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February 26, 2010
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Personal Injury Terms and Definitions

 

 

Soft Tissue Injury
Injury to the ligaments, tendons and fibers of the body that connect the skeletal bones.

Nursing home abuse
There are many ways physical elder abuse can present itself, such as: Bed Sores, Malnutrition,Dehydration Bruises, Broken Bones, Poor Hygiene.

Auto Car Accident
A simple fender bender car accidents an individual involved can suffer back and neck injuries that have a lasting adverse effect.

Traumatic Brain Injury
Serious injury to the head often resulting in severe and permanent damage to the brain. A bone may break or fracture when the force applied against it is greater than the strength of the bone itself.

Contributory negligence
Broadly, carelessness on the plaintiff's part. More precisely, conduct which falls below the standard of care established by law for the protection of one's self against unreasonable risk of harm.

Wrongful Death
Wrongful Death is defined as the death of an individual as a direct result of the negligence of another individual, company, or entity.

Whiplash injury
Hyperextension (over-extension) injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind, as by a fast-moving vehicle in a car accident.

Trauma
Any injury, whether physically or emotionally inflicted. "Trauma" has both a medical and a psychiatric definition. Medically, "trauma" refers to a serious or critical bodily injury, wound, or shock.

Compensatory damages
Which measure actual dollar-value losses for such things as medical expenses, lost income, loss of future earning capacity, etc.

Cervical Pain
Neck pain can come from disorders and diseases of any structure in the neck. There are seven vertebrae that are the bony building blocks of the spine in the neck (the cervical vertebrae) that surround the spinal cord and canal.

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Did You Know?    
 
 
The term "bodily injury claim" usually refers to a "personal injury claim".
Economic damages" would include, but aren't limited to: Lost wages, Medical bills, Rental car expenses, etc. General damages include: Pain, Suffering, Humiliation, Distress. If you settle your bodily injury claim, it must include all the types of damages available to you, or you'll likely lose your right to recover for those losses.

 


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Injury Terms

 


Today's Terms

Mental Anguish

Definition:
Mental suffering. It is different from a physical injury, but may be considered in awarding damages. In some cases damages for mental anguish can be awarded even if no physical injury occured.

Joint Pain

Definition:
Joint pain can be caused by injury affecting any of the ligaments, bursae, or tendons surrounding the joint. Injury can also affect the ligaments, cartilage, and bones within the joint.

Liable

Definition:
Legally responsible. For example, a person may be liable for a debt, liable for an accident due to careless behavior, liable for failing do something required by a contract or liable for the commission of a crime.

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Personal Injury Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Personal Injury:

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Michigan Personal-Injury Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an Personal-Injury attorney you should contact our Personal-Injury Personal Injury Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Adrian
  • Ann Arbor
  • Battle Creek
  • Bay City
  • Belleville
  • Canton
  • Clinton Township
  • Dearborn
  • Dearborn Heights
  • Detroit
  • East Lansing
  • Flint
  • Grand Blanc
  • Grand Rapids
  • Hamtramck
  • Highland Park
  • Holland
  • Howell
  • Jackson
  • Lansing
  • Lincoln Park
  • Livonia
  • Macomb
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Muskegon
  • Niles
  • Northville
  • Plymouth
  • Port Huron
  • Redford
  • Rochester
  • Roseville
  • Saginaw
  • Sterling Heights
  • Taylor
  • Traverse City
  • Trenton
  • Troy
  • Warren
  • Westland
  • Wyandotte
  • Ypsilanti
 


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