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What about accidents occurring from plain old negligence or carelessness?
Suppose a normally careful driver, while talking on a cell phone, gets momentarily distracted, and piles into the car in front of him. Or a driver "accidentally" is blinded by the sun, and crashes into another car. Although the driver thought he was driving safely, the "accident" injures both a passenger in his own car and a passenger of the car in front.
If the driver was not exercising the standards of care required of a person driving a car, he would be said to be acting "negligently". In that case, the driver (and the driver’s insurance company, to the extent of the policy limits) will be responsible for the damages and injuries the accident caused. What if there is a "Guest Statute" in the few states with a "guest statute" a "guest" can not recover for "simple negligence". The passenger in the driver’s car may be limited to recovering medical bills only, or be wholly out of luck, unless the driver’s conduct was more than "simple negligence". Even in those states, a lawyer can help you assess whether the driver's conduct might be more than simple negligence, permitting recovery against the driver. |
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Should I try to settle with the other person’s insurance company?
How do insurance adjusters work on car accidents?
Are different types of accidents treated differently?
What if the ‘accident’ involves intentional wrongdoing?
Suppose the accident involves an inherently dangerous activity?
What about ‘reckless’ conduct?
What about accidents occurring from plain old negligence or carelessness?
Suppose the accident is ‘all my fault’?
What about ‘accidents’ that result from an ‘act of god’?
What about ‘accidents’ resulting from defective products?
If I go to a circus knowing that wild animals are there, or to a baseball game and get hit by a foul ball, do I ‘assume the risk’?
As ‘accidents happen’ why are lawyers involved?
Do people need a lawyer for all accidents?
Do I have to pay the lawyer in an accident case up front?
If I am in an accident do I have to speak to the other side’s insurance company?
I injured somebody in a car accident. The insurance company refused to settle within my policy limits, and the jury awarded damages in excess of my policy limits. Must I pay the excess?
While driving next to a golf course that had no fencing, my car’s window was cracked by a golf ball. The course manager claims no responsibility and told me the person who hit the ball is liable (but is impossible to find). Can I sue the owner of the golf course?
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