Personal injury overview

Personal injury overview refers to the area of law that seeks to protect victims who are harmed by the negligence of another person or entity. Negligence, in turn, is defined as the failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person, under the same circumstances, would have exercised. Negligence occurs when a defendant’s conduct imposes an unreasonable risk upon another, which results in injury to that person.  Every person has a legal duty which requires that he or she conduct himself according to a certain standard, so as to avoid unreasonable risk to others.

If someone fails to conform with that duty and causes injury to another person, he or she may be liable for the damages caused.
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