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Personal injury law exists to help those who have suffered serious harms due to the negligence, recklessness, or criminal act of another. Victims of personal injuries, or survivors of the death of a loved one have every right to be properly compensated for that loss. The legal system provides a means of recovery to these people. Sometimes it is through insurance settlement negotiations which require the skill and sophistication that all of our lawyers possess. Other times, it requires litigation and trial. Our lawyers are incredibly trained, skilled and experienced in this forum as well.

One must have four main elements for most personal injury claims:

1. Duty of care. The person who caused the injury must have owed you a duty of care at the time of the accident. Examples:
   • • Drivers owe a duty of care not to cause accidents or injury;
     • Doctors owe their patients duties to provide quality care;
     • Manufacturers and sellers of dangerous drugs and medical devices have a duty of care to test, make safe and warn of dangers;
     • Nursing homes have a duty of care to prevent bedsores and injuries;
     • Doctors and hospitals have a duty of care to avoid injuries to babies such as cerebral palsy or brachial plexus injury.
2. Breach of duty of care. This element, also called “negligence,” and it simply means the person or company did not act in a reasonable way to avoid or prevent injury.
3. Causation. The injured party must also prove a causal connection between the other person (or entity’s) actions (or lack thereof) and the injuries themselves. Those actions must be the main cause of, or contribute substantially to, the damages to have a case against the party.
4. Damages. Finally, the injured party must have suffered real or compensable damages in the accident. Real damages include personal injuries, death, medical bills, lost income, lost capacity to earn, lost quality of life, property damage, physical pain, and emotional suffering.

Not all personal injury cases require these four elements. One example, which our lawyers have vast experience handling, are product liability claims in Florida. Sometimes in those matters, and others, the defendant can be subject to “strict liability.”