While you can receive
general damages compensation up to $ 360,000, you must meet a «threshold» by having endured serious and permanent impairment due to your accident.
Not exact matches
The former first lady had demanded N2 billion from the EFCC as
general damages and
compensation for the violation of her rights.
DeVito is seeking
compensation and credit, seeking at least $ 3.5 million in
general and punitive
damages.
In particular,
compensation for economic loss occurring as a result of
general legislative acts (such as the one in Achmea) is not easily forthcoming under EU law or national law, whereas in Achmea the tribunal awarded the claimant investor some 22 million euros in
damages.
For example, if your special
damages totaled $ 12,000 and your
general damages multiplier was determined to be a 2, your
compensation is now $ 24,000.
Depending on the type of accident or injury you suffered, your
compensation could fall into multiple categories including medical expenses, property
damage,
general damages, and punitive
damages.
While the statutory cap on
compensation for unfair dismissal has crept upwards (it is now # 63,500) the rules governing the award of
damages for wrongful dismissal have remained, for the most part, not only stable but also consistent with the
general principles of contract law.
As a result of breast augmentation negligence, you may be able to claim cosmetic surgery
compensation for
general damages as well as
compensation to cover the cost of any care you require, medical and travel expenses and loss of earnings.
These forms of
compensation are typically straightforward, but other types, like
general damages (including pain and suffering), can be more complicated.
Pain and suffering is also included under
general damages, but there are limits to this type of
compensation.
Further, it is rare that an employer would offer up monetary
compensation such as human rights
general damages, even if a breach has occurred according to its investigation.
Total $ Amount for Special
Damages, multiplied by the
General Damages Multiplier, equals the Total
Compensation Paid to the victim.
The main feature of personal injury law is still, with few exceptions, reflection of
general principles on
compensation of
damages, without specification on each type of personal injury, which is more the case with EU states legislation.
It is also essential to understand that you may be able to file a third - party lawsuit against the owner of the building or land, or the
general contractor for
damages in addition to your workers
compensation claim.
In
general, the insurance policy held by the person who caused the car accident should provide
compensation for injuries and other
damages in Illinois.
Virginia law does not impose a
general cap on
damages that would apply to limit your recovery in truck accident cases, although Virginia Code Section 8.01 - 38.1 limits
compensation for punitive
damages to $ 350,000.
There are also positive noises coming from the government, which last year proposed a number of measures to deal with the UK's
compensation culture — including an increase in the small claims limit to L5, 000 and an end to
general damages for «minor» soft tissue injuries.
Besides case specific information, a third option could be to make more
general information easily available concerning the national limitation rules for
compensation claims for
damages caused by traffic accidents.
In
general, American case law prevents the admission of evidence that a plaintiff or victim in a personal injury lawsuit received
compensation from a source other than
damages sought by the defendant.
We also recover
damages for the injury itself known as «
general damages» which aim to provide
compensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenity and may also be able to recover for loss of notional earnings where appropriate.
In the Court's view, the
general principle of
compensation (i.e. that
damages for breach of contract should put the plaintiff in the economic position that he or she would have been in had the defendant performed the contract) was not a full answer to the issue.
Because these
General Damages can not be calculated using bills to create a sum total, insurance companies and courts turn these
General Damages into a Multiplier for their
compensation formula.
General damages are assessed by looking at Judicial College Guidelines and by looking at the level of
compensation judges have awarded in court for similar injuries (case law).
General damages, also known as PSLA (pain, suffering and loss of amenity) is
compensation paid to the Claimant for the injury suffered.
You may receive
compensation for physical, functional, or psychological loss: this is similar to a
general damages award for «pain and suffering» in a tort claim.
They are also experienced in obtaining
compensation for
general damages that are usually difficult to determine such as pain and suffering, and mental anguish, which is in addition to the actual costs of your medical bills.
Depending on the particular facts and on the forum, the monetary awards compensate the victim for: past and future wage loss;
general damages (
compensation for pain and suffering); specific losses, such as intentional infliction of mental suffering or assault; aggravated
damages (in the context of employment law, often relating to the manner in which the employer dismissed the employee); and punitive
damages (a monetary award intended to punish the wrong - doer rather than to compensate the victim).
Each insurance company involved will have their own
damages and
compensation formula to apply to
general damages.
In recent years he has gained attention for victories in
compensation for
damages of trademark infringement in foreign countries through application of foreign law and Japanese law through the Act on
General Rules for Application of Laws; and
Your attorney will factor in the special
damages of your case, and then apply a multiplier known as the
damages and
compensation formula to determine the value of your
general damages.
Personal injury
compensation is divided into two main categories, one for the injuries themselves (
general damages) and a second for the financial losses caused by the injury (special
damage).
This statement of the full
compensation principle springs from a long established tort rule summarised 129 years ago by Lord Blackburn in Livingstone v Rawyards Coal (1880) 5 App Cas 25: «I do not think that there is any difference of opinion as to it being a
general rule that, where any injury is to be compensated by
damages, in settling the sum of money to be given for reparation of
damages you should as nearly as possible get at that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured or who has suffered, in the same position as he would have been if he had not sustained the wrong.»
Both the Injuries Board and the courts calculate
compensation on the basis of
general damages, a somewhat unscientific amount awarded for pain and suffering, and special
damages, which are made up of specific expenses.
To achieve this objective, the Ontario Legislature has given the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario broad remedial powers to order
compensation for loss arising out of the infringement (including lost wages and
general damages to compensate for injury to dignity, feelings and self - respect), non-monetary restitution, or «anything that, in the opinion of the Tribunal, the party ought to do to promote compliance» with the Code.
Compensation is appropriate for both economic and
general damages, such as medical expenses and loss of wages, and non-economic losses such as permanent impairment or loss of quality of life, often referred to as special
damages.
This gives a short overview of the
compensation rights of people who feel that their property (in
general, not just a motor vehicle) has been unfairly
damaged in a search.
These solicitors in Liverpool that undertake dental
compensation claims will seek to claim for: - costs resulting in your expenses, loss of earnings, costs involved in remedial work and
general damages for pain and suffering.
General damages can be defined as the
compensation that is paid out to the injured person in a car accident.
It may also pay
compensation for past and future economic loss, reimbursement or payment of medical expenses,
general damages for pain and suffering, and benefits payable to the dependents of workers killed during employment.