Civil Litigation Services:

Personal Injury Cases - Legal representation to help you recover financial damages for injuries caused by another party’s negligence.

Intellectual Property Disputes - Protecting your intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights, through litigation.

Medical Malpractice Cases - Advocacy for victims of medical malpractice, helping them seek compensation for injuries caused by medical negligence.

Employment or Labor Disputes - Representation in disputes between employers and employees, including wrongful termination, discrimination, and wage disputes.

Education Law Disputes - Legal assistance in disputes involving educational institutions, including issues related to student rights and educational policies.

Breach of Contract Claims - Litigation to enforce or dissolve contracts when one party fails to meet their obligations.

Landlord/Tenant Issues - Representation in disputes between landlords and tenants, including eviction cases and lease disagreements.

How can civil litigation help me?

Civil litigation is a tool you can use to settle non-criminal disputes. It can help you recover financial damages from the other party, force them to stop taking a certain action, enforce or dissolve a contract, along with many other use-cases. Common areas where civil litigation is used to settle disputes include:

Personal injury cases, Intellectual property disputes, Medical malpractice cases, Employment or labor disputes, Education law disputes, Lawsuits surrounding divorce, Breach of contract claims, Landlord/tenant issues.

If you have been impacted in any of these areas, or other areas where you have a dispute with another party that is non-criminal, it would be advisable to seek the counsel of an experienced civil litigation lawyer. The Law Offices of Sears and Sears P.C. has won many civil litigation cases for its clients in a wide variety of areas. If you need a civil litigation lawyer who you can trust to advocate for your best interests, then request a free consultation from our firm and we will evaluate your case.

Will the other party get jail time if I win my civil case against them?

No, civil cases are only used to settle non-criminal matters. However, you can pursue criminal litigation against an individual if they have committed a crime against you. A criminal litigation case, if you decided to pursue one, would be an entirely separate entity from the civil proceedings. The outcome of the civil case and the criminal case will not affect each other.

The Law Offices of Sears and Sears P.C. can help you no matter which route you choose; we are experienced in both civil and criminal litigation and we will be able to represent you in court or settlement negotiations in either scenario.

What amount of damages can I recoup in my civil litigation case?

This is strictly specific to the circumstances of your individual case. One case may result in the victim receiving millions of dollars in damages, while another case may not award any damages at all. Most civil cases are settled out of court, so the amount of damages you can seek can also be influenced by the assets of the other party.

If you are seeking damages from the other party as an individual, you may not be able to secure as high of an amount as opposed to if you were seeking damages from the other party’s insurance company which has more assets. Even if the court awards a large amount of compensation to be repaid to you by the other party, if they do not have this amount of wealth, it can make receiving those damages difficult. This can lead to you being repaid in other ways, such as taking possession of the other party’s house, vehicle, or any other large assets to their name if the individual does not have the means of paying you through liquid assets. This does not happen in all cases, and is dependent on your state’s laws, but it is one way of being compensated when the other party cannot afford it.