Injuries occur on the freeways and streets of the Los Angeles area with staggering frequency. Auto accident injury law is a very specific niche within the realm of personal injury, and Robert Mansell has a high degree of knowledge and experience in relation to auto accident injury law.

Personal injury law, and as a result law suits involving auto accidents, are governed by the basic elements of negligence. These are detailed below:

1. Duty

a. General duty of ordinary care. This, in plain terms, is the degree of care that ordinarily and prudent people can be reasonably expected to put forth in a similar situation.

• (1) Degree of care varies with 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 is the foreseeability of the danger

b. Affirmative duty of care

• (1) Generally: One is not liable if one does not get involved in an ongoing situation.
• (2) A person can voluntarily assume a duty of care by getting involved in a situation, such as "rubber necking" at an accident and causing further injury.
• (3) If the person in the other car is related or an employee of yours, you may have a duty to aid, protect, or warn that person of danger.
• (4) If you create a dangerous driving situation, you are liable for not preventing others from being injured by it.

2. Breach of duty

A person who has this duty above must breach it by either acting negligently or failing to act when legally required to do so.

3. Damages

The injured person must be able to show damages. Examples include damage to the car, medical bills and lost wages.

4. Causation

This is a very difficult concept. The plaintiff's damages must be caused, either directly or indirectly, by the defendant's breach of his or her duty.

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