http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000379&title=State+Laws+Regarding+Recreational+Boating+Accidents&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P>State laws govern lawsuits regarding recreational boating accidents only if federal laws and the general maritime law do not apply. Federal laws and the general maritime law may apply to a lawsuit even if the lawsuit is filed... http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000379&title=State+Laws+Regarding+Recreational+Boating+Accidents&source=feed http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000380&title=Proving+Defamation+Damages&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>Proving Defamation Damages</STRONG> </P> <P></P> <P>A lawsuit for defamation has the following basic elements: (1) making a false statement; (2) about a person; (3) to others; and (4) actual damages (if the harm to the... http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000380&title=Proving+Defamation+Damages&source=feed http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000381&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.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000381&title=Tort+Law+--+Like+an+Implied+Contract&source=feed http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000382&title=TORT+LIABILITY+OF+TENANTS&source=feed Because a tenant is an occupier of property, the tenant is liable for all dangerous conditions or activities that are conducted on the property just as any other occupier of property would be. However, the tenant is only liable for areas over... http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000382&title=TORT+LIABILITY+OF+TENANTS&source=feed http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000383&title=Defenses+to+Actions+Involving+Recreational+Boating+Accidents&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P>When a plaintiff files a lawsuit regarding a recreational boating accident, the defendant may claim defenses that are similar to those available in any other accident case. Such defenses include that the accident was... http://www.chappellsmitharden.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000383&title=Defenses+to+Actions+Involving+Recreational+Boating+Accidents&source=feed