Cheongju Law Firm Assistance Case | Acquittal of Negligent Infliction of Injury by Establishing the Absence of Causation

The background of the client's negligent infliction of injury case, as identified by the criminal attorney at the Cheongju law firm, is as follows.

On the day of the incident, the client visited a hospital to care for her hospitalized older sister.

As the client was leaving the hospital room and passing through an automatic door, an elderly person coming the other way fell, and an accident occurred.

As a result of this accident, the victim suffered a fracture and received 12 weeks of treatment, and the victim claimed that the accident occurred because she had collided with the client.

However, the client, who had in fact never collided with anyone, simply felt wronged.

In response, the client requested assistance from the Cheongju law firm in order to prove her innocence of the negligent infliction of injury.

Negligent infliction of injury is a crime of causing bodily injury to another person through negligence, and it is subject to criminal punishment.

Negligence applies, for example, where a person causes an accident by failing to fulfill a duty of care. When the crime is established, the offender may be punished by a fine of up to 5 million won, detention, or a minor fine.

The charge against the client was that, although she had a duty of care to walk safely, including keeping a lookout ahead, she failed to observe this duty and caused injury to the victim.

Accordingly, the main issues in this case were two: whether the client had breached her duty of care, and whether the victim's injury was caused by the client's negligence.

In other words, establishing whether causation existed between the two events was the most important matter.

To establish this, the criminal attorney at the Cheongju law firm closely analyzed the evidence and statements.

The Cheongju criminal attorney emphasized that the categorical assertion that the client and the victim collided at the time of the incident could not be established.

To support this, the attorney requested an expert appraisal of the incident CCTV footage from the National Forensic Service.

On this basis, the attorney argued the appraisal finding that the cause of the victim's fall was most likely a loss of balance due to her treatment and advanced age, rather than a collision with the client.

The Cheongju criminal attorney argued that, even if the client had made contact with the victim, the contact was so slight that it would not have delivered a significant impact.

The scientific appraisal results proved that, even if the client and the victim had made contact, no significant force was applied, and that the victim's injury was caused by another factor.

The attorney also emphasized that the client had turned to avoid colliding with the victim as she passed through the door and had walked safely.

The Cheongju criminal attorney analyzed the victim's medical records and the content of her statements.

As a result, it was found that the victim had initially stated that she had lost her footing and fallen, but that she changed her statement during the police investigation to say that she had collided with the client.

On this basis, the attorney argued that the victim's statements lacked consistency, which undermined their credibility.

The above case was an example in which a client who had been wrongly accused of negligent infliction of injury and faced the risk of criminal punishment was acquitted with the help of a 🔗Cheongju attorney.

If you become involved in a negligent infliction of injury case, a process of closely analyzing the causation between the victim's injury and your own negligence, the credibility of the victim's statements, and similar factors is needed.

On that basis, it is also important to deny your negligence, gather evidence that negates the causation between the injury and the negligence, and respond legally.

At Daeryun Law Firm, criminal attorneys with practical investigation and trial experience conduct examinations similar to those in an investigation and establish case strategies.

In addition, depending on the scale and complexity of the case, they collaborate with attorneys experienced in each relevant field to provide systematic assistance.

If you are looking for a Cheongju law firm to assist you in this way, please feel free to request a consultation at any time through a 🔗legal consultation appointment.