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January 07, 2010
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Personal Injury Terms and Definitions

 

 

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide is often referred to as CO, which is its chemical symbol. This blocks oxygen from getting into your body, which can damage tissues in your body and can kill you.

Disc Injury
Injury to the supporting discs (cushions) located between each spinal bone. Discs that are ruptured or cracked may cause extraordinary pressure resulting in back pain.

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

Liable
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.

Construction Injuries
Some of the kinds of accidents that can transpire on construction sites: Crane Accidents ,Scaffolding Accidents Hazardous Gases or Liquids, Defective Machinery, Fallen Objects, Mechanical Hazards, Toxic Exposure

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

Falls and Hip Fractures
Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths (Murphy 2000) and the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma

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.

Injury
A wrong or tort. Injuries are divided into public and private; and they affect the. person, personal property, or real property.

Burn, third degree
A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation.

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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

Burn, third degree

Definition:
A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation.

Compensatory damages

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

Unintentional Injury

Definition:
Two categories of unintentional injury: motor vehicle-related injuries and home and recreation related injuries.

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Personal Injury Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Personal Injury:

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Oklahoma 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:

  • Ada
  • Altus
  • Ardmore
  • Bartlesville
  • Bethany
  • Broken Arrow
  • Chickasha
  • Choctaw
  • Claremore
  • Collinsville
  • Duncan
  • Durant
  • Edmond
  • El Reno
  • Enid
  • Guthrie
  • Lawton
  • Mcalester
  • Miami
  • Muskogee
  • Mustang
  • Norman
  • Oklahoma City
  • Okmulgee
  • Owasso
  • Ponca City
  • Sand Springs
  • Sapulpa
  • Shawnee
  • Stillwater
  • Tahlequah
  • Tulsa
  • Yukon
 


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