NYC PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER FOR NEGLIGENCE CASES

Elements of Proving Negligence

In any personal injury case, four elements are evaluated to determine if the injuries under question were caused by negligent behavior according to the standard of care being used.

1. The first element is duty. The plaintiff filing the claim must demonstrate that the defendant owed a duty to the injured party to exercise a certain type or amount of care. For instance, a driver has a duty to his or her passengers to exercise a reasonable amount of care in their driving methods such as adhering to traffic laws and signs.
2. Once a duty has been established, the plaintiff must then show that the defendant committed a breach of that duty by failing in his or her responsibility to meet the standards expected of them. To continue the example used above, this breach could take the form of a text message sent by the driver, which is against traffic laws.
3. That breach must then be proven as the direct cause of injury to the plaintiff or plaintiffs in order to warrant a personal injury claim against the defendant. This means that the text message sent while driving must be why the driver veered off of the road and hit a tree.
4. Lastly, the plaintiff must be able to show that they experienced a demonstrable degree of damage because of that breach of duty.

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