International Guidelines on the Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Injury and Damage Under Civil-Tort Law

Publication

International Guidelines on the Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Injury and Damage Under Civil-Tort Law

Book Chapter - Jan 1, 2016

Ferrara S D, Viel G, Vieira D N, Vermylen Y, Sterzik Vera, Shokry Dina A, Ranavaya Mohammed, Pinchi V, Norelli G A, Montisci M, Mendelson George, Gulmen Mete Korkut, Hernandez Cueto C, Domenici R, Comandè Giovanni, Boscolo-Berto R, Baccino E, Zoia R

Citation

Ferrara S, Viel G, Vieira D, Vermylen Y, Sterzik V, Shokry D, Ranavaya M, Pinchi V, Norelli G, Montisci M, Mendelson G, Gulmen M, Hernandez Cueto C, Domenici R, Comandè G, Boscolo-Berto R, Baccino E, Zoia R. International Guidelines on the Methods of Ascertainment of Personal Injury and Damage Under Civil-Tort Law. In: Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment under Civil Law. Heidelberg: Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-29810-8. pp. 583-602.

Type

Book Chapter (English)

Book Title

Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment under Civil Law

Publication Date

Jan 1, 2016

Isbn Number

978-3-319-29810-8

Pages

583-602

Publisher

Springer (Heidelberg)

Brief description/objective

Compensation for personal damage, defined as any pecuniary or non-pecuniary loss causally related to a personal injury under civil-tort law, is strictly based on the local jurisdiction and therefore varies significantly across the world. This manuscript presents the first “International Guidelines on Medico-Legal Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation of Personal Injury and Damage under Civil-Tort Law”. This consensus document, which includes a step-by-step illustrated explanation of flow charts articulated in eight sequential steps and a comprehensive description of the ascertainment methodology and the criteria of evaluation, has been developed by an International Working Group composed of juridical and medicolegal experts and adopted as Guidelines by the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM).