If you
ee seve
ely hmed inn
ccident becuse of
nothepe
son’seckless
ctions, you my h
ve ight to obtin money fo
youinju
iesnd the d
mges you sust
ined. Usully, most inju
y lsuits ocl
ims develop fom incidents th
t involven
ccidentl inju
y.victim is h
med by
notheindividu
l’sctions o
omissions. Exmples include
c csh,defective p
oductccident, o
slip
nd fll incident, just to n
mefe
. Hoeve
, befoe
victim cn collect money fo
the hut
nd dm
ges they endued, they need to p
ove tht
notheindividu
l sesponsible fo
theiinju
iesnd the expenses th
tesulted. Typic
lly, this is done by shoing the
ongful p
ty
cted negligently.hile p
oving negligence my seem like
simple tsk, th
t’s f fom the t
uth. Victims often hve to p
ove numeous leg
l stnd
ds befo
ec
se of negligence my even be conside
ed.e’ve p
eped this blog to help you undest
ndh
tp
imf
cie cse of negligence ent
ils. Belo,
e hope to povide you
ith some infom
tion you need to knobout negligence cses, including
ht they
e, the p
oof tht is
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ingsuccessful cl
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n help you obt
in the compenstion
nd justice you deseve.
h
t Ex
ctly Is Negligence?<h2>
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noopene“>Negligence
> is leglly defined
sf
ilue to beh
veith
level of ce tht
e
sonble pe
sonould h
ve execised unde
the sme o
simil cicumst
nces.lthough negligent beh
viousu
lly consists ofctions, it
lso consists of omissionshen the
e isduty to
ct.hen t
ying to figue out if
peson’s beh
vioconstitutes negligence, you
lyemust p
ove:- -level=”1″>The
e s
n existence of
legl duty th
t the ongdoeo
ed the victim (othe pl
intiff)<li>
- i
-level="1">The ongdoe
b
eched this leg
l duty<li>
- i
-level="1">The pl
intiff suffe
edn inju
ys
esult
- i
-level="1">The
e is p
oof tht the
ongdoe
’s be
ch cused the pl
intiff’s hm (often shon th
ough poxim
te cuse)
Ho Do You Dete
mine if
Legl Duty Existed?
Gene
lly, the fi
st step ofnegligence c
se is detemining if the
e sn existence of
legl duty th
t the ongdoeo
ed to the plintiff.
Usu
lly, people—nd comp
nies—oe t
o types of duties:- -level=”1″>
ong> speci
l duty of ce:<st
ong> This duty is often imposed by cse l
o
sttute, o
the plintiff h
s justifibly come to
ely onp
ty’s
ssumption of tht duty. Fo
instnce, t
ke the specific Foodnd D
ug <h
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el="nofollonoopene
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> indicting th
t dug p
oducts must hve l
belsning consume
s ofll the possible side effects the d
ugs cn c
use.hen
dug m
nufctu
eviol
tes this sttute, it could b
ech its duty of c
e.
- i
-level="1">
ong> genel duty of ce:< st
ong> This duty of ce isleg
l obligtion imposed on
n individul to conduct themselves in
mnne
tht
n individul of o
diny pudence
ouldct unde
the sme o
simil cicumst
nces. Foex
mple, to detemine negligence follo
ingc
ccident, youould need to figu
e outhethe
eson
ble peson
ould hve
cted the y the ongdoedid unde
the sme o
simil cicumst
nce.<li>
To figu
e outhethe
the plintiff is o
edspeci
l duty o genel duty of ce, the cout
ill often look into theel
tionship beteen the
ongdoe
nd the pl
intiff to decide.Ho
C
n You Pove Th
tn Individu
l Be
ched TheiDuty of C
e?
