Q. When is it ok to file a personal injury claim after an accident?
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The details of personal injury law vary depending on your local jurisdiction. I can go over some of the broad stroke requirements for a successful personal injury lawsuit, but if you think you have a case, you should still book a consultation with a personal injury lawyer to go over your case. You can generally find plenty of local attorneys by running an online search, as the website for the Law Office of Katherine R. Moore shows.
Anyway, in broad terms, you have grounds for a personal injury claim if you were injured due to someone else’s negligence. The latter is important, as it generally means that a successful claim requires showing that an accident could have been avoided if someone else wasn’t negligent. In the case of a car accident, for example, a clear-cut case would be if you got injured after someone ran a red light and hit your car. They didn’t respect traffic law, and their negligence caused your injury, so you are probably entitled to compensation.
answered by ldlevesque