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Suing For Personal Injuries Caused by a Bar Fight in Charlotte

If you have been injured in a bar fight, contact a Charlotte NC personal injury attorney R. Kent Brown at Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC. He knows how to prove negligence and how to gather the right evidence to prove your case. He is an experienced and proven personal injury lawyer. Contact his office today.<br>

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Suing For Personal Injuries Caused by a Bar Fight in Charlotte

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  1. Suing For Personal Injuries Caused by a Bar Fight in Charlotte

  2. If you have been injured in a bar fight or may be injured by the “bouncer” who got abusive suing for personal injuries is an option depending on the circumstances. Bar fights can be violent and deadly. To start, however, you need to have been injured through no fault of your own. If the jury concludes you are even one percent at fault for your injuries caused in the bar fight or by the bouncer, you will be prohibited from recovering for your injuries.

  3. But, of course, you do not have to be involved in the fight to be injured. Further, it is up to the jury to decide. The Charlotte personal injury lawyers at Brown Moore & Associates know how to “make a case.” Here is some information on suing for personal injuries caused by bar fights in Charlotte, NC.

  4. Charlotte NC Personal Injuries - Who Might Be Liable For Bar Fight Injuries? Here in Charlotte and pursuant to North Carolina laws, there might be more than one person or entity at fault for the personal injuries caused in a bar fight. Some possibilities include: Either, both or all of the fighters—you might have been a bystander hit by a flying chair The manufacturer or seller of any device or implement that caused your injury One or more of the employees of the bar or tavern The The company (if any) that manages the bar or company that owns the bar

  5. Charlotte NC Personal Injuries - Proving Negligence in Charlotte Proving your case means proving one or more of the possible defendants were negligent. Proving negligence begins with establishing the defendant(s) owed you a legal duty. In general, everyone has a legal duty of taking care not to hurt and injure others. This duty is probably “easy” with respect to the fighters. See below for a longer discussion of the duty owed by the bar. Once it is established a legal duty was owed, it must be shown that the various defendants breached that duty. The third and fourth elements necessary to prove negligence are causation and injury.

  6. The final aspect of proving negligence is establishing your damages. If successful, your damages might include: Lost past, present, and future wages Past, present, and future medical bills and costs Pain and suffering Loss of use of part of your body Permanent impairment and

  7. Charlotte NC Personal Injury - Premises Liability in Charlotte Under North Carolina law, anyone who enters the premises of a store or tavern as a customer during business hours is a “business invitee.” Under the law, an owner owes a duty to exercise ordinary care to maintain his premises in such a condition that it may be used safely by business invitees. In general, a tavern owner is not liable for injuries to business invitees which result from the intentional or criminal acts of third persons.

  8. There are some circumstances where a tavern owner WILL be held liable for criminal acts. Those circumstances include: If the tavern owner has knowledge or reason to know there is a “likelihood” of criminal conduct If the tavern owner condones or encourages the criminal conduct If the place or character of the business contributes to criminal conduct and If the tavern owner’s acts contribute to the criminal conduct Past experience of criminal conduct

  9. Charlotte NC Personal Injury—Dram Shop Laws in Charlotte In addition to the standard duty owed by a landowner, North Carolina liquor-related laws impose a specific duty on tavern and bar owners not to serve alcoholic drinks to individuals who are intoxicated. The purpose of the statute is “… (1) the protection of the customer from adverse consequences of intoxication and (2) the protection of the community at large from the injurious consequences of contact with an intoxicated person.”

  10. Charlotte NC Personal Injury Lawyers — Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC If you have been injured in a bar fight, contact Charlotte NC personal injury attorneys at Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC. They know how to prove negligence and how to gather the right evidence to prove your case. They are experienced and proven personal injury lawyers. Contact our office today. They serve North Carolina residents in Asheville, Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Monroe, Mooresville, Shelby and surrounding areas.

  11. Contact Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC: Address: 930 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203 Phone: 704-335-1500 Website: https://www.brownmoorelaw.com/contact-us/

  12. Thank You…!

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