In most cases, spinal cord injuries are caused by someone else’s negligence. To succeed on a negligence claim, you must prove:
Duty: The defendant had a legal duty of care;
Breach: The defendant breached that duty by acting or failing to act in a certain way (negligent);
Causation: The defendant’s negligent act caused actually caused your injury; and,
Damages: You were actually harmed or injured as a result.
Product Liability
A defective product could also cause injuries to the spinal cord. For example, your seat belt snapped or the air bags did not deploy when you were involved in a car accident could cause or contribute to the resulting spinal cord injuries. Similar to a negligence claim, you must prove the product is defective in one or more of the following ways:
The design of the product was inherently dangerous;
The product was not manufactured according to the proper design and therefore, did not perform as intended; or,
There was a lack of, or inadequate, warning labels against the product’s reasonable foreseeable dangers.
Seek Legal Counsel with a Personal Injury Attorney in Orange County
For more information about your spinal cord injury, contact an experienced and skilled personal injury attorney in Orange County with Russell & Lazarus APC at (949) 851-0222.