Sentences with phrase «while driver negligence»

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If a company fails to follow these steps, it may be liable for negligence if that driver causes a crash while driving one of the company's trucks.

While First Party benefits will still be available to cover medical expenses, lost wages, and attendant care costs, motorists injured because of another driver's negligence regarding their cargo will have a harder time collecting benefits under their insurance policies.

While a number of factors can contribute to the cause of a car accident such as road design, weather conditions, driver skill level, driver impairment (alcohol or drugs), driver behavior, road debris, or a defect in automotive design, by far the majority of car accidents can be traced back to some form of driver negligence.

While a truck driver may have been the immediate cause of your accident, negligence on the part of a trucking company may also have played a significant role in your accident.

The plaintiff had been struck by a car while crossing the street onto the grounds of a public school, and he filed a negligence lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle that hit him, as well as against several school employees, the town, and members of the school board.

And while it's true that many bus drivers can be found responsible for their careless actions, negligence often falls on other shoulders.

Contributory negligence refers to the situation in which a driver is deemed to be partially at fault for a collision due to their failure to exercise reasonable care while driving.

While negligence is the cause of many church van accidents, it isn't always a driver's carelessness.

Since the law specifically prohibits texting while driving, those injured by a texting driver will have an easier time recovering from the distracted driver under the legal theory of «negligence per se.»

Negligence can arrive in many forms and manifest in different ways — common forms include a drunk driver who got behind the wheel without fully considering the full consequences of their actions, a distracted driver who was doing something like driving while texting, or a driver who did not provide proper care and maintenance for their vehicle.

While most auto accidents occur because of the negligence of a driver, some serious accidents happen because of dangerous automotive products.

Disobeying a traffic law, driving while distracted, speeding, driving drunk and talking on the phone are all examples of driver negligence.

While some of these are just bad luck mishaps, numerous studies based on many years of crash data in both the U.S. and elsewhere have concluded that 93 % of traffic collisions are caused by driver error of some type including intoxication or negligence.

While each case must be evaluated on an individual basis, damages may include medical expenses and cost of future medical care, loss of wages, loss of future earning capacity, damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress, and punitive damages designed to punish drivers who acted with gross negligence or malicious intent.

A driver's failure to exercise reasonable care for the safety of motorcyclists while driving on a highway or road may be found to constitute negligence by the driver and result in the driver's liability for the death or injuries sustained by a motorcyclist as a result.

Driver error or negligence, such as speeding, failing to look carefully before turning or changing lanes, or being distracted while driving, can cause car accidents.

While the criminal proceedings might involve a determination of what restitution is to be made to you, the victim in the incident, it isn't designed for that purpose, which is why we have civil courts in which you can bring a civil claim (likely of negligence) against the drunk driver who caused the accident in which you were injured.

This type of negligence can also happen if the driver fails to check mirrors and does not follow proper federal safety regulations while operating their vehicles.

When a commercial truck driver kills or injures a person while driving under the influence, truck accident attorneys will not only seek negligence against the driver, but seek out punitive damages too.

No two car accidents are alike — some car accidents are caused by driver negligence (such as «texting and driving» cases), while others are caused by mechanical failure (i.e., the brakes on the car fail), and still others are caused by the negligent actions of an intoxicated driver.

While auto accident cases typically focus on the negligence of an at - fault driver, litigation involving self - driving technology is likely to be as much about dangerous products and defective design.

Driver negligence consists of things like running a stop sign, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, failing to yield to the bicycle rider or being inattentive while backing out of a driveway.

While public transit is generally safe, accidents do occur because of driver negligence, unsafe driving practices, poor maintenance, defective parts, and dangerous road conditions.

Since no reasonable driver would ever allow him or herself to be distracted while driving, any evidence that a driver was distracted can provide the basis for a negligence case.

The above mentioned driver is guilty of contributory negligence by texting while driving.

While your automobile liability insurance policy provides coverage for every passenger in your vehicle injured in an accident caused by the driver's negligence, it will most likely not provide any liability coverage when the injured passenger is your spouse.