What is a serious personal injury?
A serious personal injury can drastically alter your life and cause great physical, mental, and emotional trauma. A serious personal injury is also referred to as a catastrophic injury. Catastrophic injuries may include, but not be limited to:
- Brain Injuries – Traumatic and Acquired Injuries
- Other Serious Head Wounds
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Serious, Severe Orthopedic Injuries
- Amputations
- Severe Scalding and/or Burns
- Complex, Multiple Injuries
- Multiple Fractures
- Burns
- Catastrophic Injuries to Children
- Loss of Sight
- Loss of Hearing
Not all personal injury cases are catastrophic. Whether we can pursue a personal injury case depends in part on the conduct involved. The key element in personal injury cases is the presence of negligence. Personal injury accidents can include:
- Collisions and car wrecks.
- Slip and falls.
- Intentional acts where a defendant harmed someone on purpose.
- Defective products are when an item is defective by design or manufacturing and results in harm to someone. This includes medical products.
- Defamation is not a physical personal injury to an individual’s body or health. It can be an injury to a person’s reputation. Defamation encompasses slander and libel cases in which false information is published and results in harm.