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Staten Island NY Personal Injury Lawyer > Posts tagged "causation"

What is Negligence?

One can only bring a lawsuit for negligence if they can establish all four of the required elements. If any one of the elements is missing, then there is no negligence from a legal standpoint, and a lawsuit cannot be sustained. Of course, there are often defenses and other technicalities involved with proving such a case, so it is always best to contact a qualified, licensed attorney to help answer your questions and guide you through the process of analyzing your claim or defense to negligence.Attorneys are infamous for using “legalese,” or terms that have a special meaning in the...

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A Personal Injury Case Roadmap

When you get injured due to the actions of another, you should consult a lawyer. Generally, however, when injury occurs, the law asks a few key questions: Duty—Is one person required to take care not to injure another? The law does not impose an absolute responsibility on everyone to take care of everyone else in all situations. So, some injuries are simply accidents, not addressable in court. The way the law begins to distinguish between injuries that are mere accidents and those that are torts, is by asking “Did the person or entity that caused your injury have a “duty” to take some...

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