Common Types of Personal Injury Claims
It is important to understand when you may have a successful personal injury claim. Personal injury claims may arise from a variety of different types of accident, including hit and runs and assault and battery. Learn more about what may lead to a successful personal injury claim.
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Assault and Battery in Personal Injury ClaimsAssault and battery are commonly understood as criminal charges. However, the victim of these criminal offenses also may have a personal injury claim. Where the criminal prosecution may result in jail time, a personal injury claim, if successful, may award the victim compensation for pain and suffering, medical costs, and injuries or wounds sustained. It is therefore important for victims of assault and battery to consult with a personal injury lawyer.
Read more- Can I Sue a Spouse for a Personal Injury?
While the classic rule was that spouses could not sue each other, the abolition of laws throughout much of the 20th century has all but eliminated this rule.
Read more - Can Personal Injury Awards Become Part of Marital Property?
When spouses are already in a divorce proceeding, usually, the compensation awarded in a personal injury claim is separate from the marital property. However, there are some situations where the settlement award may come into play during the dissolution of the relationship and may require some of the award to be split between the two parties.
Read more - Children Hurt in Personal Injury Cases
Personal injury cases arise when a party’s negligence is responsible for another’s injury. Personal injury cases can be more complicated when children are the victims.
Read more - Five Key Differences between Catastrophic Injury Cases and Other Personal Injury Cases
Standard personal injury cases are different than catastrophic injury claims in various ways, but there are five important changes from one case to the other that may lead to dissimilar outcomes. It is important to know what to expect and what to communicate to your lawyer to make sure the case progresses appropriately.
Read more - Hit and Run Personal Injury Claims
When individuals are injured by another driver, they often know to get the other driver’s insurance information and to make a claim against that policy. However, when they are injured in a hit and run accident, the claims process is often much more complicated.
Read more - Who is Liable if a Trespasser Gets Injured on My Property?
Imagine someone enters onto your property without your permission. Perhaps it is a child playing in the neighborhood, a stranger who does not belong there, or an uninvited acquaintance that has turned up on the property without permission. Now imagine that person is hurt while on your property without permission. Who is responsible? You? Them? A third party?
Read more - How to Make a Store Responsible If You Are Injured There
There are a variety of accidents and injuries that may occur while in a store. Many of these are slip and fall incidents that may leave the victim in severe pain with wounds that take time to heal. Medical treatment is usually necessary to resolve the concern.
Read more - What to Do If Injured on Someone Else's Property
Have you, or someone you know, been injured while visiting someone else’s home or place of business? Such injuries can occur as a result of wet floors, uneven steps, falling objects, defective elevators, defective parking lots and sidewalks, poorly lit staircases, inadequate security, dog bites, or some other dangerous conditions on the premises. If this sounds like you, you may have a basis for a lawsuit against the property owners.
Read more - What to do after a Personal Injury
The moments following an accident or other injury are confusing and overwhelming. You may not know what to do or where to turn if you or a loved one has been injured due to someone's negligence or wrongdoing.
Read more - Burned with Hot Wax at Salon - Can I Sue for Pain and Suffering?
When suffering an injury through the services of an establishment such as a nail salon, it is often possible to sue the company for pain and suffering after harm occurs. It is generally crucial to consult with a lawyer about the burns and determine if there is sufficient strength to pursue the matter before attempting to file a lawsuit.
Read more - Do I Have a Personal Injury Case?
f you have been injured in an automotive accident, slip and fall or workplace accident, your immediate reaction may be to sue the party responsible for your injuries. However, not all cases warrant an attorney's involvement. Furthermore, attorneys may refuse to take a case if it is not worth the attorney's time or experience.
Read more - Aggravation of a Pre-Existing Injury
Any accident may affect pre-existing wounds or damage done to the body from previous accidents. The new injuries may cause previous ones to become worse, or they may cause brand new issues coupled with old issues.
Read more - Injured by a Personal Stun Gun
Stun gun injuries are likely when the owner of the gun is not in law enforcement or has not had proper training in the gun's use. Stun guns can cause severe harm or even death for the untrained owner. Even if the individual uses the stun gun as a personal self-defense tool, it is critical to know how and wehn to use it.
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