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Personal injury lawyers for Crime Victims

Anyone who is the victim of a crime has the right to file a personal injury lawsuit seeking financial compensation for injuries sustained or wrongful death as a result of the crime from negligent parties whose conduct caused the conditions which allowed the crime to occur. An example would be an action by the victim of a sexual assault in her home against the man who assaulted her and against the landlord who failed to repair the a lock on the front door of the building or a rape in a parking lot due to poor security or inadequate lighting.

A personal injury lawsuit may help the victim or the survivors of the victim receive compensation for the injuries or loss as well as justice for this negligent act.

Personal injury lawsuit

In filing a personal injury lawsuit a victim has a chance for monetary settlement . A civil lawsuit can provide for reimbursement of monetary losses as well as emotional and physical injuries suffered by the crime victim. A civil suit gives the victims a chance for justice.

A criminal prosecution requires proof to be beyond a reasonable doubt. Civil justice requires only that the case be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. In the first situation the burden is only met when the prosecution tilts the scales of justice completely to one side. As a civil litigator I must merely tilt the scales of justice ever so slightly to win the case. A perfect example of the difference would be the OJ Simpson criminal and subsequent civil trials and the results therefrom.

Personal injury claims victims of crime may pursue

Personal Injury Claims can include Battery (actual touching of a person), assault (putting a person in fear of being touched), wrongful death, rape assault, and any physical injuries. Claims for negligence would include negligent hiring, negligent supervision, negligent retention, negligent entrustment, inadequate security, negligent infliction of emotional distress, wrongful death, and all injuries. Rape asault victims may obtain compensation for the physical and emotional pain and suffering from negligent security. Nusing home residents may get compensated as victims of abuse and assault as well. Individuals injured at crime scenes can seek compensation. An example would be a customer in a store who is injured during a robbery or an innocent victim of a police high speed chase.