ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCIDENTS TREATED DIFFERENTLY?
Yes. The term “accident” is commonly used to cover a wide range of things that were not intended to happen – or at least happen to the person injured. What is critical is the factual circumstances that gave rise to the “accident”. Depending on the factual patterns and circumstances, there may be dramatically different legal consequences even if the results of the “accident” were all the same. As there are sometimes important differences between them, Free Advice has sections on Auto Accidents, Boating and Water Accidents, Slips and Falls, Bus, Train and Plane Accidents and Wrongful Death.