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  PERSONAL INJURY
California Personal Injury Lawyers
Personal Injury Attorneys in California
Accidents create many injuries: physical, mental, emotional and financial. Chain-Younger attorneys and staff listen, understand, and really care about getting you and your family back on your feet again.
For information on personal injury lawsuits, please visit the topics below. In addition, our Frequently Asked Questions on personal injury will provide further information that may be helpful to you.
Torts
Sequence of a Case/Your Participation in a Case
Uninsured Motorist Claim
Chain-Younger provides important safety and legal information regarding personal injury matters. We specialize in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. If you are in need of a personal injury attorney that handles such issues as the ones listed below, then you've come to the right place:
TORTS
Torts (Personal Injury) can be classified in three broad categories:
Negligence
Intentional Torts
Strict Liability (absolute liability)
How do you define negligence?
The most common tort is negligence. Negligence is the doing of something that a reasonably prudent person would not do, or the failure to do something that a reasonably prudent person would do, under similar circumstances. It is the failure to use ordinary or reasonable care. Ordinary or reasonable care is that care which persons of ordinary prudence would use in order to avoid injury to themselves or others under similar circumstances.
Some common negligence claims involve:
How do you define intentional tort?
Intentional tort is the "malicious" or "intentional" infliction of harm that results in injury. Many intentional torts are also criminal offenses. For example, drunk driving is a criminal offense.
Types of intentional torts are:
How do you define strict (absolute) liability?
Strict or absolute liability means that the defendant is responsible for injuring another person regardless of negligence or intent. Some instances in which the law might apply strict liability are:
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Attorney-Client relationship is not created by viewing this information.
Changes in the law or the specific facts of your case may result in legal
interpretations that are different from those presented. To protect your
legal rights following severe injury or wrongful death resulting from an
accident, it is wise to immediately consult Chain-Younger.
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