Sentences with phrase «injury awards received»

Separate property means gifts and inheritances to one spouse, personal injury awards received by that spouse, and the proceeds of a pension that vested (that is, the pensioner became legally entitled to receive it) before marriage.

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Jordan Grafman, PhD, director of traumatic brain injury research at Kessler Foundation, has received a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Widely respected for his work in spinal cord injury medicine, rehabilitation and research, Dr. Kirshblum has received numerous awards and honors, including the 2017 Distinguished Academician Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the Sell Lectureship from the American Spinal Injury Association, and the Leadership Award from the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.

Jada Pinkett «s husband Will Smith, who stars in the football injury drama Concussion, and Idris Elba, who portrayed an African warlord in Beasts of No Nation, were among black actors snubbed this year despite many of them receiving acclaim and winning a variety of other awards.

In last year's claim (Undisclosed v. ICBC) the three claimants were awarded damages after receiving injuries from an underinsured motorist in Washington State.

After finding petitioner Honda Motor Co., Ltd., liable for injuries respondent Oberg received while driving a three - wheeled all - terrain vehicle manufactured and sold by Honda, an Oregon jury awarded Oberg $ 5 million in punitive damages, over five times the amount of his compensatory damages award.

Your chances of maximizing the settlement or award you receive will increase when you hire an experienced Del Mar personal injury attorney to handle your case.

The Oregonian reports that Christine Shertzer was awarded a $ 108K settlement for injuries she received when an Australian shepherd bit her at a party.

If your case prevails and you are awarded an accident injury settlement, your attorney will receive a percentage of your compensation award.

Injured Workers» Law Firm, explains how claimants can receive an extra 20 % from their insurance company if their payment of monthly benefits for their workplace injury compensation is ever late, it's called an award order.

Many states have passed laws limiting the total award plaintiffs may receive as the result of an injury.

Thus if you receive an award then our Vancouver car accident injury lawyer will only get paid from the settlement proceeds.

However, many benefits are means - tested, so if you receive a large amount of money to compensate you for your injuries this could mean that your benefits will be stopped until you have spent the award.

Because even the insurance industry is aware of statistics that show personal injury clients who retain counsel to assist them in navigating the legal system settle or receive judgment awards two, if not three times higher than their counterparts who navigate the system solo.

Most Ohio injury lawyers work on contingency, meaning they charge no money up front but take a percentage of any financial award you receive.

Comparative fault or comparative negligence can mean that you will be partially responsible for your injuries, and therefore may only receive a percentage, based upon your comparative fault, of an award.

Justice Beach acknowledged that the plaintiff had already received damages from Yahoo, which provided some mitigation for damages under the Act, but awarded compensatory damages for vindication of the plaintiff's reputation, reparation of harm, and «consolation for the distress, upset and injury to the plaintiff's feelings occasioned by the publication.»

This means that if the plaintiff is awarded $ 100,000 in damages, but the is found at fault for 25 % of his injury, the plaintiff could still receive 75 % of the $ 100,000 award.

We have received many awards as recognition of our work on behalf of injury victims.

That means that a firefighter or ambulance worker, injured in a road traffic accident in the course of their work would receive as little as 10 % of the damages which a colleague would be awarded for an injury that occurred in the fire or ambulance station.

Additionally, you may receive interest on your personal injury settlement or award.

Insurance companies» figures have proven the fact that people filing personal injury claims with the help of a lawyer are more likely to receive higher awards.

In fact, they are entitled to get paid from any settlement even before you receive any of the settlement or award on your bodily injury claim.

Currently, Ontarians who receive benefits under the Ontario Works program are allowed to keep only $ 25,000 of their total court - awarded compensation for pain and suffering when they win personal injury cases, even if the case arises out of sexual assault.

As a leader of the Massachusetts personal injury bar, Robert Feinberg has lectured at seminars for other attorneys on numerous occasions, has testified before the Massachusetts legislature, and has received countless awards.

Plaintiffs in personal injury cases are not limited to collecting economic damages, but may also be eligible to receive non-economic damages, such as those awarded for:

Trial can be an empowering experience where you are able to tell the court your story of how your injuries have impacted your life, particularly when you receive a fair verdict awarding you just compensation.

Earlier this month, a Georgia jury awarded a woman $ 15 million in financial compensation for the injuries she received in an April 2015 truck accident.

Our Denver personal injury attorneys have won many awards and received national recognition for their outstanding service to the Colorado community.

As any award in a spinal cord injury case must be sufficient to pay for all costs of ongoing health care and rehabilitation that may last for the rest of the victim's life, it is important that victims have experienced attorneys who will aggressively fight to ensure that they receive complete compensation.

This is because an attorney in a personal injury case will generally agree to receive a percentage of the award or settlement.

If you assume that the cyclist from our scenario was awarded total damages of $ 100,000 for his injuries, then he would only receive $ 60,000 after the 60 % liability split was accounted for.

We have prosecuted whiplash and neck injury cases in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Court of Appeal and settled hundreds of cases out of court with over 9 out of 10 of our clients successfully receiving a money settlement or court award..

While this may seem like a natural way to enhance the award which an injury victim receives, punitive damages are, in fact, rather rare and only awarded in special cases.

Attorney Varble has been given an «Excellent» rating by Avvo, and has received their Clients» Choice and Top Contributor awards for his personal injury practice.

Because of the nature of fire and burn injuries, compensation received in a burn injury lawsuit is often awarded for long - term medical expenses, as well as pain and suffering.

Our personal injury lawyers have received numerous awards for their achievements, and are members of respected organizations such as Ontario Brain Injury Association, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Brain Injury Association of London and Region, Brain Injury Association of Sarnia, Dale Brain Injury Association, H.A.B.I.T. (Helping Acquired Brain Injury Treatment), London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Centre, to name a few.

When you bring a successful third - party liability claim while receiving Workers» Compensation benefits, it is likely that the Workers» Compensation insurance carrier will be able to recover a portion of the personal injury award.

Filing a personal injury lawsuit to recover monetary damages can help to make this difficult time in your life more manageable.Hiring an attorney to handle your case will help to maximize any financial award you receive.

If the case is successfully resolved, the personal injury attorney receives a previously agreed upon percentage of the damages awarded to the injured person.

We know that the award you receive is essential to your future, so we will fight to make sure that you are properly compensated for your spinal cord injury.

A Letter of Protection is quite common in all types of personal injury claims, and promises the medical professionals and facilities that they will receive payment for their services from the lawsuit settlement or award, if the case is successful.

We are proud to announce that our team of Boulder personal injury lawyers at Klein Frank, P.C. has received the 2017 Best Law Firm Award from Best Lawyers ®.

With award - winning, peer - recognized, and client - approved personal injury lawyers on our team, you can expect to receive high - quality legal representation from us, even if you feel like nothing or no one can help your situation.

Our Columbus injury attorneys can help establish the liability in your case that will help ensure you receive a favorable settlement or sizeable jury award.

This means that we do not require any payments up front for our services, and we will only collect when you receive an award for your injuries.

Based on the recent appellate ruling, the plaintiff will be unable to receive the amount that he was awarded by the jury as compensation for the injuries that he suffered in the crash.

Instead, once the case is finished, the personal injury attorney receives a previously agreed upon percentage of the damages awarded to the injured person.

Some of the variables we look to are: the nature of your accident and injuries, how difficult your case will be to prove, how complicated your case is and what we can expect to receive should we be successful in recovering a damage award on your behalf.

Counsel for the defendant submitted that as aggravated damages were purely compensatory and the complainant had already received an award for psychological injury, there should be no award of aggravated damages because this would in effect duplicate compensation.