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Common Personal Injury Cases
Many different causes can lead to serious injury, but the most prevalent reasons for filing personal injury claims are car accidents. Other vehicles can also be involved in accidents and an experienced lawyer can provide legal guidance for a truck, bus, moped, bicycle, or motorcycle accident. A vital factor in handling any case is determining who is at fault for causing the accident.
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Courts determine fault based on comparative negligence.
Negligence refers to harm caused by the failure to exercise reasonable care. When you file a personal injury case, the court reviews the actions of all parties involved and assigns each party a percentage of fault. If your assigned fault percentage is 51 percent or greater, then you do not have the legal right to pursue damages. Yet, if the combined fault of the defendants is 51 percent or greater, then the court can award you damages. However, the court reduces your recovery amount based on your contributory fault. For example, if you were 10 percent at fault and your damages were $100,000, you would be able to recover $90,000. Oftentimes, knee injuries can occur in an automobile accident and not show the full extent of the damage until well after the fact.
Steps in a typical personal injury case
Most personal injury cases are settled outside of court, and a case can be settled at any point during the legal process. Personal injury lawyers can often settle cases on behalf of their clients without having to file a lawsuit or take the case to trial. Certainly, whenever possible, law firms favor negotiating a settlement, which saves time and expense for clients. However, when reaching a fair settlement is not possible, your case goes to trial, which involves exchanging evidence with opposing counsel, selecting a jury, and trying the case in court.
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