This may sound like a difficult task, but it boils down to one thing: we must show that someone else’s carelessness—their negligence—caused the accident to happen. When someone is not acting reasonably carefully and they caused an accident that is responsible for your injuries, they are responsible for paying at least some portion of the damages that you have suffered. A personal injury lawyer knows there are a few ways that you can quickly determine liability once you have been injured.
If you are on someone else’s property (and you are legally allowed to be there) but the property is poorly maintained and has dangerous areas, the owner of said property would be liable for your injuries because they did not properly maintain the property.
If you were using a defective product, the seller or the manufacturer of the product would be liable if you become injured from using the product. Contacting our personal injury lawyer can help to determine liability for these often complex cases.
If you were being careless on someone else’s property and you were not supposed to be on that property, you may be held responsible for your own injuries instead of the property owner. The property owner would not have a “duty” of being careful if they did not know you were there.
If the owner of the property was careless and you were also careless, it is possible that you would only receive partial compensation for the injuries you sustained.