Rules About Liability
The rules determine liability in Phoenix personal injury attorney cases.
There are several important supplemental rules over and above the basic rules to determine Phoenix personal injury attorney cases. For instance if the injured person was also careless, her compensation will be reduced by the extent of such carelessness. In Arizona, this is called comparative negligence.
In addition, if an accident is caused on property that is dangerous, for instance it is poorly maintained, the owner of the property is liable for being careless in maintaining the property regardless of whether he or she actually created the dangerous condition.
Another often used supplemental rule concerns negligent acts by people who are on the job. Here the employer may also be legally responsible for an accident.
If an accident is caused by the use of a defective product, both the manufacturer as well as the seller can be found liable to the injured party. This is true even if the injured party cannot prove and didn't know which particular party was at fault.
The amount of a person's liability for an accident is determined by comparing her carelessness with the carelessness of the person injured. The percentages of liability determine the percentages of the resulting damages each party must pay. This rule is referred to as comparative negligence.
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