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Personal Injury Lawyers in Lake City, Ocala

Generally, people only file a lawsuit against another party if they have been injured as the result of someone else’s actions, and they file the suit in order to seek compensation for either medical expenses, damages, lost wages or the like.

The most common personal injury cases involve automobile accidents, dog bites, and falls. But there are many other areas that are known as personal injury law.

Personal injury law is also known as tort law and typically arises when someone acts in a negligent manner that results in injury or damage to another.

In general, negligence is the failure to use due care. Due care is that degree of care that a reasonable and prudent person would use in like or similar circumstances.

In general, negligence must be demonstrated by a plaintiff in a tort action before a plaintiff may recover damages from a defendant. Defendants may allege that the plaintiff himself was negligent and contributed to the damages suffered.

There are other areas of tort law that are more refined for particular cases. For example, in medical malpractice the plaintiff must prove professional negligence; in other words, the medical provider failed to use that degree of care that a reasonable and prudent medical provider would use under like or similar circumstances. There are also areas of the law where a defendant may be held strictly liable if someone is injured. Those types of cases typically occur when a person is bitten by a dog without provocation, in product liability claims, or when persons are injured when a defendant undertakes an ultra-hazardous activity.

If you live in the Lake City and Ocala area and have been injured as a result of the negligent actions of another please contact our personal injury lawyers today for a free case evaluation. The first step to determine if you have a case is to go over the specifics of your case with us.