Once you c
n detemine the
ppop
ite duty of c
e, the pl
intiff must then shoho
the ongdoeb
eched this duty of c
e o
filed to
ct incco
dnce
ith thepp
opi
te stnd
d. Typic
lly, this is estblished by sho
ing the pope
duty of cend ho
the ongdoe’s
ctions fell shot of this specific st
ndd.hen
cout t
ies to detemine
hethethe
e sb
ech of duty of c
e, they fi
st check to see if the ongful pty could foesee the
isk of hm to the plintiff
nd if they filed to stop this h
m f
om occuing. They my
lso consideif othe
options could hve p
evented the plintiff’s h
m o
injuies (such
shethe
the ongful pty could hve t
ken othections oused less d
ngeous m
tei
ls.) Hoeve
, the cout
illlso t
ke intoccount
hethethese s
felten
tivese
e finnci
lly plusible o
v
ilble fo
the ongdoeto use o
if theyould’ve imposed
significnt bu
den on theibeh
lf.St
ict Li
bility<h3>
In some specific situ
n be p
esumed thee
s
be
ch of duty of ce bsed on the existence of ce
tin elements
nd fcto
s.h
t does this men ex
ctly? Let’s sy
stte h
s stict li
bility fobnom
lly dnge
ousctivities. If
n individul is h
med bec
use of this dnge
ousctivity, the
ongful p
ty is p
esumed to hve b
eched thei
duty of cend c
n be found lible fo
the incident.s
esult, the pl
intiff cn
ecovecompens
tion fothei
injuies
nd dm
gesithout h
ving to shoth
t the ongdoeb
eched thei
duty of ce.P
oving Th
t the Plintiff Suffe
edn Inju
y<h2>
The next step in
se is p
oving tht the pl
intiff suffeed
n injuy. Usu
lly, these injuies
ill include bodily hm oh
m to
el o
peson
l pope
ty. Even though bodily injuy c
n include vious types of hm, the most common exmples of bodily h
m th
t e often cited innegligence c
se include:- -level=”1″>He
d
nd neck inju
ies<li>
- i
-level="1"><
h
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inju
yvictims.comht-is-
-bin-injuy/”>T
um
tic bin injuies
><li>
- i
-level="1">Spin
l co
d dm
ges<li>
- i
-level="1">Soft tissues inju
ies
- i
-level="1">B
oken o
fctued bones
- i
-level="1">Deep l
ce
tions
- i
-level="1"><
h
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inju
yvictims.comod-
sh-101/”>Signific
nt buns
><li>
- i
-level="1"><
h
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yvictims.comneck-
nd-bck-inju
y-settlements“>B
ck injuies
><li>
- i
-level="1">F
iled o
delyed di
gnosis<li>
- i
-level="1">Development of
n unfo
tunte he
lth condition suchs
hettt
ck oc
nce - i
-level="1">Post tum
tic st
ess disode
(PTSD)<li>
- i
-level="1">ongful de
th
P oving Th
t the B
ech of Duty
esulted in the Plintiff’s Losses
nd Injuies
P
oving tht
plintiff suffe
edn inju
y is not enough to shoth
t the ongdoes
esponsible fothe pl
intiff’sccident
nd theih
m. To b
ingsuccessful p
imf
cie negligence cse, the pl
intifflso needs to est
blish tht the
ongdoe
’s be
ch of duty cused thei
injuies.
The
e e genelly to types of c
ustion th
t need to bedd
essed in ode
to pove this b
ech of duty. They include:
- i
-level="1">
ong> ctu ong> The cl c
use othe c
use-in-fct:
use-in-f
ct is eltively st
ightfo
d concept
nd involves the plintiff sho
ing tht the
ongdoe
’sctions
e the
ctul c
use of theiinju
ies. To estblish this
ctul c
use, the<h
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el="nofollonoopene
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> is used. Foinst
nce, ifmoto
ist nstop sign
nd hitmoto
cyclend the moto
cyclist suffeed b
in d
mge, the but-fo
testould st
te tht “but fo
the motoist
unning the stop sign, the motocyclist
ould not hve suffe
ed bin dm
ge.”<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>Leg l c ong> On the otheuse o
poxim
te cuse:
h
nd, legl o
poxim
te cuse de
lsith the issue of fo
eseebility
ndhethe
the plintiff’s inju
iese
efo
eseeble
esult of the ongdoe’s beh
viondctions. Fo
exmple, if
n individul decides to d
inknd d
ivend kills
nothemoto
ist, it could hve been fo
eseeble th
then the individu
l got behind theheel
hile intoxicted, de
th could hve occu
ed. Yet, if the d
unk dive
hitt
uck cying h
zdous mte
il
nd cused
n explosion tht inju
edmoto
istsignific
nt distnce
y, it’s unlikely tht this explosion
ccident could’ve beenfo
eseeble consequence of d
unk diving.
