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INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONAL INJURY LAW
What is personal injury law?
The most common types of personal injury cases arise from motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall incidents (also known as premises liability), dog bites, defective products (also known as products liability), defective drugs, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Workers Compensation claims also often arise from personal injury and are dealt with in a separate area of law.
How do I know if I have a good case?
The three elements to proving a good personal injury case in most jurisdictions are:
1). Fault. The adverse party must have been negligent or reckless in the actions which resulted in your injury. Usually “negligence” means that a person did not exhibit the level of care exercised by a reasonable person in adhering to their legal obligation to behave or refrain from behaving in a particular manner.
2). Causation. The negligence, recklessness or intention of the adverse party must have been the proximate cause of your injuries.
3. Damages. In order to prevail in a personal injury lawsuit, you must prove that you were in fact injured. This is done through testimony of medical experts, submission of medical records and bills, and the testimony of the injured party and their witnesses.
Personal injury law applies to cases in which a person or persons are injured through the negligence, intention or fault of someone else. It is meant to compensate those who were injured by the fault of others.
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