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August 03, 2011
Auto Accident Cases
• defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff; • defendant breached its duty; • plaintiff suffered damages; • defendant’s breach caused the plaintiff’s harm. Whether there is a duty to a plaintiff may come from Hawaii traffic laws. Police reports sometimes cite violations of vehicle codes, evidencing a duty breach. A police officer may be called to testify at trial. Most likely the officer will go by what is on the report. The officer writes up so many reports that s/he may unlikely remember the exact details of any particular accident. The plaintiff will have to introduce the police report as an official record to except from the hearsay rule. When involved in an accident, write down the details of the wreck to remember the crash accurately. These notes are invaluable when a Hawaii injury lawyer helps a plaintiff in putting together a compensation demand. In a car accident, types of damages the injured person may recover include: • medical care for brain injury or spinal cord injury; • lost wages or business income if self-employed; • pain and suffering from chronic back and neck pain; • emotional distress from inability to sleep; • psychological counseling from being afraid to drive again. Often the legal aspects of car accidents require urgent action. Contact a Hawii injury lawyer to obtain the maximum monetary recovery for car accident losses.
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