injury claim
Harm compensation request
An injury claim is a formal request for compensation after someone has been harmed, typically through another party's negligence or wrongdoing.
The term appears most often in insurance and legal contexts: She filed an injury claim after the car accident, personal injury claims.
The claim may seek payment for medical expenses, lost wages, or pain and suffering.
- fender benderMinor vehicle collision
- medical expensesFees for treatment
- whiplashNeck injury from jerking
- adjusterOne who calibrates
- concussionBrain injury from impact
lost wages · out of pocket · legal fees · litigation · settlement · subrogation · arbitration · plaintiff · psychological trauma · mediation · laceration · wrongful death · pain and suffering · sprain · burden of proof · punitive damages · statute of limitations · fracture
- personal injurytort, bodily harm, harm, plaintiff, lawsuit
- 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 claimsbodily harm, slip and fall, pain and suffering, settlement offer, medical bills
- insurance claimsadjuster, damage report, incident report, total loss, partial loss
injury claimcriminal charges
Formal accusations of lawbreaking
criminal prosecution · criminal indictment · felony charge · misdemeanor charge · criminal complaint
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