Personal Injury Damages, 2010 Edition

 

Calculating non-pecuniary damages is a crucial but complicated step in personal injury litigation. This annual publication is designed for your early settlement of claims or preparation for damages assessment at trial. It simplifies the process by compiling relevant data from case law and providing pertinent information in easy to follow table formats. Cases are drawn from the authors’ Carlson Personal Injury Quantum of Damages NetLetter™ in the LexisNexis® Quicklaw database. Plus, you’ll also find a useful discussion of factors that affect the assessment of damages. This handy reference features two case indices:

 

Quantum index – cases organized by province/territory in which they were decided and then within each jurisdiction in descending order of damages quantum.

 

Each case is listed in chart form, with these significant details:

·         Case, citation and court

·         Date of loss and name of judge

·         Gender, age and occupation

·         Injury and duration

·         Damages awarded

·         Damages issues considered by the court

 

Each case summary also includes both the official law report citation and the Quicklaw™ citation – making it easy to find the full-text decision.

 

Injury index – cases organized by the nature of the injury, with close to 100 injury sub-categories and cross-references to the quantum index.  

 

This 2010 edition supplements the 2001-2006 cumulative edition and collects nearly all of the reported non-pecuniary damages decisions for common-law provinces for the year 2008. Plus, this edition contains direct cross-references between the injury index and more than 1,300 case digests summarized in the 2001-2006 cumulative edition.

 

Features and Benefits

 

·         Comprehensive coverage – contains virtually all English and common-law cases in Canada where non-pecuniary damages were assessed by a judge

·         Easy-to-use format – makes assessing non-pecuniary damages easier than ever with two time-saving case indices

·         Current information – contains only the most recent case decisions for your best source of information

·         Up-to-date statistics – includes the number of assessments and the average assessment for all provinces/territories

·         Helpful appendices

·         Appendix A: Basic Anatomy and Physiology – a primer on medical concepts, with extensive commentary

·         Appendix B: Glossary of Medical Terms – over 750 definitions, from abdomen to zygoma

·         Appendix C: Medical Drawings – over 20 detailed diagrams

 

Who Should Buy

 

·         Personal injury lawyers who need to know “how much” an injury is worth, either for trial or for settlement purposes

·         Insurance adjusters and claims examiners who need to be familiar with the ranges awarded for non-pecuniary damages

·         Judges who need benchmarks for non-pecuniary damages

 

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Personal Injury Damages 2001-2006 Cumulative Edition

 

The practice of assessing non-pecuniary damages is an exercise of familiarity with precedents and the numerous factors considered by the court in arriving at that figure for that particular plaintiff.

 

Butterworths Personal Injury Damages 2001-2006 Cumulative Edition will simplify this delicate balancing act, while providing you with current information you need in one convenient and portable reference guide.

 

With future cases captured in annual supplements, this reformatted, enhanced 2001–2006 cumulative edition includes the new cases reported for 2006 and all previous cases from November 2000, and will serve as your primary point of reference in researching personal injury damages. Cases are drawn from LexisNexis® Quicklaw™ database and the authors’ popular NetLetter ™, Carlson Personal Injury Quantum of Damages. The case indexes are organized:

 

1) By province/territory in which they were decided and then within each jurisdiction by quantum.

 

Each case is listed in chart form, with these significant details:

 

• Case, citation and court
• Date of loss and name of judge
• Gender, age and occupation
• Injury and duration
• Non-pecuniary damages
• Damages issues considered by the court

Each case summary also includes both the official law report citation and the Quicklaw citation—making it easy to find the full-text decision.

 

2) By the nature of the injury with cross-references to the province/territory index.

 

Personal Injury Damages is the only book you’ll need to reach early settlement of claims or prepare for assessment of damages at trial. You’ll also find a useful discussion of factors that affect the assessment of damages.

 

Plus

 

·         Table of cases—find the case you’re looking for faster

·         Injury index—search through close to 100 separate injury categories

·         Most recent Life Expectancy Tables issued by Statistics Canada

·         Approximately 150 new cases reported for 2006

 

COMBO OFFER (10% OFF): To get full benefit of this quantum product, buy both Personal Injury Damages, 2010 Edition and Personal Injury Damages, 2001-2006 Cumulative Edition for $295* + GST (ISBN: 9780433465119)

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