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Negligence

Personal injury law protects those who are injured as a result of the negligence of another. Negligence occurs when someone fails to do something or does something that a prudent person would or wouldn't do. When this happens you need a Negligence Injury attorney to explain, explore and protect your rights.

Los Angeles Serious personal injury lawyer Scott Marks has achieved superior results in serious personal injury cases and is a notably successful attorney in resolving insurance company coverage disputes in both personal injury and property damage.

Whether you have a serious injury the result of a motor vehicle accident, a dog bite, construction accident, dangerous property conditions or someone's negligence in Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County or San Bernardino County, Scott Marks provides more than 20 years of experience as a personal injury attorney to his clients.

If you are encountering an insurance company personal injury or property damage claim denial or dispute Mr. Marks is notably effective in dispute resolution with insurance companies.

Not only are people responsible for the intentional harm they cause, but their failure to act as a reasonable person would be expected to act in similar circumstances (i.e. "negligence") will also give rise to compensation. Negligence, if it causes injury to another, can give rise to a liability suit under tort. Negligence is always assessed having regards to the circumstances and to the standard of care which would reasonably be expected of a person in similar circumstances. Everybody has a duty to ensure that their actions do not cause harm to others.

Negligence is either the failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under given circumstances or the doing of something that a reasonable person would not do under those circumstances.

Negligence involves a violation of a legal duty, imposed by statute, contract, or otherwise, owed to the person injured. Thus, you must show that the negligent person owed a duty to you to use care, that duty was breached, and was the actual cause of your injury.

Duty: There are two general types of duty imposed by law.

First, everyone has a duty to use ordinary care in conducting activities from which harm might reasonably be anticipated. California Civ. Code §1714(a), which provides that everyone is responsible, not only for the result of his or her willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his or her want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his or her property or person, except so far as the other person has, willfully or by want of ordinary care, brought the injury upon himself or herself. Liability for negligent conduct is, therefore, the rule, to which no exception is made unless clearly supported by public policy considerations.

Secondly, a person may have a duty to warn or protect others or to control the conduct of others, if a special relationship exists with you.