According to the American Bar Association (ABA), “Personal injury law, also known as tort law, is designed to protect you if you or your property is injured or harmed because of someone else’s act or failure to act. In a successful tort action, the one who caused the injury or harm compensates the one who suffered the...
A personal injury lawsuit is designed to compensate you after you’re hurt as a result of another’s negligence. Most of the expenses you are probably familiar with in personal injury law are compensatory damages. Compensatory damages are designed to compensate you for the actual losses you incur as a result of the incident, including: Medical expenses...
No one enjoys getting hurt. Sustaining an injury by any means is often very painful and frustrating. However, those feelings can be exacerbated if you get hurt due to someone else’s carelessness. When another’s negligence causes you to sustain injuries, you may have grounds to sue. Here are five of the most common types of personal injury...
Getting injured as a result of someone else’s negligence can be stressful and frustrating at best. At worst, your injuries may take an extended period of time to recover from, in which case a personal injury claim is particularly vital. However, there are only certain types of damages that may be recovered in a personal...
On the evening of April 30th, 2021, a light aircraft crashed in Yell County, Arkansas after departing the airport in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Yell County search-and-rescue officials were able to find the aircraft the following morning and confirmed that all four people aboard it had died in the aviation accident. Officials were able to confirm that...
Late last month, the El Dorado Refinery, formerly Lion Oil, in El Dorado, Arkansas went up in flames. The industrial accident has reportedly injured at least seven people according to reports from the local fire department. At this time, it is known that six people were taken to a nearby hospital. Four were later transferred...
People don’t set out to get injured, and you are no exception. Sustaining an injury is never a pleasant experience, but the situation can be even more frustrating to deal with if another person is responsible for your injuries. If you were injured as a result of another’s negligence, you shouldn’t have to face the...
You may have heard the terms “personal injury” and “bodily injury” before, but are you absolutely certain you know what they mean? Each term is unique in its own right, particularly in the eyes of the law. Here are the differences between a “personal injury” and a “bodily injury:” Personal Injury Personal injury is a facet of...
