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ACCIDENT FAULT
During the settlement of any car accident fault determination is one of the most important and crucial factor. No one could agree easily for taking the responsibility of fault regarding car accident. Because the faulty person is one whose negligence cause the car accident and it is the duty of that person to pay for the car accident and its consequences, to help the victim of car accident. This payment will help him in his crisis to recover loses and survive easily.
Two situations can be arrived over here. If the negligence of car accident is due to one person and it is clearly visible than the responsible person will pay the compensation amount for car accident. But in the second situation where the negligence is not proved at one side and if both parties are involve in car accident than the decision was made to have mutual sharing compensation between the involved people.
In the past this procedure was not followed. Previously, if the injured party in car accident is even little bit involve in the accident than he or she does not deserve the compensation. This method of decision is known as contributory negligence. With the passage of time, jury feels that it is quite injustice attitude towards the victim of car accident. So now days if the victim is responsible for car accident up to certain limits even still he or she is given compensation for the recovery of his injury.
It is the duty of car accident lawyer to determine the percentage of fault of the involving parties. This percentage is determined by observing the accident details and its surrounding. Insurance companies do not have any hard and fast mathematical calculation to determine the fault of both parties faced car accident.
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