If you or a loved one has hired a personal injury lawyer in Gaithersburg to file a personal injury claim or accident injury claim, you might be entitled to seek loss of affection damages. Loss of affection damages can be included in your personal injury settlement if you or your spouse was injured to the point that he or she can no longer show affection or participate in sexual activity.
Loss of affection damages are always sought by the uninjured partner in a personal injury claim or accident injury claim. Your wrongful death lawyer is also able to pursue loss of affection damages if your spouse or partner was killed due to negligence, intentional infliction of injury, or medical malpractice. This type of personal injury claim is known as a loss of companionship claim or a loss of society claim.
In order to determine whether a surviving family member should be awarded these damages in a wrongful injury case, the jury will consider whether the deceased had a harmonious relationship with the plaintiff, what their living arrangements were, and the overall effect that the death had on surviving family members.
