Personal Injury Lawsuit
Personal injury can occur anywhere: at work, in your car, in the hospital, at a restaurant, on the sports field or simply walking down the street.
Personal injury lawsuits are designed to redeem compensation for past and future medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering. The most common personal injury lawsuits involve car/truck accidents, sports injuries, work-related injuries, defective products, negligence and malpractice. These injuries can severely damage a person's future with disabling head and brain injury, spinal cord injury, knee injury, paralysis, neck and back pain. Even dog bites can cause serious injury.
Injuries at work can also be extremely disabling; employees can sue for damages incurred from exposure to toxic chemicals or harmful materials, safety hazards, accidents due to poor equipment or negligence, wrist injury and carpel tunnel.
A personal injury attorney can help resolve your injustice. Click on one of the links below to submit your case and related injury.
PERSONAL INJURY ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS 14-Year Old Girl Survives Indian Ocean Crash
Paris, FR: Earlier reports of a 5-year-old boy surviving the plane crash involving an Airbus A310-300 en route from Yemen to the African Island nation of Comoros, have been corrected. Officials now report that the survivor is a 14-year-old girl, Bahia Bariki. The girl, a citizen of both Comoros and France, was traveling to the city of Moroni, the capital of Comoros, for her summer holiday. [ Read More ]
Train Explosion in Italy Kills 12
Pisa, Italy: A gas explosion on a freight train in western Italy late Monday has claimed the life of a child and at least 11 others, officials close to the scene have said in a report carried today by CNN. The number of injured in what has been described as a horrific train crash has risen to 36, with 16 in critical condition. [ Read More ]
What Caused 7-Year-Old Parking Garage in Atlanta to Collapse?
Atlanta, GA: A multi-level parking garage no more than 7 years old has collapsed in Atlanta, destroying numerous vehicles. So far, officials on the scene combing through the debris have not found any bodies or survivors. There have been no reports of missing persons thus far in the building collapse, according to reports from the Associated Press (AP). [ Read More ]
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JUL-02-09: The Air France flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1, did not break up in mid air, but dived vertically into the ocean, at very high speed, according to reports from France's Bureau of Inquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, cited on UPI this morning. Apparently, the plane was unable to fly on autopilot at the time of the crash due to a lack of data on wind direction and speed, which means the pilot was flying the plane. [UPI: AIR FRANCE PLANE CRASH UPDATE]
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JUL-02-09: Metro workers on the Washington, DC Red Line missed a circuitry malfunction prior to the deadly train crash on June 22. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board is reporting that the piece of equipment that malfunctioned had only recently been replaced specifically to prevent crashes from occurring. [UPI: METRO CRASH IN DC - MALFUNCTION MISSED]
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JUL-02-09: A construction worker in Ohio is dead, and two others injured as a result of the collapse of the scaffolding they were working on. Wilbert Johnson, 52, was laying brick at a building site when the accident happened. [UPI: CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENT KILLS ONE]
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JUL-02-09: A 23-month old girl died from heat stroke after spending 9 hours strapped into her car seat in a locked car. While the cause of death remains under investigation, officials believe her death was accidental, and a change in the parents morning routine resulted in the little girl being forgotten in the back seat. [WBALTV: INFANT FOUND DEAD IN CAR]
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JUL-02-09: A Staten Island ferry crashed into concrete pier whle docking Wednesday night. No one was killed, however 15 people suffered minor injuries. [WSJ: STATEN ISLAND FERRY CRASHES INTO DOCK]
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JUL-01-09: According to reports from Yemen officials, the black box on board the doomed Yemenia Airlines plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean June 30, has been located, but not yet retrieved. [VOA NEWS: YEMEN AIRLINES BLACK BOX LOCATED]
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Personal Injury—Take Action
After the initial shock and any immediate medical treatment required, start to collect evidence about the accident. Were there any witnesses? If so, get their names and contact information. If applicable, take photos of the accident scene. Get copies of all your medical reports. If your accident happened at work, tell your employer immediately and fill out the necessary forms—you will need these for insurance purposes and/or worker's compensation.
Next, you will want to talk to your insurance company and figure out how much your claim is worth. There are a lot of variables to take into account, particularly if your injury is ongoing and medical attention will be needed down the road.
A person or organization that is liable (to blame) for your accident usually has liability insurance from their insurance company. A personal injury claim should cover the following: - medical care and related expenses
- lost income lost because of time spent unable to work or undergoing treatment for injuries
- permanent physical disability or disfigurement
- loss of family, social, and educational experiences, including missed school or training, vacation, recreation, or special event
- emotional damages, such as stress, embarrassment, depression, or strains on family relationships - from the inability to care for children to psychological sexual disfunction
- damaged property
Next, an insurance company will determine the amount of compensation. Generally, an insurance adjuster negotiates a claim by a "damages formula" that includes medical expenses as well as pain and suffering and other non-monetary losses, referred to as "general damages". If you think you are not being treated fairly or believe you are entitled to more compensation, you might want to seek legal help.
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Compensation
You can claim monetary compensation if there is a person or an organization partially or totally to blame for your injuries.
A court will award you damages, i.e. money paid or awarded to you, (the plaintiff or claimant) in a successful lawsuit.

A personal injury can occur due to a multitude of reasons, from defective products (such as a vehicle) to medical malpractice to even slipping on a sidewalk.
The most common personal injury claims result from traffic accidents, accidents at work and in the home.
Illness is also classified as personal injury in work-related and industrial diseases, from stress and anxiety to asbestosis and pulmonary disease.
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