Dallas Personal Injury Law
Personal injury law in Dallas respresents the area of law that focuses on
recovering compensation for injured victims. This represents a wide
variety of situations where someone covers has been physically or emotionally
harmed, and/or property has been damaged. In legal arenas, personal injury law
may sometimes be referred to as "tort" law, the French word for "wrong."
Dallas Personal injury law is the body of law that allows one to be compensated
in the event that someone else's negligence, recklessness or intentional
misconduct harms or damages you or your personal property. Automobile accidents
are common events of the type involved with personal injury law. If
someone collides with your vehicle while you are stopped at a red light, that
person may be considered negligent, and is referred to as the "tortfeasor"
(French for "wrongdoer"). In Dallas that person is then considered the
"defendant" if a lawsuit is brought forward, and the injured person is called
the "plaintiff" or "claimant." Texas state law normall
controls personal injury lawsuits, but federal law may cover in certain
situations. For example, an injury suffered on federal property may be covered
by the Federal Tort Claims Act, or liability for injuries suffered in an
airplane crash may be governed by international treaties. A personal injury
claim is always brought on behalf of an injured party in order to recover
compensation. As such, one must prove an injury in order to seek
damages in a Dallas case. For example, if you were to slip and fall due to
someone else's negligence , you could not recover damages if you were not
injured from the fall in some way. The Dallas personal injury lawyers at
our firm can assess your case at no cost to you.
Dallas personal injury lawyers are concerned with determining who may be
responsible (who is "liable," or has "liability") for
causing injury and how much the responsible party should be required to pay for
any damages resulting from the injury. Personal injury law can be classified in
the following three broad categories, or degrees of fault: negligence ,
intentional torts and strict liability torts. Each category is comprised of
different types of legal wrongs (or "causes of action"), and indicates
a different "standard of care" that may apply to a given incident.
In all Dallas personal injury cases it is essential that steps be taken to
preserve evidence, investigate the scenario in question, and to file a lawsuit
prior to the the statute of limitations. If you or a loved one is a victim of
personal injury in Dallas, call The Law Offices of Regis Mullen &
Shane Mullen, Inc. now at (214) 747-5240 or CLICK
HERE TO SUBMIT A SIMPLE CASE FORM. We offer you expert Personal Injury
Attorneys Dallas to speak with, and the initial consultation is free of charge,
and if we agree to accept your case, we will work on a
contingent fee
basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary
award or recovery of funds.
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