What “Intentional Harm” Means
Intentional harm (intentional torts) is injury inflicted on purpose — assault, battery, false imprisonment — as distinct from negligence’s carelessness. The same act can be both a crime prosecuted by the state and a civil claim pursued by the victim for damages.
Why It Matters in Your Texas Case
Two practical notes shape these cases. First, the civil claim doesn’t wait for the criminal one: the burden of proof is lower, and a civil recovery can succeed regardless of prosecution. Second, the deeper pocket is often a negligent third party — the bar that overserved the attacker, the apartment complex whose security failures enabled the assault — because intentional actors rarely have collectable assets, while negligent-security and dram shop defendants carry insurance. McKay Law builds both tracks.
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