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Legal Grounds for Filing a Personal Injury Suit...

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Negligence
by: Law Lady

The legal grounds you have would be under a negligence theory. In those cases, you need to prove that a person:

1. owed you a duty;
2. breached the duty;
3. caused actual and proximate damages; and
4. damages.

Stepping through each prong shows that you do have a claim. The owner of the car owed you a duty such that if you repaired their vehicle, you would not be injured in the process.

That duty is considered "breached" because you were in fact injured. The vehicle falling on you was both the actual and proximate cause of your injuries (as opposed to an injury that occurred in a long chain of incidences) and you were actually damaged (broken legs, etc.)

Because you have a viable negligence cause of action, the first step would be to pursue a claim against the insurance company. However, you may also have a workers compensation claim with your employer if you were actually working at the time that you were called to repair this vehicle.

What is not known to many people is that you can actually pursue a claim for both causes of action (personal injury and workers compensation). In order to proceed with workers comp, you will need to contact your employer and submit a claim (if applicable).

Since laws change frequently and across jurisdictions you should get a personalized case evaluation from an attorney licensed in your state (if you haven't already). Find an experienced local attorney to give you a FREE personalized case review here.


Best of luck,

Law Guy


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