Anytime another party’s negligence or intentional wrongdoing results in another person suffering a serious or deadly injury, it may be possible to file a personal injury lawsuit or a wrongful death claim in Carlsbad. Yet given that personal injury law is such a broad area of the law, it can be confusing to distinguish between and among different kinds of personal injury cases and their required elements. For example, does a plaintiff need to prove something other than negligence in order to win certain types of personal injury cases? Does negligence look different depending upon the particular type of personal injury claim the plaintiff is pursuing? Our Carlsbad personal injury attorneys can provide you with examples about the differences among personal injury lawsuits.
Motor Vehicle Collision Claims
Many motor vehicle collision cases—including car crashes, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and pedestrian and bicycle accidents—begin with insurance claims. These accidents can also result in motor vehicle accident lawsuits that require the injured plaintiff to prove that the at-fault driver was negligent. In a typical traffic collision case, negligence means failing to observe the level of care behind the wheel that a reasonable person would under the circumstances.