When most people think of auto accidents, they think of collisions between speeding cars at intersections, on highways, or on other types of public streets. One place most people do not think about traffic accidents occurring is in the lots outside retail stores and private residential complexes. However, not only are such crashes fairly common, but they can also cause serious and even life-threatening injuries.
Parking lot accidents in Nashville can cause real losses, and you may have a right to seek civil restitution from the person—or people—to blame for them. If you want the best possible chance of getting a positive result, you will need help from an experienced car accident attorney who knows the area well and knows exactly how to handle claims like yours.
Regardless of where a traffic accident happens or who is involved in it, any ensuing lawsuit or settlement demand will be built around the idea of negligence. A Tennessee driver is negligent if they violate their duty of care to act lawfully and responsibly behind the wheel and instead act recklessly, carelessly, or illegally. Their irresponsible act must also be the main and direct cause of an accident that probably would not have occurred otherwise.
To have valid grounds for a personal injury lawsuit after a Nashville parking lot crash, your injury must be serious enough to require some kind of professional medical care. A qualified legal professional can provide vital help with collecting and utilizing all available evidence to establish that your wreck was serious enough to justify a lawsuit and that you deserve compensation from a negligent driver, vehicle manufacturer, or parking lot owner.
A comprehensive civil claim over a parking lot collision in Nashville can seek compensation for both economic and non-economic consequences—in other words, losses with an objective financial value and losses that must be valued subjectively based on your own unique experiences. Depending on the circumstances, this can mean seeking recovery for things such as:
You will need to take action quickly after your wreck actually occurs, since Tennessee Code § 28-3-104 generally gives personal injury victims a maximum of one year after initially getting hurt to start any lawsuit they intend to file over that injury.
The idea of starting a civil lawsuit after parking lot accidents in Nashville may understandably be unsettling, especially if you have little or no experience with the civil court system. If you have been seriously hurt in a wreck of this nature because someone else was irresponsible, proactively enforcing your right to civil recovery may be essential to protect your best interests now and well into the future.
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