{"id":89,"date":"2012-07-16T18:27:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2012-08-01T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T13:57:56","slug":"personal-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"Personal Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents (product liability) and holiday accidents. The term\u00a0<em>personal injury<\/em>\u00a0also incorporates medical and dental accidents (which lead to numerous\u00a0medical negligence\u00a0claims every year) and conditions that are often classified as\u00a0<em>industrial disease<\/em>\u00a0cases, including\u00a0asbestosis\u00a0and\u00a0peritoneal mesothelioma, chest diseases (e.g.,\u00a0emphysema, pneumoconiosis,\u00a0silicosis, chronic\u00a0bronchitis,\u00a0asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease),\u00a0vibration white finger, occupational deafness, occupational stress, contact\u00a0dermititis, and\u00a0repetitive strain\u00a0injury cases.<\/p>\n<p>If the negligence of another party can be proved, the injured party may be entitled to monetary\u00a0compensation\u00a0from that party. In the\u00a0United States, this system is complex and attorneys often represent clients on a &#8220;contingency basis,&#8221; in which the attorney&#8217;s fee is a percentage of the plaintiff&#8217;s eventual compensation, payable when the case is resolved. Having an attorney becomes essential because cases become extremely complex, such as in medical malpratice cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents (product liability) and holiday accidents. The term\u00a0personal injury\u00a0also incorporates medical and dental accidents (which lead to numerous\u00a0medical negligence\u00a0claims every year) and conditions that are often classified as\u00a0industrial disease\u00a0cases, including\u00a0asbestosis\u00a0and\u00a0peritoneal mesothelioma, chest diseases (e.g.,\u00a0emphysema, pneumoconiosis,\u00a0silicosis, chronic\u00a0bronchitis,\u00a0asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease),\u00a0vibration white finger, occupational deafness, occupational stress, contact\u00a0dermititis, and\u00a0repetitive strain\u00a0injury cases. If the negligence of another party can be proved, the injured party may be entitled to monetary\u00a0compensation\u00a0from that party. In the\u00a0United States, this system is complex and attorneys often represent clients on a &#8220;contingency basis,&#8221; in which the attorney&#8217;s fee is a percentage of the plaintiff&#8217;s eventual compensation, payable when the case is resolved. Having an attorney becomes essential because cases become extremely complex, such as in medical malpratice cases. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnmedarislaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}