Common Personal Injury Cases

There are many types of accidents that can result in bodily injury and/or death.

At Dore Law Group, PLLC, we represent clients in all types of personal injury claims, including:

In most cases, these accidents need not occur. In the case of car and truck crashes, for example, many severe accidents are caused by negligent and reckless acts of drivers. These acts may include driving while intoxicated or while under the influence of a drug, running red lights, speeding or violating other traffic laws, driving while distracted with cell phone usage or texting, or driving when the driver is too tired.

Proving Negligence & Damages

When accidents are caused by the reckless or negligent acts of others, the job of a personal injury lawyer is to seek the maximum compensation possible for injured clients. To do so, it is important to thoroughly investigate accidents in order to determine who is liable. In many cases, more than one person may be responsible for causing an accident.

Proving Liability

Under the law, in order to recover damages in a personal injury case, the injured person must show that the defendant or defendants breached a duty owed to the injured person. For instance, when we all drive, we owe a legal duty to others on the road to drive safely, to control our vehicle, and to obey all traffic regulations.

If a person runs a red light, this will be an example of breaching the duty owed to other drivers to drive in a safe manner. If the person hits another vehicle coming from a side street after running a red light, the person running the red light will be liable for all damages sustained by those in the vehicle that was hit.

In order to prove legal liability, Dore Law Group, PLLC will often retain accident reconstructionists and other experts. These experts are a vital part of proving negligence in a court of law and showing that the defendant or defendants breached their liability towards those injured. In the course of litigation, the defendant or defendants will also typically retain their own accident reconstructionists or use favorable witness statements to show why they are not liable, rather than simply admitting that they were the cause of the accident and injuries.

As a result, if you have been injured, it will be to your advantage to retain experienced legal counsel with years of successfully proving liability on behalf of clients. At Dore Law Group, PLLC, attorney Jim Dore, Jr., has been making the case for injured clients for more than 30 years.

Proving Damages

In addition to proving negligence, we must also prove the damages sustained by our client. This aspect sometimes also requires experts to ascertain aspects such as lost damages from work. Damages may also be recoverable for pain and suffering, medical bills, and other economic and emotional loss.