accident claim
Crash compensation request
An accident claim is a formal request for compensation following an injury or damage, typically submitted to an insurance company: She filed an accident claim after the fender bender.
The term appears most often in contexts involving auto insurance, workplace injuries, or personal injury law.
Claims may be settled directly or become the basis for litigation.
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- personal injuryHarm to a person's body
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
damage · settlement · liability · collision · crash · whiplash · attorney · fault · negligence · police report · medical bills · pain and suffering · out of pocket · fender bender · hit and run · witness · payout · deductible
- claimscounterclaim, assertion, allegation, contention, declaration
- auto insuranceauto insurance, car insurance, vehicle insurance, collision coverage, liability coverage
- accident claimssettlement offer, settlement agreement, cash settlement, structured settlement, payout
- injury claimspersonal injury, injury settlement, bodily harm, bodily injury, slip and fall
- tort lawtort, tort law, negligence, duty of care, breach of duty
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
accident, claim, accidents, accidental, accidentally, claims, claimed, claiming, claimer