http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000408&title=Tort+Law+versus+Criminal+Law&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>Tort Law Versus Criminal Law</STRONG></P> <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... http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000408&title=Tort+Law+versus+Criminal+Law&source=feed http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000606&title=Federal+Volunteer+Protection+Act+--+Overview&source=feed <STRONG>The Federal Volunteer Protection Act</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>The Volunteer Protection Act (VPA) is a federal law that was designed to promote volunteerism by granting civil immunity to volunteers under certain circumstances. The VPA... http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000606&title=Federal+Volunteer+Protection+Act+--+Overview&source=feed http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000465&title=Governmental+Immunity+from+Suit&source=feed If a party is injured by some act of a governmental unit, official, or agency, he may or may not be permitted to sue. The reason that he may be barred from suing is because of "sovereign immunity." Traditionally, this doctrine protected... http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000465&title=Governmental+Immunity+from+Suit&source=feed http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000519&title=The+Jones+Act+--+Unseaworthiness+Claims&source=feed <STRONG>Unseaworthiness Claims</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>The owner of a vessel has an absolute duty to provide a seaworthy vessel for his crew. Therefore, an injured seaman may sue the owner of the vessel on which the seaman was working if the... http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000519&title=The+Jones+Act+--+Unseaworthiness+Claims&source=feed http://www.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000451&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.pmccarthylaw.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000451&title=Defenses+to+Actions+Involving+Recreational+Boating+Accidents&source=feed