Car Accident Lawyers
Most car accident cases are based on the concept of negligence. Car accident lawyers tend to be creative
in adapting common law negligence concepts to new circumstances, and additionally incorporating violations
of statutes and ordinances as a basis for liability. All car accident lawyers should be intimately familiar
with both common law causes of action and local statutes and ordinances.
How car accident lawyers adapt statutory violations
Many traffic safety codes specifically provide a standard of culpability for injuries caused by a moving
violation. Commonly, a conviction for a traffic violation creates a rebuttable presumption of liability for
bodily harm. When this presumption is not provided by statute, car accident lawyers nevertheless may argue a
violation as the basis of liability, by connecting the purpose of the statute (i.e. providing safe roadways
for the public and preventing collisions) and the resulting harm to a plaintiff.
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