In this week’s installment of the ongoing series on damages the attorneys here at Pavlack Law discuss both the ability to recover damages and to whom damages may be awarded under Indiana’s Wrongful Death Statute. In order to understand how Indiana’s Wrongful Death...
Month: June 2012
Damages Pt. 10 — Punitive Damages Under Indiana Law
It is one of the most well known phrases in all of the law of damages. Almost everyone has heard the term punitive damages. It is what took a $160,000 personal injury case against McDonalds into a jury award of $2.86 million. However, few have a grasp on this area of...
Damages Pt. 9 — Damages for the Loss of Chance of Survival from Medical Malpractice
This week the attorneys at Pavlack Law discuss Indiana’s “loss of chance” doctrine in Medical Malpractices cases. The loss of chance doctrine attempts to provide compensation for a patient – or the patient’s estate if he or she has passed on – where because of medical...
Damages Pt. 8 — Ability to Recover by Piercing the Corporate Veil
In this week’s installment in our series on damages, the attorneys at Pavlack Law discuss the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil. While this doctrine is not inherently one of damages, but rather of recoverability, it is a concept that makes the award of damages...