Sentences with phrase «awarding damages to a car»

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Reasons for judgement were released today awarding a Plaintiff close to $ 120,000 in damages as a result of a 2006 BC car accident.

Anyone who suffered an injury in the car crash may be entitled to an award of monetary damages from whoever is ultimately responsible for the incident.

However, if in the same car accident the plaintiff suffered burns, which resulted in multiple surgeries and months of prolonged physical therapy, the general damages would be awarded to compensate the victim for the pain and suffering that arose from the defendant's negligent or reckless action.

For example, if a plaintiff was in a car accident and only suffered minor injuries that could be treated by a short hospital stay, the jury would be hesitant to award general damages for pain and suffering.

The respondents Esure Services Limited, as insurers of the driver of the car, had admitted liability and damages were awarded to the parents for «grief, sorrow and loss of society and guidance» suffered by them as a result of the death, but they challenged the level of the awards.

If a car accident lawyer can show that the cause of the accident was a speeding driver, not only will they be able to prove the driver's negligence and assign them fault, but they might be able to ask the jury to award punitive damages, because speeding is understood and accepted as behavior that should not occur behind the wheel.

Depending on the particular car accident case, when you are involved in auto accident litigation, you may have to go to court to distribute the damage award.

After a car accident non-pecuniary damages are awarded to compensate the claimant for pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of amenities.

You must consider what types of damages are legally compensable in your car accident claim, and what amount of damages a court or jury is likely to award.

For example, punitive damages may be awarded against a manufacturer of a defective car in order to incent the manufacturer to improve the safety of its cars going forward.

A defective auto part cost a young boy his bright future, prompting the Texas jury deciding his car accident injury lawsuit to award $ 124 million in damages to his family.

So, at trial, if a judge was to award you $ 40,000 in damages for pain and suffering following your car accident, after the application of the $ 30,000 deductible, you would only be left of $ 10,000 in damages!

Without knowledge of the limitations already in place that reduce damages paid to victims of car crashes, jurors may reasonably decide that in order to keep premiums from becoming more expensive, they should reduce the victim's award.

The facts here were not particularly attractive for the car dealer, ultimately leading the trial judge to award about $ 38,500 in compensatory damages / penalties to car purchaser, rescind the car purchase, and entering a limited permanent injunction against car dealer as to certain advertising practices.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down an award of $ 2 million in punitive damages won by an Alabama man who claimed that his car dealer had partly repainted a BMW automobile before selling it to him in 1990.

It struck down an award of $ 2 million in punitive damages won by an Alabama man who claimed that his car dealer had partly repainted a BMW automobile before selling it to him in 1990, according to The Washington Post.