When you are injured by another’s negligence, you can often seek compensation or “damages” under the law. Generally, damages can be divided into two categories:
Compensatory damages are more commonly awarded than punitive damages because most negligence is unwillful and punishment is often unnecessary in injury claims. It’s important, though, that, when you are injured in a car accident, workplace accident or other type of accident, or if you suffer losses in an insurance bad faith case due to defamation, slander, breach of privacy or other civil case, that your attorney be:
If you have questions regarding compensatory and punitive damages in Pennsylvania, contact Metzger & Kleiner, Attorneys at Law in Philadelphia and Allentown.
Our attorney team has handled hundreds of injury cases and other civil cases, and has obtained millions of dollars in compensation in compensatory damages for injured clients, as detailed on our verdicts and settlements page. Our track record also includes numerous successful cases involving punitive damages, including a recently settled case involving false identification, slander and breach of privacy. To contact us to discuss compensatory and punitive damages, call 215-622-2210 in Philadelphia, 610-563-2186 in Allentown or toll free at 800-228-1760.
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