What Are The Differences Between Personal & Bodily Injury?

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What Are The Differences Between Personal
Bodily Injury?
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• The most common question people ask when it comes
  to collecting insurance or filing an insurance
  claim is what is the difference between a
  personal injury and a bodily injury?
• Even though these two sound almost the same, they
  are very similar but cover two separate things.
  Below is all the information you need to
  understand the basic difference between a
  personal and bodily injury, and how you can learn
  to tell the difference between.

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Personal Injury
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• When an individual suffers injuries from
  accidents (car accident, truck accident, bike
  accident, slip, and fall accidents) or from
  defective products, that individual has the right
  to seek compensation for a personal injury. This
  also applies to the family of the deceased if the
  individual lost his/her life as a result of the
  accident. In that case, the surviving family has
  the right to file a wrongful death claim.
• Personal injury is an element of civil law. In
  order to be able to file and collect a personal
  injury claim, the injured individual has to prove
  liability. If it can be proven that the other
  party (or parties) involved in the accident were
  at fault for causing the accident, then the
  plaintiff (the injured individual) has the right
  to seek compensation for

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• The lost wage
• The medical costs
• Pain and suffering

• Negligence plays an important role in every
  personal injury claim. Every Los Angeles Personal
  injury attorney knows that proving negligence
  will win the case. To prove negligence, every
  attorney has to investigate the accident and
  collect enough evidence to support the
  plaintiffs case. This involves

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• Proving that the accused had a breach of a duty
  of care
• Proving that the accused was distracted at the
  time of the accident
• Proving that the damages that the plaintiff
  suffered resulted from the accident

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Bodily Injury
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• On the other hand, a bodily injury usually refers
  to a particular injury sustained in a motor
  vehicle or car accident.

• It is way more limited, and it may also imply to
  injuries sustained by another person in a car
  accident. In a specific insurance context, a
  bodily injury is a type of an insurance policy
  which compensates the victim of an accident. The
  compensation is received through the at-fault
  partys insurance company.

• It is essential to go through the accident,
  police report and the medical report to find out
  what happened and who was responsible for causing
  the accident. After that, the insurance company
  will approach the plaintiff and try to settle
  outside the court.

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• If you are approached by insurance adjusters, you
  should call your attorney right away. If you do
  not have one, consult with personal injury
  attorneys in Los Angeles at JML Law immediately
  and seek their legal advice. They are your best
  shot at securing the highest compensation
  possible after sustaining a specific bodily
  injury.

• Even though a personal injury and a bodily injury
  have a lot of in common, they are two separate
  types of injuries. For more information, feel
  free to call an attorney and schedule a free
  consultation today.

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