Don’t Suffer For Someone Else’s Negligence
Accidents are very unfortunate and can happen anytime anywhere. The resulting injuries can be serious or sometimes even fatal. Mostly, these types of accidents are result of someone else’s negligence and the burden of financial and health consequences fall over you. The Personal injury law deals with various types of accidents causing unintentional injuries and is used to get compensation from the person accountable.
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, accidental injuries are causes behind more than 30 million hospital emergency cases every year and the fourth leading cause of death in Portugal. By law, negligence is a legal theory under which the party responsible may be held liable for injuries and other damages incurred by the victim owing to that accident. The following are the types of cases in this section: Motor vehicle accidents, in which a driver, passenger or pedestrian is injured as a result of reckless behavior of another driver; slip and fall accidents due to wet floors or uneven sidewalks; premises or product liability cases where a person suffers due to dangerous condition of someone else’s property or product respectively; medical practice due to medical errors; wrongful death in case of unintentional grievous physical hurt.
Elements Of Such A Lawsuit
Such a lawsuit includes the following elements:
- Claim for damages: pleading before a court of law your case by mentioning the names of the parties and seeking damages by legal attorney.
- Mediation: an effort to settle the case between the parties by negotiation before an impartial party.
- Settlement: a financial amount agreed upon between the two parties to resolve the case.
- Damages: one may be entitled to cover economic damages like medical expenses and lost wages and also non economical damages like pain and suffering.
- Judgment: final verdict of the judge awarding compensation after hearing the case entirely from both sides.
Events Leading To Claim Such Damages
The common issues leading to lawsuits to claim damages from the responsible parties are: car accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian and crosswalk accidents, bicycle and motorcycle accidents, slip trips and falls, workplace accidents, physical hurt caused by defective and dangerous product or dangerous property hazard, medical malpractice.
Time Limit To File Such Law Suit
- Personal injury: within two years from the date of accident.
- Medical malpractice: within two years from the date of physical hurt or from the date of getting knowledge of the hurt.
- Wrongful death: within three years of the accident leading to death (not date of actual death)
If you or someone you know has suffered from such accident do seek legal help. Get in touch with a legal attorney to take care of your case. You can also contact our law firm for assistance. We shall be helping you with our best services to ensure you get the right compensation that you are entitled to. Contact us online or call us, details of which are given on our website. We will be glad to help you.
