If your injury did not take place at work, you can receive damages if your injury is found to have been caused by another individual’s negligence. Such negligence can include failing to remove potential hazards from your property, reckless driving or disobeying traffic laws, and selling products that are safe for intended use.
There are usually five criteria that must be met in order for someone to receive damages for a neck or back injury. The defendant must have had a duty of care, that duty must be breached, the breach must have caused the injury, the risk of someone getting injured was foreseeable, and the injury resulted in actual expenses, such as missed work, medical costs, or pain and suffering. Punitive damages may also be added if the defendant was malicious or if their negligence was especially egregious. Read the benefits of hiring a back & neck injury attorney