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Personal Injury

Duty in Personal Injury Cases

The concept of duty in tort claims is an important one. To have a tort claim, there must be a duty, breach of duty, the ...
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Malpractice

Accident Investigation in Medical Malpractice Cases

The issue of accident investigation in personal injury cases has been addressed on another blogpost on this site. A careful review of that blog shoud ...
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Personal Injury

Bills of Particular in Personal Injury Cases

A Bill of Particulars is, as the name implies, a statement of the particulars of a claim. Sometimes a defendant will file a Motion for ...
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Intentional Torts

Civil Conspiracy

Two types of civil conspiracy claims are recognized. One of them is founded on common law. The other is created by statute. Civil Conspiracy-Common Law ...
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Intentional Torts

Statute of Limitations and Relation Back

Interesting questions of whether some claims are barred arise when a plaintiff attempts to assert a new claim after the original complaint has been filed. ...
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Personal Injury

Present Value Calculations In Personal Injury Cases

In general, plaintiffs in personal injury cases should reduce future damages to present value. A present value calculation means that an economist or CPA projects ...
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Personal Injury

Assignment of Personal Injury Cases

To assign something means to sell it. Certain claims may be sold. For instance contract claims may be sold. You see that all the time ...
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Personal Injury

Financial Standing of Personal Injury Plaintiffs

In the course of personal injury litigation, there may arise issues of the financial status of the plaintiff. In particular the plaintiff may claim that ...
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Personal Injury

Settling Personal Injury Cases

Settling personal injury cases typically goes without incident. Sometimes however there may be glitches. That is, sometimes you reach a settlement and the other party ...
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