In this week’s installment in our series on damages, the attorneys at Pavlack Law discuss damages available to a victim of a criminal offense. While it is true that in many, if not most, cases in which a person has committed a crime against another there is a...
Personal Injury
Damages Pt. 6 — Availability of Prejudgment Interest
In this, the sixth installment in our series on damages, we discuss the issue of prejudgment interest and when it may be available to a successful plaintiff. One aspect of damages that is often overlooked by both litigants and their attorneys is the role of...
Damages Pt. 5 — Assessing Damages When Injured Person is Partially at Fault
In the fifth installment in our ongoing series of posts discussing damages the attorneys here at Pavlack Law discuss the two competing concepts of contributory negligence and comparative fault. While the concept of contributory negligence is fundamentally an issue of...
Damages Pt. 4 — Damages for Negligently Inflicted Emotional Distress
In the long history of the law governing torts there has been, perhaps, no more contentious form of damages than those for emotional distress. The result of the long series of battles to expand emotional distress injuries has resulted in – as is so very often the case...
Damages Pt. 2 — Duty to Mitigate Damages
In this the second installment in a series of posts discussing damages, the lawyers here at Pavlack Law are covering the concept of the duty/obligation to mitigate damages. This, unlike last week’s topic on loss of consortium damages, is not a discussion on what kind...
Damages Pt. 1 — Introduction to Damages and Loss of Consortium
Introduction In the legal world there are several ultimate results that can be awarded to a successful plaintiff. There are fundamentally five types of results that a plaintiff can seek and be awarded: (1) declaratory judgment; (2) injunctive relief; (3) specific...