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Mesothelioma Legal Terms

Mesothelioma Definitions

The following list of Mesothelioma legal terms, definitions, and explanations are commonly used in Mesothelioma and asbestos lawsuits.

When you are first file a lawsuit you will start hearing many of these new legal terms that are related to your case. Some of these words can sound intimidating and hard to understand. These pages are intended to help give Mesothelioma patients and their families a better understanding and a brief overview of the most common and some uncommon terms related to filing a Mesothelioma claim.

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Mesothelioma Legal Terms

A – Legal Terms

  • Additur
  • Ad Litem
  • Administrative Hearing
  • Affidavit
  • Amendment
  • Amicus Curiae
  • Answer
  • Appeal
  • Appellate
  • Asbestos Attorney
  • Asbestos Bankruptcy Funds
  • Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts
  • Asbestos Cancer-Causing Construction Material
  • Asbestos Documents
  • Asbestos Lawsuit
  • Asbestos Legislation
  • Asbestos Liabilities
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Asbestos Manufacturers Can be Held Liable
  • Asbestos Related Claims
  • Asbestos Trust Fund
  • Asbestos Victims Compensation Fund
  • Asbestos in the Workplace
  • Assumption of the Risk
  • Attorney-Client Privilege

B – Legal Terms

  • Bad Faith
  • Bench Trial (Non-Jury Trial)
  • Beneficiary
  • Best Evidence Rule
  • Breach
  • Breach of Duty
  • Breach of Trust
  • Breach of Warranty
  • Burden of Proof
  • Bystander (Related to Product Liability)
  • Bundled Mesothelioma Cases
  • Burden of Proof

C – Legal Terms

  • Cause of Action
  • Caveat
  • Choosing an Asbestos Lawyer
  • Circumstantial Evidence
  • Claimants
  • Claims
  • Class Action
  • Closing Statement
  • Co-Counsel
  • Collateral Source Rule
  • Compensation
  • Compensation Fund
  • Compensatory Damages
  • Complainant
  • Complaint
  • Contingency Fee Agreement
  • Contingent
  • Corroborating Evidence

D – Legal Terms

  • Damages
  • Decedent
  • Decree
  • Defendant
  • Deliberate
  • Demurrer
  • De Novo
  • Deposition
  • Deprived of the Companionship
  • Directed Verdict
  • Disbursement
  • Discovery
  • Dismissal
  • Disfigurement in the Past and Future
  • Do-Not-Resuscitate Order (DNR)
  • Due Diligence
  • Durable Power of Attorney

E – Legal Terms

  • Economic Damages
  • Employer Liability
  • Estate Planning
  • Estoppel
  • Exemplary Damages
  • Exhibit
  • Expert Witness
  • Exemplary Damages (Punitive Damages)

F – Legal Terms

G – Legal Terms

  • Gross Negligence

H – Legal Terms

  • Hearing
  • Hearsay
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I – Legal Terms

  • Insurance Claims
  • Interrogatories
  • Interrogatory

J – Legal Terms

  • Joint and Several Liability
  • Judgment
  • Judgement Notice
  • Judgment Non Obstante Veredicto (JNOV)
  • Jurisdiction
  • Jury Award

L – Legal Terms

  • Last Will and Testament
  • Lawsuit
  • Lead Council
  • Leading Question
  • Legal Cause
  • Liable (Liability)
  • Liberal construction
  • Living Will
  • Loss of Consortium
  • Loss of Future Earnings
  • Loss of Earning Capacity
  • Loss of Husband’s Care and Comfort
  • Loss of Husband’s Support and Companionship
  • Loss of Parental Care
  • Loss of Spousal and Parental Services
  • Loss of Spousal Support
  • Loss of Wages

M – Legal Terms

  • Malfeasance
  • Medical Costs
  • Medical Expenses
  • Medical Expenses Plus Interest
  • Medical Experts
  • Mesothelioma Free Consultation
  • Mesothelioma & Health Insurance
  • Mesothelioma Lawsuit
  • Mesothelioma Lawsuit Hearing
  • Mesothelioma Litigation
  • Mesothelioma Settlement
  • Mesothelioma Verdicts
  • Mesothelioma Wrongful Death
  • Mitigating Circumstances
  • Monetary Compensation
  • Motion

    N– Legal Terms

    • Negligence
    • Negligence Per Se
    • Nondurable Power of Attorney
    • Non-Economic Damages
    • Nonfeasance
    • Non-Jury Trial
    • Nuncupative Will

    O – Legal Terms

    • Occupational Disease
    • Out-of-Court Settlement
    • Opening Statement

    P – Legal Terms

    • Past and Future Damages
    • Pain and Suffering
    • Paralegal
    • Peer review
    • Perjury
    • Personal Injury
    • Personal Representative
    • Petition (or Complaint)
    • Physical Evidence
    • Physical Impairment in the Past and Future
    • Plaintiff
    • Powers of Attorney
    • Preponderance of the Evidence
    • Prima Facie
    • Probate
    • Product Identification – Asbestos
    • Product Liability
    • Proximate Cause
    • Product Liability
    • Punitive Damages

    Q – Legal Terms

    • Question of Fact

    R – Legal Terms

    • Rebuttal
    • Reasonable Care
    • Recover (Recovery)
    • Remedies
    • Remittitur
    • Request for Production
    • Reparations for Medical Expenses
    • Retainer Fee

    S – Legal Terms

    • Second Chair
    • Selecting a Mesothelioma Lawyer
    • Several Liabilities
    • Severance
    • Social Security Records
    • Sophisticated Employer Defense
    • Springing Power of Attorney
    • Standard of Care
    • Standard of Proof
    • Statute of Limitations
    • Strict Construction
    • Structured Settlement
    • Summons
    • Survivor Action

    T – Legal Terms

    • Testifying at Trial
    • Trial Calendar
    • Tort

    V – Legal Terms

    • Verdict
    • Victims Compensation Fund
    • Victims of Mesothelioma
    • Violating Asbestos Regulations
    • Voir Dire

    W – Legal Terms

    • Workers Injured by Asbestos
    • Workers Compensation
    • Work History
    • Wrongful Death Action
    • Wrongful Death Claims
    • Wrongful Death Statute

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