With a special interest in cases involving bowel surgery, fatal accidents and delays in diagnosing cancer, Sophie has also worked on complex cases relating to brain injury, secondary
victim psychiatric injury, still birth and spinal injury claims.
Not exact matches
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins attorneys have represented
victims in medical malpractice lawsuits involving failure to timely diagnose an illness or
injury, negligent medical or surgical treatment, negligent pre-natal care, nursing home malpractice and
psychiatric malpractice.
The Negligence and Damages Bill may have succeeded in raising awareness of pressure to introduce a Scottish style approach to damages in fatal accidents claims and a widening of the categories of secondary
victims who can bring claims for
psychiatric injury.
Preszler Law has been representing
victims with the most serious
injuries since 1959, including paraplegia and spinal cord
injuries, traumatic brain
injuries and concussions, severe
psychiatric injuries, birth
injuries, and complicated orthopedic
injuries.
Compensation for psychological and
psychiatric injury is recoverable in British Columbia for
victims of personal
injury.
She has significant experience advising and drafting pleadings across the entire spectrum of medical law, and has a particular interest in the law of material contribution,
psychiatric injury and secondary
victims.
In order for
victims to make significant recovery in many cases, these types of
injury accidents may require ongoing treatments, surgery, speech therapy, physical therapy,
psychiatric therapy, occupational therapy, and other medical rehabilitation services in an attempt to achieve maximum recovery.
Recent highlights include securing damages for the
psychiatric injuries suffered by three secondary
victims of a fatal motorcycle accident, including one who was not proximate to the scene.
Goldfinger Law acts for accident
victims who have sustained psychological or
psychiatric claims such as anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, nervous shock, dementia, mood disorder, stress disorder, psychotic disorder, hallucinations, nightmares, fatigue, anger, rage, delusional disorder, personality disorder, adjustment disorder, substance abuse disorder, psychosis, conversion disorder or any other psychological or
psychiatric injury caused or exacerbated on account of a personal
injury.
If an accident
victim can successfully prove with an Ohio truck accident attorney that a truck driver and / or the trucking company acted negligently, the accident
victim may be able to receive monetary compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress, psychological or
psychiatric harm, loss of earning capacity, and loss of spousal support, among other damages, depending upon the seriousness of the accident and the nature and extent of the
injuries sustained.
Primary
victims should be confined to persons who had suffered
psychiatric injury caused by fear or distress resulting from involvement in a stressful event such as an accident or its immediate aftermath.
Lord Hoffmann said that the ratio of Page was that where a foreseeable event had occurred which could have caused either physical
injury or
psychiatric injury to a primary
victim, damages for either form of
injury was recoverable.
Victims must suffer personal physical injury or death, although exceptions may apply for victims who suffer psychological or psychiatric
Victims must suffer personal physical
injury or death, although exceptions may apply for
victims who suffer psychological or psychiatric
victims who suffer psychological or
psychiatric injury.