Personal injury claims are based on the legal principle of negligence. This means that if one party (either a person or an entity like a property owner, consumer products manufacturer, or healthcare facility) has a duty of care toward others, such as maintaining safe premises or releasing safe products, and they fail in that care, they’re considered negligent. Negligent actors may be legally liable for any injuries they cause another party due to their breach of this duty. It’s your wrongful death lawyer’s responsibility to prove that your loved one’s accident was the result of negligence and that the other party owes your family compensation for your loss.