Your Norwalk, Connecticut car accident case can completely overwhelm you. When will you feel better? How are your bills going to be paid?
What doctors should you see? What do you tell them? What should you do? What should you not do? Have you done anything to harm
your case? How will this case be investigated? What are the steps that must be taken and in what order? Contact us today so we can
get you a FREE copy of our book "The Crash Course On Personal Injury Claims
in Connecticut" so you can get all of your questions answered.
How does a jury decide on liability in any given case and what money
damages are to be awarded for past medical bills, future medical care, loss
of income, pain and suffering, and loss of consortium? The answer is they
are charged or instructed by the judge as to how they should apply the law
to the facts that they have found to be proven. For example, once such charge related to
punitive damages could be:
In addition to seeking compensatory damages, the plaintiff seeks an award of
punitive damages. Punitive damages are damages awarded not to compensate
the plaintiff for any injury or losses but to punish the defendant for
outrageous conduct and to deter (him/her) and others like (him/her) from
similar conduct in the future. Punitive damages may be awarded for conduct
that is outrageous, because of the defendant's reckless indifference to the
rights of others or an intentional and wanton violation of those rights.
You may award punitive damages only if you unanimously find, from facts
established by a preponderance of the evidence, that the conduct of the
defendant was, in fact, outrageous.
The law does not require you to award punitive damages. It is, instead, a
matter for your sound discretion. An award of punitive damages must not
reflect bias, prejudice or sympathy with respect to any party. It must
instead be fairly based on the evidence in the case.
There is no exact standard for fixing the amount of punitive damages. The
amount awarded, if any, should be the amount you unanimously find necessary
for achieving the objectives of punitive damages that I have described. You
should consider the degree of reprehensibility of the defendant's misconduct
and the actual or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff.
Once you are injured in a Norwalk, CT motor vehicle accident case, it is important that
you get accurate and prompt legal advice. You need answers to your important
questions so you take the necessary steps to develop your case. Injured
parties call us with many legal questions and accident related issues, which
is why we wrote the book "The Crash Course on Personal Injury Claims in
Connecticut". Contact us today at www.hcwlaw.com or call us toll free at
(888) 244-5480 to get a FREE copy of our book. You have questions, we have
the answers. Do not speak to anyone from the insurance company, do not hire
an attorney and do not sign any papers until you read our free book. Don't
delay. Get the information you need today.
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