{"id":975,"date":"2018-10-22T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/?p=975"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T11:54:29","slug":"winning-a-personal-injury-lawsuit-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/winning-a-personal-injury-lawsuit-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning a Personal Injury Lawsuit \u2013 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Establishing a Causal Link between the Defendant\u2019s Breach of Duty and the Accident that Caused Your Losses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Part One of this series, we looked at the standard of care required in a personal injury lawsuit and how it is determined. Once you\u2019ve shown that another person failed to act as a reasonable person would, you must prove that this failure caused an accident (and that you suffered actual losses as a consequence of the accident). Under the law, there are two different types of causation, both of which must be shown: actual cause and proximate cause.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-944503634.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-976 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-944503634.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-944503634-300x200.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 724px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 724\/483;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Law should know concept, The lawyer explained to the client to plan the case in court.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actual Cause<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Actual cause, also known as \u201cbut for\u201d cause, is typically pretty straightforward. It simply addresses the question of whether the accident would have occurred \u201cbut for\u201d the defendant\u2019s breach of the standard of care. Actual cause can be difficult to determine when there are multiple, concurrent causes to an accident. For example, if one&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardleelaw.com\/personal-injury\/automobile-accidents\/\">motorist<\/a>&nbsp;runs a stop sign and collides with a second motorist, but the second motorist had swerved to avoid a pothole, there could be but for cause on the part of the driver or the entity responsible for maintaining the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proximate Cause<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a practical matter, it can be relatively easy to establish actual cause, even if the accident that occurred was not reasonably foreseeable as a result of the breach of the standard of care. That\u2019s why the concept of proximate cause arose. Under the concept of proximate cause, the jury must determine that the accident caused was \u201creasonably foreseeable\u201d as a consequence of the careless act. In other words, the negligent act must be \u201cproximately\u201d related to the accident such that a reasonable person would consider it the cause. As an example, if a motorist runs a red light, it may be reasonably foreseeable that he will strike another vehicle. However, it may not be reasonably foreseeable that the other vehicle would careen into a gas station, hit a gas pump and cause a fire that burns down a city block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Establishing a Causal Link between the Defendant\u2019s Breach of Duty and the Accident that Caused Your Losses In Part One of this series, we looked at the standard of care required in a personal injury lawsuit and how it is determined. 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