What is negligence?
In its most simple definition, negligence means that someone was careless and as a result of being careless, someone else was injured. Negligence serves as the basis for a personal injury …
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What does the term "liable" mean?
The term liable generally means that a court has determined individual, company or some other entity caused, and is responsible for, another person's injury. When a defendant is found liable, …
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What does the term "reasonable person" mean?
A person has acted negligently if he or she has departed from the conduct expected of a reasonably prudent person acting under the same or similar circumstances. The hypothetical reasonable person …
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The Benefits of Litigation Funding Companies
The law provides a potential remedy for plaintiffs who are hurt due to the negligence or recklessness of others. Specifically, state and federal laws allow plaintiffs to sue defendants to recover the damages that they incur as a result of the defendant’s legal negligence. While the effects of the personal injury can never be fully negated, damages are intended to put the …
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How Can a Personal Injury Lawyer Help Me?
In the United States, there are 16,000 automobile accidents every day. Millions of Americans miss work eachy ear due to work-related injuries and millions more are harmed by medical errors every year. It is simply far too easy to suffer an injury. Moreover, the consequences of an injury also have costs - there are medical expenses, lost wages, and even the loss of the …
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