Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

How do I determine damages?

How do I determine what amount of damages to seek in a civil suit? I spent more than 60 days in county jail and days in Muni. and Sup. Court due to someone violating 632.5 P.C.(wiretapping). What kind of price is normally put on a day of your freedom plus the humiliation and degradation of L.A. county jail. What about attorney fees I paid to fight the criminal charges due to someone illegally recording private communications without either parties consent. What about the Police Officer that accepted these tapes from a private party and built a case around 5 people. Shouldn't he be liable also, he should know better, of course he didn't do anything to the person whom he recieved the tapes from even though the Police officer knew a crime was committed. I was cleared of all criminal charges, and am going to pursue the civil end of it now.


Asked on 5/05/00, 2:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeffrey Zinder Zinder & Koch

Re: How do I determine damages?

My office has handled similar cases and you may have a very valuable claim. It may be very difficult to establish a claim against the Police AND you usually have to present it within 6 months. The biggest problem may be collecting whatever damages you obtain as insurance for the person making the false report against you may not be covered by insurance. If this matter is in the Southern California area and you would like to set-up a meeting please contact me by e-mail, at [email protected]. Your damages are highly dependent upon the way in which your life, including work, relationships, family and emotions were affected by the experience. This is a very individually unique issue and requires a through review of your past and how this experience differs from your norm and how the difference has affected you. Of course the attorney fees you incurred in fighting the claim set a minimum on your recovery.

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Answered on 6/21/00, 9:59 am


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