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Tampa Personal Injury Attorney Discusses Degrees of
Fault: Negligence, Intentional Fault, Strict Liability
As soon as you hire Clark and Martino,
P.A., as your Tampa personal injury
attorney, we get to work determining who may be
responsible for your injury and how much the responsible
party should pay for damages resulting from your injury.
Florida law recognizes that the person who caused the
injury may be responsible for a certain amount of fault,
depending on the person’s involvement in the injury.
The different degrees of fault are called negligence,
intentional fault, and strict liability.
Negligence: Legally
speaking, negligence is defined as “carelessness”
or “failure to use due care.” For example,
if someone’s careless driving caused you to sustain
serious injury, the careless party may be liable to
pay for your injuries. A Tampa personal injury attorney
from Clark and Martino, P.A., would strive to prove
the link between the defendant’s negligence and
your injury.
Intentional Fault:
Sometimes, personal injury is caused by a person who
deliberately meant to do harm. Intentional fault may
also be called malicious, purposeful, or knowing. An
example of intentional fault (also known as intentional
tort) might be when one person purposefully throws an
object toward another person with the goal of causing
an injury.
Strict Liability: Strict
liability is defined as “liability without fault.”
Strict liability is often seen in cases of product liability,
for example, when a manufactured product causes injury.
In strict liability situations, defendants may be liable
for a personal injury whether or not they were careful
and regardless of whether they meant to do harm.
In addition to figuring out the degree
of fault in a case, a Tampa personal
injury attorney from Clark and Martino, P.A., would
also work to make sure you are properly compensated
for the damages you suffered from your personal injury.
To discuss your case with a Tampa personal injury attorney,
call Clark and Martino, P.A., at 1-888-868-5615.
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