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The Four Elements of Negligence in Maryland

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The Four Elements of Negligence in Maryland

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Award-winning lawyer, Rick Jaklitsch, is the owner of The Jaklitsch Law Group. Through this Maryland-based practice, Rick Jaklitsch and his colleagues provide services to clients who have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence.

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For more than three decades, attorney Rick Jaklitsch has handled numerous high-profile personal injury cases at his Maryland law firm, the Jaklitsch Law Group. Rick Jaklitsch focuses on motor accidents involving passenger and commercial vehicles, including large trucks.

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For more than three decades, attorney Rick Jaklitsch has handled numerous high-profile personal injury cases at his Maryland law firm, the Jaklitsch Law Group. Rick Jaklitsch focuses on motor accidents involving passenger and commercial vehicles, including large trucks.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA) tracks and reports large truck and bus-related accidents in its yearly report, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts. The latest report released in early 2019 analyzed figures compiled from 2017 police reports and other data sources. According to the FMCA, truck-related fatal incidents rose by 40 percent in an 8-year period.

Most fatal large truck crashes took place in rural areas and highways, and occur on weekdays. In accidents where the truck driver was found to be at fault, some of the most commonly cited factors included driver fatigue, disregard for traffic laws, and speeding. The findings suggest that truckers and trucking companies must take precautions to reduce accidents due to driver negligence.

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For more than three decades, attorney Rick Jaklitsch has handled numerous high-profile personal injury cases at his Maryland law firm, the Jaklitsch Law Group. Rick Jaklitsch focuses on motor accidents involving passenger and commercial vehicles, including large trucks.

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One of the country's top personal injury lawyers, Rick Jaklitsch has been honored by Who’s Who in American Law for over 24 years. Rick Jaklitsch has also received the highly-prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating every year for the past 22 years.

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One of the country's top personal injury lawyers, Rick Jaklitsch has been honored by Who's Who in American Law for over 24 years. Rick Jaklitsch has also received the highly-prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating every year for the past 22 years.

The AV Preeminent rating is an honor that only the top 1 percent of lawyers in the country receive. It's the result of an unbiased, peer-reviewed survey judging the ethical standards and legal ability of attorneys. AV Preeminent lawyers are deemed to have the highest professional skills and ethical practices by their peers.

Famous AV Preeminent recipients include Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts and President Barack Obama.

The Distinguished rating is also very coveted. It's granted to lawyers who have a wealth and breadth of experience that has led to them being noticed in the legal community. It also signals a substantial accomplishment in their professional work and their ethical integrity.

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One of the country's top personal injury lawyers, Rick Jaklitsch has been honored by Who's Who in American Law for over 24 years. Rick Jaklitsch has also received the highly-prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating every year for the past 22 years.

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The owner of the Jaklitsch Law Group in Upper Marlboro, Rick Jaklitsch has extensive experience in the legal profession, including more than 25 years managing his own law firm. A practicing attorney, Rick Jaklitsch was recently recognized as one of Maryland’s Super Lawyers, a distinction for which only five percent of the state’s attorneys are selected.

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Attorney Rick Jaklitsch is the owner of the Jaklitsch Law Group in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. In recent years, Rick Jaklitsch has been recognized for his contributions to the law profession. He received Maryland’s Super Lawyer Award for 2020. He has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2007.

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The Steps to Prove Negligence in a Personal Injury Case

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The Steps to Prove Negligence in a Personal Injury Case

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Personal injury attorney Rick Jaklitsch has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for more than 25 years. Throughout his career as an attorney, Rick Jaklitsch has helped thousands of people in cases from million-dollar-plus payouts to as little as $23 in unpaid personal injury protection.

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Personal injury attorney Rick Jaklitsch has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for more than 25 years. Throughout his career as an attorney, Rick Jaklitsch has helped thousands of people in cases from million-dollar-plus payouts to as little as $23 in unpaid personal injury protection.

In a personal injury case, it's often the duty of the plaintiff to prove negligence as it is understood in legal terms. This starts with showing that the defendant had a duty of care, or obligation, to avoid injuring someone placed in the plaintiff's position.

Once that's established, it's necessary to show that the duty of care was breached in some way. It's one thing to show that someone has an obligation - it must then be shown the duty was not met.

Last, the plaintiff has to prove causation. That is to say, beyond showing that there was a duty and the duty was not met, it must be proven that negligence was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries. This is the general way that many personal injury cases proceed, but it's not the only way, and it ultimately depends on the specifics of a case and the strategy of the attorney.

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The Steps to Prove Negligence in a Personal Injury Case

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Personal injury attorney Rick Jaklitsch has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for more than 25 years. Throughout his career as an attorney, Rick Jaklitsch has helped thousands of people in cases from million-dollar-plus payouts to as little as $23 in unpaid personal injury protection.