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Personal injury
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Personal injury
A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either
physical or psychological, as the result of an accident.
The most common type of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents,
accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home,
defective product accidents and holiday accidents. Indeed, there are a multitude
of types of accident and the term personal injury also incorporates medical and
dental accidents (which lead to numerous medical and dental negligence claims
every year) and conditions which are often classified as industrial disease
cases. Industrial disease type cases include asbestosis and mesothelioma, chest
diseases (e.g. emphysema, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, chronic bronchitis, asthma,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease),
vibration white finger, occupational deafness, occupational stress, contact
dermititus, and repetitive strain injury cases.
Where the accident was the fault of someone else, the injured party may be
entitled to monetary compensation from the person whose negligent conduct caused
the injury compensation. At least in the United States this system is complex
and controversial with critics calling for various forms of tort reform.
Attorneys often represent clients on a "contigency basis," in which the attorney
does not charge for services until the case is resolved.
In England and Wales, under the limitation rules, where an individual is
bringing a claim for compensation, court proceedings must be commenced within 3
years of the date of the accident, failing which the claimant will lose the
right to bring their claim. However, if the injured party was under the age of
18 at the time of the accident, then they have up until the day prior to their
21st birthday to commence proceedings. Legal Aid for personal injury cases was
largely abolished in the late 1990s and replaced with "no win, no fee"
arrangements.
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