PERSONAL INJURY
Personal Injury
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If you or your property have been physically injured or damaged by another person’s improper behavior, Dos Santos Law is here to ensure that you are fairly compensated for your loses.
Personal Injury claims may include, but not limited to:
Medical Malpractice
Assault
Workplace Accidents
Product Malfunctions/Manufacturer Liability
Defamation
Construction Site Injuries
Animal attacks
Swimming Pool Accidents
And More
Time is of the essence when you are the victim in a personal injury case so make sure you contact us at Dos Santos Law so that we can fight for every dollar you are entitled to.
PI Firm BadgeIntentional Behavior - A person intends for the outcome of the event to result in specific consequence. This type of personal injury can be classified as battery, fraud, assault, false imprisonment, trespassing, invasion of privacy and conversion.
Negligence - This refers to the failure to act rationally or use reasonable care. The law imposes that every person should act as cautiously as a levelheaded, ordinary, sensible person in a similar situation would.
Strict Liability - This is when the direct action of an individual results in another’s injury or harm regardless of fault. This usually applies to those involved with hazardous or dangerous activities including fumigating, manufacturing explosives, etc.
The most common forms of negligence that cause a Personal Injury are:
PREMISES LIABILITY – holes, elevated cement, slippery substance Motorcycle & ATV Accidents -Truck Accidents, Semi and Tractor-Trailer
SWIMMING POOL ACCIDENTS - Drowning, Medical Malpractice Slip and Fall, Trip and Fall, Construction Defect
NEGLIGENT SECURITY – rape, gunshot injury and death, victim of crimes Worker’s Compensation & Workplace Injury and Wrongful Death, Electrocution and Electrical Contact, Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse, Business and University Injury and Death Cases
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – Concussion, Coup Contrecoup Injury
PERSONAL INJURY FAQ
WHAT IS PERSONAL INJURY?
A personal injury is a serious harmful act to a person or persons as a result of someone else’s negligence. Personal injury law can involve many types of accidents including truck accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, workplace injuries and accidents, spinal cord and brain injuries, pharmaceutical negligence, amputations, wrongful death, failure to diagnose cancer, birth and neonatal injuries, toxic torts, and child abuse.
WHAT IS NEGLIGENCE?
To have a viable personal injury claim, the victim must have been injured from the negligence of another individual or entity. Negligence occurs when an individual fails to exercise a reasonable standard of care for the safety of others. If a person fails to act as a reasonable person would, he or she may be liable for any resulting damages.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE A PERSONAL INJURY CASE?
If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or you have been injured at work and wish to speak with an experienced personal injury attorney, Dos Santo Law will evaluate your case at no cost to you or your family and help you to determine whether you have a personal injury case.
WHAT ARE COMPENSATORY DAMAGES?
When you win a lawsuit, a judge or jury often issues a monetary award in the form of compensatory damages. These damages are intended to replace what was lost and nothing more. In order to receive compensatory damages, you must prove that you have suffered a loss that can be monetarily assessed and measured by a judge or jury.
But your loss doesn’t have to be monetary in order to receive repayment. Nearly any kind of cost can be repaid through compensatory damages. Compensatory damages are often awarded in cases of physical injury, in which medical bills and missed time at work can be repaid. But courts will often weigh many kinds of injury that aren’t as straightforward, such as emotional distress.
WHAT ARE PUNITIVE DAMAGES?
Punitive damages are money awarded on top of compensatory damages, and they surpass the determined monetary value of your loss. These kinds of damages are rarely awarded, and their purpose is to deter the defendant from similar actions in the future. What counts as an act deserving of punitive damages is often vague and arbitrary, but fraud, bad faith, and an intent to harm usually make the list. For example, a car company that knowingly neglected safety issues in its car’s steering wheel could be ordered to pay punitive damages to the family whose son died in a car crash as a result of the faulty wheel.