Description

This product is a sample petition for negligence in car accident case.

This document is used to file a lawsuit when a car accident has occurred, and the insurance company is not offering enough money.

Snippet from Petition in Auto-accident Case

NEGLIGENCE OF JANE SMITH

1. At the time of the accident, defendant was operating his vehicle negligently. Defendant’s negligence was the proximate cause of Plaintiffs Defendant had a duty to  exercise ordinary care and operate her vehicle reasonably and prudently. Defendant breached said  duty in one or more of the following ways:
2. failed to timely apply her brakes;
3. failed to maintain a proper lookout;
4. failed to turn the vehicle to avoid the collision;
5. drove the vehicle at a rate of speed greater than that which an ordinary and prudent person would have driven under the same or similar circumsta11ces;
6. failed to take proper evasive action;
7. followed Plaintiffs vehicle more closely than an ordinary and prudent person would have done under the same or similar circumstances; and
8. failed to control

Types of Damages

1. Physical pain in the past, present and future;
2. Mental anguish in the past, present and future;
3. Medical expenses in the past, present and future;
4. Physical impairment in the past, present and future
5. Physical disfigurement;
6. Lost wages;
7. Loss of earning capacity and
8. Property