Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Los Angeles Legal Services Presents : Intentional Torts

With millions of residents it's only a matter of time before one will intentionally wrong another citizen. Los Angeles Legal Services has plenty of experienced contract attorneys, personal injury litigators, DUI defense attorneys, and lawyers experienced with tort actions. How is Proximate Cause used in intentional torts? Proximate cause issue doesn’t really come up here because we already have a gut sense of what happened.
When someone intends to do something, that actor who intends to do something is responsible for all results. Courts are very broad in holding intentional tortfeasor liable for all harm. Thus, idea of proximate cause is not a way of limiting damages because liability is already so broad.

Obviously intentional torts are VERY complex issues requiring a very qualified lawyer or personal injury contract lawyer to assist you through the morass of issues! Los Angeles Legal Services can help you today if you need help! Contact Los Angeles Legal Services today. For example, do you think that someone may have battered you? Battery is defined as an Unwanted or unsolicited touching of one person on the person of another. Intentional infliction of harm with
1. The desire to perform the act, and
2. Desire to act with the purpose of inflicting a harmful or offensive contact on the plaintiff OR
Actor is substantially certain that the consequences of his act will arise from his action to a specific individual.

Elements
1. Intentional
2. Harmful Contact
3. Unsolicited or unconsensual

So therefore, under this definition, an actor can possess tortuous intent even though actor bears victim no ill will at all. You don’t have to directly cause harm Intent towards specific person. This is different from a CONTRACT breach or wrong in that it involves an ACTUAL person.

If you feel you have been battered you should contact a qualified experienced Los ANgeles attorney at LA Legal Services today. Email us at LALegalServices@gmail.com. Contact us today for more information.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Los Angeles Legal Services Presents : Torts Overview

Torts occur in Los Angeles all the time. A tort is unlike a DUI in that a DUI would require a criminal attorney to assist you in DUI criminal defense. A tort is a civil wrong and you would want to hire an experienced civil litigator or a Los Angeles lawyer who is experienced in assisting in getting you a remedy or settlement. An experienced Los Angeles civil litigator will inform you that a tort is a civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy.

Torts are unlike CONTRACT remedies in that you are trying to return to the status quo. Torts allow plaintiff to recover damages from a civil defendant which would restore them to the position he/she was in before harm. You utilize a contract attorney or an experienced los angeles tort attorney to effect recovery. Here are some compensatory damages examples: Hospital bills, medical costs, lost wages, etc. You can recover these as damages for when you were wronged. You can do this by filing motions, appearing at trial, presenting EVIDENCE or by interviewing witnesses at depositions. A Los Angeles lawyer who is familiar with trials and litigation will be invaluable in assisting you in your tort action. You can contact an experienced attorney at LA Legal Services. Tort cases can be complicated and involving many issues and causes of action in each case. An experienced Los Angeles contract lawyer can help.

Los Angeles Legal services has a network of experience trial attorneys and civil litigators who can get you relief you are entitled to. If you have been wronged as a result of battery, trespass, false imprisonment, assault, assault, tortious interference with contract, slander, libel, or other defamation or personal injury proceedings, you can get relief for your wrong! Contact LA Legal Services today to consult an experienced attorney about your claim! Or call (310) 802-9536 right now!