Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment Under Civil Law : State-of-the-Art International Guidelines

This Volume Serves To Provide An International Overview Of Personal Injury Compensation In Different Geographical Areas (15 Countries Already Included), With A Special Focus On The Methods Used To Ascertain The Injury And The Related Damages. It Also Goes On To Clarify The Logical And Methodological Steps Required For A Sequential, In-depth Ascertainment Of Any Traumatic Event And The Related Personal Damage, Both Pecuniary And Non-pecuniary. Personal Injury Is A Legal Term For An Injury To The Body, Mind Or Emotions Suffered By The Plaintiff Under Tort And/or Civil Law Regulations. Damages Related To The Injury Can Be Pecuniary Or Non-pecuniary In Nature. Although Several Comparative Studies And Research Projects On Tort And Civil Law And Personal Injury Claims Aimed At Developing New Tools For Promoting Harmonization Of Private Law Have Been Performed At An International Level, Heterogeneity And Divergences Still Exist In The Definition And Compensation Of Personal Injury And Damage Across Different National Legislative Systems. The Starting Point For Any Awarding Procedure Should Be A Medical, Or Rather A Medico-legal, Assessment To Gain Evidence On The Trauma Or Event Causing The Injury, The Mechanism Of Injury, The Pre-existing Health Status Of The Injured Party, And The Health Consequences Of The Injury (temporary And Permanent Impairment, Work Incapacity, Etc.). In Order To Pursue The Ultimate Goal Of An International Harmonization Of Personal Injury Compensation, It Is Of Upmost Importance To Define The Quality Requirements For The Medico-legal Ascertainment Methodology, Which Are Essential For Guaranteeing The Objectivity, Rigor, And Reproducibility Of The Data And The Evidence Collection Procedure. Currently, There Are No Supra-national Medico-legal Guidelines Dealing With The Ascertainment Methodology Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Tort And Civil Law. Part I. Juridical And Methodological Overview. 1. Bio-medicolegal Sciences And Personal Injury/damage Ascertainment In The Post-genomic Era / Santo Davide Ferrara, Guido Viel, Rafael Boscolo-berto -- 2. The Holistic And Systematic Approach In Legal Medicine / Santo Davide Ferrara, Gian Aristide Norelli, Riccardo Zoia -- 3. Causal Value And Causal Link / Santo Davide Ferrara -- 4. Compensation For Personal Injury In A Comparative Perspective: The Need To Bridge Legal And Medicolegal Knowledge / Giovanni Comandè -- Part Ii. Medico-legal Ascertainment Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Civil-tort Law: Continental Overview -- Europe. 5. Portugal / Duarte Nuno Viera -- 6. Spain / Claudio Hernàndez-cueto -- 7. France / Eric Baccino, Jean Sebastien Raul -- 8. Italy / Ranieri Domenici -- 9. Belgium / Yvo Vermylen, Katja De Munnynck -- 10. Netherlands / Jan Buitenhuis, Wout E.l. De Boer -- 11. United Kingdom / Peter Vanezis --^ 12. Germany / Vera Sterzik, Axel Muttray, Peter Weiß, Elisabeth Mützel -- 13. Hungary / Eva Keller, Agnes Dósa, Andras Sarvary, Krisztian Csapó, Peter Banczerowski -- 14. Lithuania / Romas Raudys -- 15. Estonia / Marika Väli -- Part Iii. Medico-legal Ascertainment Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Civil-tort Law: Continental Overview -- America. 16. Usa / Mohammed Ranavaya -- 17. Dental Damage In Argentina / Marta Beatriz Maldonado -- Part Iv. Medico-legal Ascertainment Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Civil-tort Law: Continental Overview -- Africa. 18. Egypt / Dina A. Shokry -- 19. Nigeria / William O. Odesanmi, Uwom O. Eze -- Part V. Medico-legal Ascertainment Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Civil-tort Law: Continental Overview -- Asia & Oceania. 20. Turkey / Mete Korkut Gulmen, Haluk Ince, Ahmet Hilal -- 21. Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia / Osama Mohammed Al Madani, Manal S. Bamousa, Magdy A. Kharoshah -- 22. India / Adarsh Kumar -- 23. China / Ping Huang, Ya-hui Wang --^ 24. Japan / Toshiko Sawaguchi -- 25. Austrailia / George Mendelson, Danuta Mendelson -- Part Vi. International Overview And Epicrisis. 