Accident & Injury Attorney in Philadelphia

Negligence and Personal Injury Claims

Simply defined, negligence is any failure to act with reasonable care. It is the most common grounds for personal injury claims throughout the U.S. and is therefore intricately related to this field of law. When a person or entity is negligent in some way and this results in the physical or psychological injury of another person, this may give the victim the foundation for a civil lawsuit against the responsible party. A lawsuit of this kind is filed in civil court and grants the victim the opportunity to seek and recover financial compensation for his or her injuries. Compensation may be awarded for medical expenses, loss of earnings and various other economic and non-economic damages the victim suffered.

A key part of the legal representation that your Philadelphia personal injury attorney provides will be establishing the defendant's negligence and therefore responsibility in causing your injuries. Your lawyer will need to prove:

• The defendant had an obligation to you or the general public;
• The defendant violated this obligation in some way;
• You were injured; and
• The defendant's violation was the proximate cause of your injuries.

Negligence is a key part of this because it is essentially the violation of the defendant's duty to you or the public in general.

What is Negligence?

Negligence may occur by way of an act or omission, when a person or entity:

• Does not act with the amount of caution or care that a reasonably careful person would exercise under the same or similar circumstances; or
• Does something that a reasonably careful person would not have done under the same or similar circumstances.

Find out more about how a competent lawyer can establish negligence in your personal injury claim to help win your case. Contact a Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer today.