http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000608&title=Tort+Law+--+Like+an+Implied+Contract&source=feed <P>Apart from legislation granting a right to sue for a specific harm, personal injury law generally consists of tort law and the civil procedure for enforcing it. This article discusses how tort law can be viewed as a series of implied... http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000608&title=Tort+Law+--+Like+an+Implied+Contract&source=feed http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000515&title=Specific+Intent+vs.+General+Intent&source=feed <STRONG>Intent Requirement</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>In order to prove an intentional tort, such as assault or battery, the plaintiff must show that the defendant intended to commit the tort. Intent may be either specific or general.</P>... http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000515&title=Specific+Intent+vs.+General+Intent&source=feed http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000609&title=Acts+of+God&source=feed In the context of the law, an "act of God" is an accident caused by extraordinary natural forces. An accident caused by lightning, a flood, a hurricane, or an earthquake may constitute an act of God. <P></P> <P></P> <P>An act of God may be a... http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000609&title=Acts+of+God&source=feed http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000610&title=Miscellaneous+Driving+Rules&source=feed <STRONG>Transportation Law: Private Motor Vehicles: Traffic Regulation</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P></P> <P>In addition to rules regarding parking a motor vehicle, starting and stopping a motor vehicle, signaling and turning a motor vehicle, and... http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000610&title=Miscellaneous+Driving+Rules&source=feed http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000611&title=The+Jones+Act+--+Overview&source=feed <STRONG>The Jones Act</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>The Jones Act is a federal law designed to compensate seamen who are injured while working aboard vessels in navigable waters.</P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>Remedies</STRONG></P> <P></P> <P>Under the... http://www.lynlawrence.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000611&title=The+Jones+Act+--+Overview&source=feed