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
- 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:
- failed to timely apply her brakes;
- failed to maintain a proper lookout;
- failed to turn the vehicle to avoid the collision;
- 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;
- failed to take proper evasive action;
- followed Plaintiffs vehicle more closely than an ordinary and prudent person would have done under the same or similar circumstances; and
- failed to control
Types of Damages
- Physical pain in the past, present and future;
- Mental anguish in the past, present and future;
- Medical expenses in the past, present and future;
- Physical impairment in the past, present and future
- Physical disfigurement;
- Lost wages;
- Loss of earning capacity and
- Property