What is personal injury?
If you were to pose that question a local accident attorney, they will more than likely tell you that the basic legal definition of a personal injury is the name given to the branch of tort law that covers any wrong or damage done to another in his person, property, rights, or reputation.
This means that personal injury is not only mental and physical, but it also includes the emotional and psychological injury you experience as a result of trauma sustained through a humiliating or life-threatening experience. It is not an injury to physical property. Think about that.
Understand that a personal injury can occur just about anywhere – at work, in traffic, because of a faulty product or a faulty repair, because of a mistake during medical treatment, or because you slipped and fell. The personal injury can be physical or psychological.
Your Local Accident Attorney Will Tell You That It’s What You Can Prove
But, as any local accident attorney will tell you, to be considered actionable, it must occur due to the negligence or unreasonably unsafe actions of your employer, a manufacturer, your doctor, your landlord, or some other person or organization who owes you a duty of ordinary care. So, it is not just the fact that personal injury occurred but there has to be proof of negligence or unreasonably unsafe actions. Sure, you would like to make someone “pay” for your personal injury.
However, you have to take your emotions out of the equation and look purely at the facts. And in the immortal words of Sgt. Joe Friday, “just the facts, ma’am.” I believe a local accident attorney will tell you the same thing.
Now, if you were, in fact, the victim of an accidental personal injury caused through the fault of another, that individual or business is legally responsible to pay damages and/or compensation. Some examples of personal injury law causes of action include professional malpractice, wrongful death, liable, and slander.
Watch the video below now to get a clearer understanding about personal injury is an how your local accident attorney might be able to help you.
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Additional Resources for Personal Injury or Accident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_injury_lawyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_injury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Personal_Injury_Lawyers
http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/default.htm (American Association for Justice)
http://www.apil.org.uk/ (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)