1 Severe neglect refers to those situations of neglect where the child's health is endangered, including severe malnutrition. 2  Exploitation means forcing or coercing a child into performing activities that are beyond the child's capabilities or which are illegal or degrading, including sexual exploitation.
All of these are valid questions and all revolve around what types of damages are awarded at the end of the trial. Personal injury cases include 3 types of damages: general damages, special damages, and punitive damages. General and special damages are compensatory damages, which serve to compensate the plaintiff for economic loss and pain and suffering, attempting to make them whole.
For example, a personal injury may be a long-term illness caused by a toxic consumer product or as a side effect of a drug. It may even involve the suffering that comes from a personâs reputation being ruined. What every personal injury case has in common is that negligence must be proved. When a personal injury case goes to court, the person who was harmed is called the plaintiff, and the person or company who caused the harm is called the defendant. To win a case based on negligence, the plaintiff has to prove four things: