An injury attorney can assist you in filing a claim if you’re hurt in a public facility. For example, if you’re hurt at an airport, he or she will assess your case and see who is liable for negligence. You need to prove negligence to file a claim, so it is important to review the matter with a Long Beach personal injury lawyer.
How Does an Injury Attorney Prove Negligence?
The Legal Information Institute (LII) at the Cornell Law School defines negligence as an act where a person fails to behave with a reasonable level of care that another person, with ordinary prudence, would have done in the same situation. The behavior is based on reckless actions or oversights related to keeping others safe from harm.
The LII adds that an injury attorney must show four elements to establish negligence. These elements include:
- A legal duty the defendant owed to the plaintiff
- A breach of duty on the part of the defendant
- Evidence of an injury
- Proof that the injury was caused through the proximate case* by the defendant’s breach
A proximate cause* is an actual cause in a legal action that supports liability
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