26. International Overview On Dental Damage Compensation / Vilma Pinchi -- 27. International Comparative Epicrisis On The Ascertainment And Evaluation Of Personal Injury And Damage / Guido Veil, Rafael Boscolo-berto, Santo Davide Ferrera -- Part Vii. Methodology Of Ascertainment And International Guidelines. 28. Physical And Biomechanical Methods Of Ascertainment / Luigi Cicinnati -- 29. Detection Of Malingering In Personal Injury And Damage Ascertainment / Giuseppe Sartori, Graziella Orrù, Andrea Zangrossi -- 30. A Novel Methodology For The Objective Ascertainment Of Psychic And Existential Damage / Santo Davide Ferrara [and Fourteen Others] -- 31. International Guidelines On The Methods Of Ascertainment Of Personal Injury And Damage Under Civil-tort Law / Santo Davide Ferrara [and Seventeen Others] --^ 32. International Guidelines On The Methods Of Ascertainment Of Whiplash-associated Disorders / Santo Davide Ferrara [and Twenty-seven Others] -- Part Viii. Final Statements. 33. Requirements And Final Recommendations / Santo Davide Ferrara, Rafael Boscolo-berto, Guido Viel -- Part Ix. Iconography. 34. Historical Iconography On Personal Injury And Damage From The Vincenzo Pinali Antique Medical Library / Santo Davide Ferrara, Guido Viel, Rafael Boscolo-berto. Santo Davide Ferra, Editor ; Rafael Boscolo-berto, Guido Viel, Co-editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Bio-Medicolegal Sciences and Personal Injury/Damage Ascertainment in the Post-Genomic Era....Pages 3-15 The Holistic and Systematic Approach in Legal Medicine....Pages 17-35 Causal Value and Causal Link....Pages 37-51 Compensation for Personal Injury in a Comparative Perspective: The Need to Bridge Legal and Medicolegal Knowledge....Pages 53-68 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Portugal....Pages 71-79 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Spain....Pages 81-100 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in France....Pages 101-109 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Italy....Pages 111-131 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Belgium....Pages 133-156 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in the Netherlands....Pages 157-164 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in the United Kingdom....Pages 165-193 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Germany....Pages 195-208 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Hungary....Pages 209-236 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Lithuania....Pages 237-258 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Estonia....Pages 259-268 Front Matter....Pages 269-269 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in the USA....Pages 271-301 Methods of Ascertainment of Dental Damage in Argentina....Pages 303-318 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Egypt....Pages 321-334 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Nigeria....Pages 335-345 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Turkey....Pages 349-367 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....Pages 369-390 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in India....Pages 391-412 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in China....Pages 413-429 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Japan....Pages 431-466 Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Damage in Australia....Pages 467-504 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 International Overview on Dental Damage Compensation....Pages 507-521 International Comparative Epicrisis on the Ascertainment and Evaluation of Personal Injury and Damage....Pages 523-533 Front Matter....Pages 535-535 Physical and Biomechanical Methods of Ascertainment....Pages 537-545 Detection of Malingering in Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment....Pages 547-558 A Novel Methodology for the Objective Ascertainment of Psychic and Existential Damage....Pages 559-582 International Guidelines on the Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Injury and Damage Under Civil-Tort Law....Pages 583-602 International Guidelines on the Methods of Ascertainment of Whiplash-Associated Disorders....Pages 603-619 Front Matter....Pages 621-621 Requirements and Final Recommendations....Pages 623-630 Front Matter....Pages 631-631 Historical Iconography on Personal Injury and Damage from the “Vincenzo Pinali” Antique Medical Library....Pages 633-681 Back Matter....Pages 683-700