A Closer Look at Personal Injuries

Personal injuries can occur just about anywhere, any time. They are not limited by circumstance. Negligence and willfully harmful actions of others can often result in a personal injury.

What are the typical causes of a personal injury?

Personal injuries can result from many different causes. Some of the most common are:
• Sally is traveling to work one morning on the Interstate. She is hit head-on by a motorist who fell asleep at the wheel after driving all night to arrive at an 11 AM meeting on time. The motorist was transported to the hospital and released with head injuries. Sally is told she suffered a spinal cord injury and will need several months of intensive physical therapy just to walk again. Sally’s husband consults an attorney about filing a personal injury claim against the sleepy driver.
• Holly, a home health nurse, calls a patient with an aggressive dog to schedule a visit for 2 PM. She requests that the dog be secured prior to her arrival. She arrives at the patient’s home on time, opens the front gate and is attacked by the patient’s dog. Multiple sets of stitches are required to repair bite marks to her face, hands, and right leg. She misses 3 weeks of work while she recovers from her injuries and finds it very hard to visit patients with large dogs following the attack. She consults her employer and decides to file a personal injury claim against the negligent dog owner
• Pete, a motorcycle enthusiast, takes his bike out for a spin on a Sunday afternoon. During his ride, he decides to pass a minivan traveling 10 mph below the posted speed limit. He signals and moves into the left lane. The minivan unexpectedly changes lanes without signaling or checking his blind spot, and forces Pete off the road. He suffers extensive injuries requiring skin grafts, orthopedic surgery and several blood transfusions following the surgery. The Highway Patrol officer that arrives at the crash site documents the details, including the names of 3 motorists who testify that Pete was not at fault and the minivan driver forced him off the road to avoid being run over. Pete files a personal injury claim against the driver of the minivan.
• Fred, a retired schoolteacher visits his doctor for increasing periods of shortness of breath. His doctor diagnoses him with Congestive Heart Failure and prescribes a new medication to relieve the fluid build-up in his lungs and feet. Two weeks later, Fred suffers a CVA (or stroke) due to a blood clot in his lower leg that blocks a major artery, and thereby inhibits blood flow to his brain. He later learns that the new medication he was taking is now found to be responsible for blood clot formation in patients and has been recalled. He calls his attorney to file a personal injury claim.

Personal injury occurrences can encompass a wide range of situations, including those listed in the above scenarios. If you think you might have grounds for a personal injury claim, please contact an experienced personal injury lawyer to discuss your case.

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