Personal Injury Lawsuits
Atlanta Personal Injury Lawsuits
Henry Spiegel Milling LLP helps you file personal injury lawsuits in Atlanta when you have been injured. To prevail in Atlanta personal injury lawsuits, you must bear less than half of the fault for the injury. If attorneys for the two sides cannot come to a satisfactory settlement agreement, the issue of fault will be decided at trial in personal injury lawsuits in Atlanta.
The Existence of a Duty
One factor in determining fault is the existence of a duty of care, which is owed to you by the person who caused your injury. Some situations in which a person owes you a duty of care are—
- Another driver when you drive or walk on the same street
- A medical practitioner when you seek medical treatment
- A building owner when you are welcome near or on the property
- A manufacturer when you purchase a project
We must establish the existence of a duty of care to have cause to file Atlanta personal injury lawsuits.
Failure to Carry Out the Duty
For personal injury lawsuits in Atlanta to be successful, we also must prove that the person who had the duty of care failed to carry out that duty. To continue with the same set of examples, this would mean that—
- The driver was not paying sufficient attention while driving
- The medical practitioner did not exercise the standard of care
- The building owner did not take adequate safety precautions
- The manufacturer did not properly test the product for consumer safety.
These failures of duty are important to establishing fault in personal injury lawsuits in Dekalb County.
The Failure Caused You to Be Injured
The final step in determining fault in personal injury lawsuits in Atlanta is connecting the failure of duty to your injury. For example—
- The inattentive driver ran you down, causing your brain injury
- The medical practitioner careless prescribed the wrong medicine, causing your chronic seizures
- The building owner's failure to secure a railing resulted in your fall and head injury
- The manufacturer's careless inspection process caused you to lose a finger while using the dangerous product
These are examples of our final steps for proving fault in Atlanta personal injury lawsuits.
Call our attorneys from Henry Spiegel Milling for assistance with Atlanta personal injury lawsuits at 866-959-3877 or use our email form and contact us today for a free consultation. An experienced attorney will assist you with injury lawsuits in Georgia today!