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Various Types of Personal Injury Claims

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Last Updated: Aug 10, 2026

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Cars and truck Mishaps: These mishaps can be due to the result of dui, speeding, negligent driving, and even being distracted by a cell phone.

Product Liability: Drownings, falls, burns, and poisoning can arise from defective products.
A pressure cooker that opens before it is depressurized and triggers burns is an example of this.

Medical Malpractice: Incompetence or negligence of a physician can cause surgical errors, inaccurate prescriptions, misdiagnosis, and giving birth injuries and prevail reasons for these claims.

Leaving a surgical tool in a body during a treatment would be considered medical malpractice.

Workplace Injury: If you slip and fall, were not trained to utilize equipment correctly, or were required to utilize faulty devices or products and are harmed on the job, you might have a case for injury.

Failure to train a staff member in the appropriate use of a forklift yet enabling the worker to operate it, triggering harm to themselves or others, is an example of this.

Properties Liability: This specific claim can be made due to hazardous or faulty conditions on someone’s residential or commercial property.

Someone who falls and breaks a leg since the owner stopped working to provide a warning about an unsteady staircase can submit a personal injury claim.

Other Examples: The above examples prevail accident claims, but there are many more.

Attacks, repetitive strain injury, and dental mishaps can result in accident lawsuits also.

The Numbers

The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that there are over 400,000 injury claims each year.

52% of personal injury claims were due to automobile accidents
17% was because of premises liability
15% were the outcome of medical malpractice
5% happened due to item liability

Alabama has a two-year time limit from the date of injury to file a claim and does follow a “contributing negligence” guideline. This indicates that if you are at fault for any part of your mishap you may not receive any financial settlement.

Victim’s Rights

Personal injury claims are meant to protect the rights of the victim. It is very important that you do not think twice to get in touch with an attorney to secure those rights.

Usually, with the help of a lawyer, you will also recover more financial compensation due to the fact that your case existed by a professional who comprehends the laws pertinent to your case.

There are several different aspects to this type of law, as a Memphis personal injury lawyer like the ones at the law offices of Patterson Bray, can explain.

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Various Types of Personal Injury Claims

Do I need a Personal Injury Lawyer?

The Numbers

Victim’s Rights

Patterson Bray

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