When you have been harmed because of someone else's negligence, you have two types of damages that you can recover under the law: special damages and general damages. (We will cover general damages in a separate post). Special damages are those measurable losses like medical bills, rental cars, repairs, lost...
Continue readingWhen we get our driver’s licenses, we enter into a covenant with each. That covenant is that if our driving causes injury to another person, we will be financially responsible to pay for the damages our driving caused. Otherwise, the community is left covering the costs, either through health insurance...
Continue readingI had just been out of law school for less than a year and had passed bar only a few months before, when I worked on a case that changed the way I viewed the world. I had become a lawyer to help people, and to use my training and...
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