking companies.