Q1. What is the meaning of personal injury?
An injury to the body, mind and/or emotions of an individual is known as personal injury. Damage to physical property is not part of personal injury. However, it does include the total damage caused to an individual including property. Another name for personal injury lawsuits is tort lawsuits.
Q2. What types of injuries constitute as personal injuries?
Common injuries for which personal lawsuits filed are;
- Traffic accidents including automobiles like cars and trucks
- Workplace accidents
- Assault & Battery
- Defective product usage
- Medical malpractice
- Trip and Fall
- Animal bites
- Electrocution accidents
- Aviation and Boating accidents
Q3. When does an injury become eligible for a personal injury lawsuit?
When another party’s negligence causes injuries or damages to an individual’s body, mind or emotional state of mind, you can file a personal injury lawsuit. This injury inflicted could be in part or whole.
Q4. What is a personal injury lawsuit?
It is a type of lawsuit where a plaintiff files a case against the defendant for their injuries that have impacted their mental and physical state.
Q5. What kind of lawyer will work on my claim?
You need to work with a Personal Injury Lawyer/attorney.
Q6. When should I file a personal injury lawsuit claim?
If you have suffered significant injuries or damage to your body, or your general well-being due to the negligence of another party, you can file a personal injury lawsuit. Depending on the state you reside in the rule of statute of limitation, which defines a timeline to file for a personal injury lawsuit, is applicable. A personal injury lawyer knows how to work with insurance agencies and can help you get compensated for your injuries.
Q7. Do all personal injury lawsuits go to trials?
Not necessarily. Most settlements of personal injury lawsuits happen outside of the courts. A few of them can go to trials though.
Q.8 What happens after I file a lawsuit?
After you set up an appointment with our personal injury lawyer, he or she would meet with you, and go through all your case information, review all your medical records, do all the required paperwork, attend all the meetings and appear for any court appointments on your behalf. We work with our clients to get their burden off their shoulders.
Q9. What are contingent fees?
Lawyers work on contingent fees. Once the case is settled and the client gets compensation, lawyers then get a certain percentage of the total amount. Typically, they can charge anywhere between 30-40% of the total settlement. In other words, you do not get charged unless you win.
Q10. Is the settlement from a personal injury lawsuit taxable?
No. it is not taxable.
Q11. What is negligence?
Negligence is when an individual’s actions put others in harm’s way. It also covers cases, where it is an individual’s duty to act but they failed to do so. This can result in personal injury.
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