When you’re hurt in a slip-and-fall accident, it seems that the blame would fall on the responsible party completely. They didn’t concern themselves with your safety, and you shouldn’t have to pay for that, right? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t always so simple. You might find yourself struggling with the concept of comparative negligence in your slip-and-fall accident. That makes it tougher to prove you were injured and should receive compensation for your losses. If you’re not sure how to defend your claim...Continue Reading...
Knowing the difference between ordinary negligence and gross negligence is important when filing a personal injury lawsuit. If you’ve been injured in an accident and someone else was at fault, the liable party in your accident was likely negligent or careless in some way. You must prove negligence against the at-fault party in your accident if you hope to recover a settlement.Gross negligence isn’t the same as ordinary negligence. When an at-fault party is grossly negligent, their actions are blatantly reckless and deserve greater punishment....Continue Reading...
Most vehicle collisions are caused by someone’s careless actions. This can be known as negligence, as it pertains to personal injury cases. When someone causes an accident, even if it was unintentional, that person can be held legally responsible for the harm they caused.Understanding Fault in Multi-Car WrecksNot every accident is an easy-to-understand situation where one person was to blame and the other person was completely faultless. In some cases, multiple people can be involved in an accident, and multiple people can also be to blame. For...Continue Reading...
Most personal injury claims are the result of a person acting negligently. Negligence occurs when a person fails to act as a reasonably prudent person would act in a given set of circumstances, and when those actions cause harm to another person. The harmed person must be someone that the negligent person owed a duty to, but this is often rather broad. For instance, in car accident cases, a driver owes a duty to drive reasonably, and that duty is owed to all other drivers, passengers, pedestrians and basically anyone who is in the vicinity. In...Continue Reading...
The Press-Enterprise recently released an online article in which a woman recently died after a car crashed into her as she was a passenger in a car, on the early morning of October 18th. The crash was reported just after 1 a.m. on Mountain View Avenue and Base Line, the driver that hit the woman and then drove off but police soon caught up with him and were able to arrest him. Police records indicate he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit-and-run, both very serious criminal offenses in California. The woman was...Continue Reading...
A slip and fall can be a very serious form of an accident. A slip-and-fall is the legal term for an accident that can occur when a person slips, trips or falls resulting from adangerous or hazardous condition on another’s property. There are several ways in which a slip and fall accident can occur. Some of these accidents are the result of:A wet floor such as spilled liquids, ice, or snow.Abrupt changes on the floor such as uneven pavementsPoor lightingOther hidden hazards, such as unexpected holes on the groundWhile most people have...Continue Reading...
34 year old Fullerton man identified as Nathan Darrington, according to The Press-Enterprise article published on September 26, 2017, was arrested under suspicion of felony evading and DUI charges after a car chase in Rancho Cucamonga. A Deputy was stopped at Milliken Avenue and Fourth Street when Darrington was caught yelling expletives in a business parking lot and then drove away causing officers to partake in a car chase on Sunday, September 21, 2017. Darrington failed to yield to a Deputy’s lights and sirens for several miles until eventually...Continue Reading...
An accident that causes serious injury can happen in any number of situations. You might be rear-ended at a stop light, or you might be hit by a speeding semi-truck driver as you attempt to merge onto the interstate.Who is to blame for the wreck? Can you hold that person financially responsible for your property damage and medical expenses? Negligence Laws and Accident CasesWhen you sue for damages caused by negligence, you must prove several things. First, you must demonstrate that the other party owed you a duty of care, and that they committed...Continue Reading...