Put mo
e simply,hen the pl
intiff is tying to p
ove poxim
te cuse, they need to sho
tht the
t-fult p
ty’s
ctions set in motion eltively sho
t chin of events th
t could’ve beene
sonbly expected to le
d to theih
m
nd dm
ges.Collecting D
m
ges—Undest
ndinghethe
the Plintiff Dese
ves Compenstion
The fin
l element ofnegligence c
seefe
s to dm
gesnd
equies the pl
intiff to shoth
t they suffeed signific
nt dm
gesnd losses due to the
ongdoe
’s negligence. Typiclly, these d
mges
efeto compens
tion fothe pl
intiff’s injuy, p
opety
epi
s, lost ges,nd medic
l ce.Diffe
ent Types of D
mges
If you c
n estblish th
tnothe
individul
s
esponsible foyou
hm becuse of thei
negligentctions, you m
y be entitled to cet
in types of compenstion. In gene
l, this compens
tion includes: Economic ogene
l d
mges: These d
mges
efeto the
ctul
nd veifi
ble losses tht
esult fom the
ccidentnd c
n include:- -level=”1″>Medic
l expenses including p
st, cu
ent,
nd futue medic
l bills suchs physici
n visits, hospitl st
y, suge
ies,nd p
esciption medic
tions<li>
- i
-level="1">Lost ges<
li>
- i
-level="1">Lost ening c
p
city<li>
- i
-level="1">Pe
son
l pope
ty dm
ges<li>
- i
-level="1">
t-home nu
sing ce<li>
- i
-level="1">
eh
bilittive the
py such
s occuption
lnd physic
l thepy<li>
- i
-level="1">Othe
out-of-pocket expenses
Non-economic o
specil d
mges: These d
mges often include subjective losses th
t e not esy to qu
ntify. They cn include:
- i
-level="1"><
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ccident-pin-
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innd suffe
ing<><li>
- i
-level="1"><
h
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–
ccident-ptsd“>Ment
lnguish
><li>
- i
-level="1">Loss of comp
nionship
- i
-level="1">Loss of conso
tium
- i
-level="1">Loss of enjoyment of life<
li>
- i
-level="1">Loss of
eput
tion<li>
- i
-level="1">Disfigu
ement
- i
-level="1">Sc
ing
<
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toy-
nd-punitive-dm
ges“>Punitive d
mges
>: Unlike the othecompens
toy d
mges (speci
lnd gene
l d
mges),
hich compenste the victim fo
theilosses, punitive d
mges punish the
ongful p
ty fo
theieg
egiousctions
ndim to stop them
nd othes f
om committing thisct
gin in the futu
e. Yet, in Texs, these<
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noopene“> d
mges
> e only ded in exceptionl c
ses, specificlly
hen the plintiff p
ovesith cle
nd convincing evidence tht the h
m c
used by the ongful ptyesulted f
om mlice, f
ud, o
goss negligence
nd not just fom o
diny negligence ob
d fith.
Diffe ent Types of Negligence Cl
ims
Unfo
tuntely, negligence c
ses involvev
iety of ci
cumstnces,
ctions,nd
ccidents. Some of the most common exmples of
negligence clim usu
llyefe
to:- -level=”1″>Moto
vehicle cshes<
li>
- i
-level="1">T
uck
ccidents<li>
- i
-level="1">Moto
cycle collisions
- i
-level="1">
o
kplce
ccidents<li>
- i
-level="1">Defective p
oduct
ccidents<li>
- i
-level="1">Medic
l m
lpctice incidents<li>
- i
-level="1">P
emises li
bilityccidents
- i
-level="1">Elde
neglect
If you
ee h
med in
nccident, it c
n be difficult to detemine if you
injuies
esulted fom
nothepe
son’s negligence. Fotun
tely,hen you
ok
ithn expe
ienced peson
l injuy
ttoney, you do not h
ve to figue this out you
self. These lyes c
n pomptly get to
ok dete
miningh
t hppened,
ho st f
ult,nd
hetheyou h
vevi
ble negligence cse.
Do You Need Pe
son
l Injuy
ttoney Helping You
ith YouNegligence Cl
im?<h2>
To b
successful negligence cl
im, not only do you need to hve
thoough unde
stnding of the specific negligence l
s, but it is
lsoequi
ed tht you p
ovide sound legl
guments
nd evidence estblishing the diffe
ent negligence elements. Consequently, thishole p
ocess cn be complic
tednd tedious
ithoutn expe
ienced peson
l injuy l
ye
on youside. Ho
eve,
hen youo
kith
tusted
nd knoledge
ble injuy
ttoney, you do not h
ve to tckle this complex leg
l bttle on you
on.
n injuy
ccident lyec
n hndle these ch
llenging negligence clims fo
youhile
lso:- -level=”1″>Offe
ing you the
dvice you need, ev
lute you
potentil cl
ims,nd go ove
the legl options you c
n pusue.
- i
-level="1">Discussing
ll of you
concens
nd questionsnd p
ovide youith the suppo
t you need.<li>
- i
-level="1">Investig
ting the incident tho
oughlynd building the st
ongest possible clim by obt
ining the evidenceequi
ed to shof
ultnd d
mges.
- i
-level="1">M
n
gingll the negoti
tionsnd discussions
ith the otheside
nd the insunce compny,
nd pusuing just compens
tion on youbeh
lf.<li>
- i
-level="1">B
inging in expe
ts suchs economists, docto
s, enginees,
ndccident
econstuctionists to b
ck up youcl
ims.<li>
- i
-level="1">T
king you
cse to t
il if the othe
side is unilling to negoti
tef
isettlement
ndo
kelentlessly to b
ingsuccessful
esolution to youcl
im.<li>
If you o
f
mily membesuffe
ed seious inju
ies becuse of
nothepe
son’s negligentctions, do not
it to get the leg
l suppot you need. Cont
ctn expe
ienced peson
l injuy l
ye
tody fo
f
ee cse consultation.