Intentional Torts 

California recognizes a right to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the fault of another person or entity.  Generally, damages are recoverable for physical injuries and associated pain, discomfort, disfigurement, disability, loss of enjoyment of life, as well as all out-of-pocket expenses including lost earnings and lost earning capacity.

To recover damages in a personal injury claim, the injured person, legally referred to as the “plaintiff,” must establish some form of legally recognized fault by the party against whom the claim is made. The party against whom a personal injury claim is made is legally referred to as the “defendant” and that party may be a person, or an entity, such as a business partnership, a private or public corporation, or a governmental entity.

Intentional wrongdoing is conduct which is accompanied by an intention to injure, or knowledge that injury is highly probable, or with reckless disregard for the probability of injury.  Examples of Intentional Torts are assault and battery, trespass, invasion of privacy, intentional interference with contract or business advantage, and defamation. 

If you have been seriously injured as a result of a the intentional wrongdoing of another in Southern California, including Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, you should  contact Garrard & Davis at 310-394-9887 to learn about your legal rights from one of our lawyers free of charge to you.