All employers must provide a safe and secure work environment for their employees. If you or someone you love was injured in the course of your employment, it can be challenging to determine who is responsible for a work injury without legal help. Depending on the size of their staff, your employer must have workers’ …
How to Prove Emotional Distress
When you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence, you may suffer a range of damages, including financial losses, physical pain and suffering, and emotional distress. While some damages can be easy to quantify, such as hospital bills, medical costs, and loss of income, other intangible losses are harder to prove. Emotional distress, also …
6 Types of Personal Injuries with Highest Settlements
Personal injury cases can be initiated when an individual’s actions cause injuries inflicted on another. Accident victims can incur various damages, including lost income, hospital bills, pain and suffering, emotional anguish, disability, and disfigurement. They may also experience a loss of once-enjoyed activities and overall quality of life. Personal injury claims allow victims to seek …
How Pain and Suffering Is Determined in Texas
To understand how pain and suffering is determined in Texas, you must first know the difference between this and other types of damages. Unlike medical expenses and lost wages, pain and suffering does not have an easily definable monetary value. Therefore, you must assign a fair value to these damages based on factors other than …