Is a fee paid to a lawyer conducting a suit, esp. A suit for damages, in the event that the suit is successful and generally based on a percentage of the sum recovered.

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A person is considered negligent when he/she fails to react as an Ordinary, Reasonable Person. Just how an "ordinary, reasonable person" should act in a given situation can be a gray area. The determination of whether an individual has met his/her standard is often decided by a jury after presentation of evidence and argument at trial.

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Comparative Negligence occurs when both parties have failed to reach the ordinary reasonable person standard. In a situation where each party has demonstrated a degree of neglect in causing an auto accident, the responsibility to the other party is reduced by one's own degree of neglectful behavior.

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This is the initial act that sets off a continuous sequence of events that causes injury. If there was not an initial act to cause injury, no injury would have occurred.

Any time you act, you cause a series of continuous events to occur. Responsibility for the injury lies with the last negligent act that produced the injury.

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This is the event that alters the natural and continuous series of events that follows between one act, or failure to act, and another. Since the natural chain of events has been changed due to the act of another, the initial party may be relieved of responsibility for injury.

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A Civil Lawsuit is a court case that is non-criminal and commonly involves a private citizen or business that seeks compensation from another party due to violation of their rights.

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A Criminal Case is where the defendant is being charged with committing a criminal act. If Found guilty, a criminal defendant can face fines, incarceration and a variety of other penalties.

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An Concussion occurs when the brain strikes the skull due to a blow to the head, sometimes causing disruption of the normal function of the brain.

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Capable of being repaired or rectified. Unable to determine the outcome of being repaired. A possibility of being repaired..

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The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

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A grave crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, that is punishable by death (see capital offense) or imprisonment in a state or federal facility.

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