Tampa Personal Injury Laws
Personal injury law is a form of tort law that covers any wrong or harm done to another in their person, reputation, property, or rights. A personal injury can occur on the job, in an automobile accident, as a result of a defective product or a faulty repair, because of a medical error, or because you slipped and fell on an unsafe surface.
Some examples of personal injury law include medical malpractice, wrongful death, automobile negligence, slip and falls, and nursing home abuse. If you believe that you have sustained a personal injury because of the acts or omissions of another person, contact the Tampa personal injury law firm of Mac A. Greco, Jr., P.A. today.
Tampa injury law
In order for you to have a personal injury case, another person had to have caused you harm. Under personal injury laws in Tampa, negligence is defined as the failure to use reasonable care. Reasonable care is that degree of care which a reasonably careful person would use under like circumstances. Negligence may consist either in doing something that a reasonably careful person would not do under like circumstances or in failing to do something that a reasonably careful person would do under like circumstances.
In order for your personal injury claim to be successful, you will first need to prove the basic elements of negligence:
- Duty
- Failing to meet the prevailing standard of care of care
- Proximate cause
- Actual injury
