| A very famous proverb in Hinduism explains the idea | | | | motorbike, it would be a motor bike accident claim. In |
| of brotherhood thus: | | | | such cases, you know exactly who's at fault and can |
| "If you accidentally poked yourself in the eye with | | | | claim compensation from them. |
| your finger, you wouldn't be angry with your finger - | | | | Let's say you were at a supermarket and you slipped |
| you wouldn't cut it off. Think of anyone who's | | | | on wet floor and fractured your ankle or your hip. |
| caused you pain like you would think of your own | | | | Now ideally, wet areas are supposed to be marked |
| finger" | | | | with cautionary signs. If the supermarket failed to do |
| However, now we don't have to resort to this | | | | this, you could file a claim for an injury sustained due |
| proverb - we can simply fine a claim and seek | | | | to slip, trip or fall in a public place. Similarly, if your kid |
| compensation. Compensation claims are a legal | | | | was playing on the swings in a public park and the |
| recourse when we have had to pay for or suffer | | | | swing gave away, injuring your child, you could file a |
| injuries that were not our fault. Thus, almost any kind | | | | claim to secure compensation from the civic |
| of injury comes under its purview. Yet, terms like | | | | authorities responsible for maintaining the park. |
| work accident claim, road accident claim, motorbike | | | | Envision another scenario: You constantly have |
| claim, slip, trip and fall claim can be quite confusing to | | | | backaches and finally, you were unable to get out of |
| someone who's already suffering. Here's a list of the | | | | bed one day. Your doctor said it's because of your |
| kind of claim that you can file. | | | | posture in the office. On further probing, you realize |
| Generally, all claims relating to injuries suffered on | | | | that it's actually your office chair that's causing the |
| your person - as in, on your body - are called | | | | pain. Not only you, in fact, many employees are |
| personal injury claims. How these injuries were | | | | complaining about their backs. All of them are entitled |
| suffered, what caused them, is how the claims are | | | | to ask for and to receive compensation for the |
| differentiated with each other. Generally this will | | | | medical expenses and the suffering they've had to |
| depend on the kind of situation you were in. | | | | undergo. |
| Let's say you were walking on the sidewalk and an | | | | The underlying factor in all these cases is that the |
| out-of-control car hits you. You possibly fracture a | | | | injuries have been caused by another person. |
| leg or arm. This would qualify as a road accident claim | | | | Another important factor also is that the injuries |
| that has caused a personal injury. Similarly, if you | | | | have to have happened in the past 3 years from the |
| were driving, and were hit by another car - that | | | | time you file the claim. |
| would be a car accident claim. If you were on a | | | | |