What Is Considered Personal Injury?

A personal injury occurs when an incident causes a person’s body or emotional harm. Personal injury occurs due to various reasons, including negligence, strict liability, or intentional wrongdoing.

Fortunately, personal injury law allows victims to file an insurance claim or lawsuit against the at-fault party. When a victim files an insurance claim or a lawsuit, they hope to obtain compensation for the negative financial consequences of their actions.

For instance, if someone hurts you in a car accident, you can file an insurance claim to obtain monetary compensation to cover your medical expenses and other injury-related losses.

Consider hiring a trusted personal injury attorney who can provide legal guidance and support in your quest for justice.

Types of Personal Injuries

Personal injury law covers the following three key problems that can occur following an accident:

Actual Bodily Harm

Actual bodily injury refers to the physical damage that an individual sustains after an accident. Bodily harm is also called physical injury. Examples of bodily injuries include:

• Back and neck injuries
• Cuts, bruises, and lacerations
• Disfigurement
• Broken bones
• Internal bleeding
• Amputation
• Traumatic brain injury
• Fractures
• Eyelid lacerations

Fortunately, you may be entitled to compensation if you’ve sustained actual bodily harm in an accident caused by someone’s fault. While there are many damages applicable to a physical injury, victims require reimbursement of medical expenses to enhance their recovery.

Consider hiring an experienced personal injury attorney who can investigate the incident and help you file an insurance claim or a lawsuit against the liable party.

Emotional Distress

Emotional distress is a form of mental suffering caused by someone’s actions. The events leading to an accident can be traumatizing, triggering mental distress. Symptoms of mental distress include:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Guilt or shame
• Weight loss or gain
• Fatigue
• Persistent headaches
• Insomnia
• Uncontrollable crying
• Extreme mood swings
• Anger and rage
• Post-traumatic stress disorder

You can sue for damages if you become emotionally distressed after an injury. Emotional distress damages attempts to reimburse the psychological toll on a victim that causes a reduced quality of life.

Pain and Suffering

Pain and suffering are the physical and mental discomfort that you suffer due to the effects of an accident. For instance, the physical pain that your body experiences after an injury— temporary or chronic. 

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience the following types of physical pain because of a personal injury caused by someone’s fault:

• Neck pain
• Constant headaches
• Chronic back pain
• Muscle pain
• Pain due to broken bones and fractures

Someone pursuing pain and suffering damages should document activities that they previously enjoyed but can no longer participate in because of the injury.

Let Our Personal Injury Attorneys Fight For Your Rights

If you or a loved one has sustained an injury, personal injury law protects your rights, which includes filing an insurance claim. A personal injury attorney will communicate and negotiate with the insurer on your behalf and fight for a fair compensation settlement.

Consider engaging an experienced attorney from The Barnes Firm with decades of experience representing clients’ rights.

Contact us online or at (800) 800-0000 for a free case evaluation.

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Richard Barnes: “As President of The Barnes Firm, I have dedicated my career to achieving justice in hundreds of cases for the victims of injuries caused through the fault of others. Additionally, I have been honored to have been elected Best Lawyer and a Super Lawyer”

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