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Any negligence-based lawsuit will ultimately need to answer questions of actual and proximate causation among the parties involved, including whether the plaintiff was also negligent in some way. When there are multiple defendants, such as in a multi-vehicle car accident, their respective share of fault must also be allocated. How this is done brings up the issue of comparative fault. Read on to learn more and if you have any questions, speak with a qualified...

Before former Olympic athlete then-Bruce and now-Caitlyn Jenner became known for undergoing sex change surgery, she became perhaps better known this year for a fatal multi-car accident that took place in February, in which a vehicle that Jenner was driving apparently rear-ended another car which itself had just rear-ended a third car. The impact by Jenner's vehicle apparently not only caused the original rear-end collision to happen a second time, it also allegedly sent the...

Wrongful death claims in California can lead to confusion in a number of ways. Most people, when they contemplate filing a lawsuit based on a physical injury, think in terms of injury to themselves; but a wrongful death claim relates to injuries suffered by someone else. Furthermore, it can be challenging to understand how a wrongful death lawsuit can be proven in court when the person directly involved -- the decedent -- is unavailable to...

When considering the consequences of a brain injury, specifically money damages arising from a negligence-based lawsuit, it is not hard to imagine the award of a sum of money when the injury to the brain manifests itself physically. For example, if the brain injury results in a disability, such as temporary or permanent blindness, or paralysis, or impaired motor skills, these are injuries that can have a direct impact on one's ability to earn a...

For many years the law in California that governs a property owner's liability adhered to the precept that the legal status of the person who was injured on the property made a difference. The law classed people who entered onto the property of another into categories such as "invitees" or "licensees" or "trespassers" -- all depending on what degree of permission, if any, they had to be on the property of the landholder where they...