Recovery for domestic abuse: victims of domestic violence can fight back, with the law and good lawyers on their side. Insurance coverage or personal injury lawsuits may provide compensation for injuries.

Trial, August, 2003 by Romary, Peter J.M.

Many lawyers don't see the potential to recover civil damages in domestic abuse or assault cases. But domestic violence cases that involve physical or mental abuse often belong in civil rather than family court, especially if you want your client to recover real "equitable distribution." Simply put, these cases can be viewed as personal injury cases, which may give rise to direct liability on the part of the tortfeasor or third party liability on the part of a person or agency that had a duty of care to protect the plaintiff.

The direct personal injury action against the ...