#damages

#damages

The most important concept in any personal injury case is "negligence." You can't simply sue a business because you got hurt on their property; you have to prove that they did something wrong. To win your case, you generally need to show that the business had a duty to keep you safe, that they failed in that duty, and that their failure directly caused your injury.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed an appeal against awards of €95,000 each to two Italian brothers who a jury found were maliciously prosecuted by gardai following their mistaken arrest in relation to an alleged handbag theft in Dublin. Marco Gambucci, who runs a real estate business in Sardinia, and his brother Luca, a public servant in Perugia, sued Pearse Street, Dublin-based then Garda, now Sergeant Daniel Barry and Garda Jonathan Petrie as well as the Garda Commissioner and the State.

Hurricane Wilma, which swept across South Florida on Oct. 24, 2005, caused more than $20 billion in damage, leading to weeks of electrical outages and gas shortages.