Protect your rights after an auto accident injury. Consult with our Los Angeles accident attorneys to determine your legal strategy.

Los Angeles is very appropriately referred to as a car culture. Perhaps in no other metropolitan area are people more reliant on vehicles of all types: automobiles, trucks, SUVs, campers, RVs, and more. This makes it inevitable that automobile injuries will occur on our vast network of Los Angeles freeways and streets.

Auto accident injury law is a very specific niche within the realm of personal injury. Whether you were injured while driving, or were a pedestrian injured by any motor vehicle, rest assured that L.A. attorney Robert Mansell understands the intricacies of auto accident injury law and can help resolve your case.

You need an attorney that understands the niche field of auto accident law. Experienced auto accident lawyer Robert Mansell can pursue your injury dispute and deliver the compensation you deserve.

Auto accidents are part of the filed of personal injury law, which is governed by the basic elements of negligence. These are:

• Duty
• Breach of Duty
• Damages
• Causation

1. Duty

A. There is a default duty of ordinary care. This, in plain terms, is the degree of care that an ordinarily prudent person would reasonably be expected to show in a similar auto accident situation.

• (1) The degree of care depends on the circumstances of each auto accident.
• (2) The greater the danger of the circumstances, the more care that is required to avoid liability.
• (3) Another factor in assessing the duty owed is the foreseeability of the danger.

B. Affirmative duty of care

• (1) Generally, a person is not required to be proactive, or act affirmatively, in an ongoing situation. However, there are certain circumstances where a person can be liable if they do not act.
• (2) For example, a person can voluntarily assume a duty of care by getting involved in a situation, by doing something such as "rubber necking" at an accident, subsequently causing further injury.
• (3) If the person in the other car is related to someone or is an employee of theirs, there may have a duty to aid, protect, or warn that person of danger.
• (4) If a person directly creates a dangerous driving situation, that person will be liable for failing to preventing others from being injured by it.

2. Breach of duty

The person who has the duty above must breach it, which means his or her acts or failures to act fall below the standard of care required.

3. Damages

The person injured in an auto accident must be able to show damages. Examples include property damage to the car, medical bills from injuries, and lost wages due to missed work resulting from the injury.

4. Causation

Causation in an auto accident is a very complicated element of a negligence claim. The plaintiff's damages must be caused, either directly or indirectly, by the defendant's breach of duty. Proving causation in an automobile accident requires an understanding of California's complex rules of evidence as well as the ability to secure truthful and reliable testimony from witnesses to the accident. It is in proving who caused a car accident that attorney Robert Mansell excels.

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How does your case fit into the legal template outlined above? The only way to find out definitively is by speaking to an expert in the field of auto accident law. Speak directly with Los Angeles automobile accident attorney Robert Mansell for a free assessment of the facts in your case. You can reach Mr. Mansell any time at (323)800-0000, or contact us through the secure and confidential website form found here.

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