personal injury

Personal injury is an injury to a person's body, mind, emotions or standing as opposed to damage to their property. It is a popular Internet search term for persons seeking information on injuries they or someone they know may have suffered or the assistance or advice of a personal injury lawyer.

Although a personal injury can arise from events ranging from car accidents to dog bites to medical malpractice, from a legal standpoint it is not limited to bodily injury. For example, the effect defamation or invasion of privacy has on a person is also considered a personal injury.

Personal injury claims most often result in civil lawsuits against the person or entity causing the injury. On occasion, the cause of the injury may also be a crime, such as an assault.

Personal injury also describes that portion of a liability insurance policy, such as a homeowner's policy, that protects you against claims for other than property damage or bodily injury, such as false arrest, libel or invasion of privacy.

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• Rivers Injures Calf

  
  Fantasy Football - Free News, Cheatsheets, Tools, and Advice. Leagues and Games. — Authority: 529
  Bengals LB Keith Rivers is out for the rest of the game against the Ravens because of a calf injury.
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• Another Bear Injures Shoulder

  
  Fantasy Football - Free News, Cheatsheets, Tools, and Advice. Leagues and Games. — Authority: 529
  Bears DB Al Afalava is out for the rest of the game against the Cardinals after he suffered a shoulder injury.
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• Sharks down Penguins 5-0:  Letang suffers injury

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 472
  “Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic globule, from which one extracts what one needs.” - Gloria Clemente, White Men ...
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• Cincinnati Bengals Chris Henry injures arm

  
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  Bengals receiver Chris Henry hurt his left forearm Sunday when he was tackled after a catch, an injury so severe he left the field in a temporary cast.
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• Sunday Wrap-Up

  
  Countenance Blog — Authority: 134
  (1)  House passes PelosiCare by a 5-vote margin last night.  39 Ds voted against, and 1 R voted for.  Guess who the R was .  That’s right:  John Boehner’s yellow butt buddy, Joesph “Cash” Cao. The Senate HCR bill won’t have the five years of ass pounding provision.  I think that’s a deliberate move ...
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• NFL Football Picks & Lines: Dallas at Philadelphia

  
  Bodog Beat — Authority: 553
  A few weeks after both teams seemed headed in the wrong direction the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles have gotten back on track, but only one will leave Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night alone atop the NFC East. NFL football betting lines seem to like Phillys chances as they are listed as 3-point ...
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• Are PDD files compatable with Adobe Elements?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 143
  Q: I have been using Adobe Photodeluxe 3.0 for several years. Three days ago when I opened it, it throws up the usual screen, the Adobe box with copyright info but then goes no further. I have had a new PC with Vista since March 08.I’m told Vista might be the problem. [...]
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• Davis Injures Quad

  
  Fantasy Football - Free News, Cheatsheets, Tools, and Advice. Leagues and Games. — Authority: 529
  Dolphins DB Vontae Davis’ return against the Patriots is questionable after suffering  a quadriceps injury.
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• The roots of prejudice

  
  Personal Reflections — Authority: 128
  My thanks to Kanani for this photo. I recommend you read the full story, Words may hurt, but the will has to be stronger . In this post I want to deal with just one thing and that very shortly, the roots of prejudice. As a manager, management consultant and trainer, part of my job has been to create a sense of ...
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• Time for a Brand New Liverpool Hero: Aquilani’s Time Has Come

  
  CaughtOffside.com — Authority: 571
  Time to let his feet do the talking. Join Our Facebook Fan Page for the Latest News/Rumours/Forums/Videos/WAGS/Funny Stuff/Features! Liverpool ’s fans will finally get the chance tomorrow to welcome the £20m summer signing Alberto Aquilani to Anfield. The Italy international, signed in August, has been ...
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• Personal Branding Interview: Robert Kiyosaki

  
  Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel — Authority: 581
  Today, I spoke to Robert Kiyosaki , who is the author of the popular classic and international bestselling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad .  He has sold tens of millions of copies of his books and his latest book is called, Conspiracy of The Rich. In this interview, Robert explains why now is the best time to be an ...
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• Tom Brady’s Game is Gone Forever

  
  SportsSoundOff.net — Authority: 139
  photo taken from wordpress.comI honestly believe that Tom Brady will never perform the way he used to before his injury. There is so much hype behind this guy that he can absolutely suck, and yet, analysts and reporters will still “stick-up” for him. His numbers were amazing before his injury, which is going to ...
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• Dolphins trail Patriots 7-3 to start 2nd quarter

  
  Miami Dolphins In Depth — Authority: 136
  The Dolphins started out with a 3-0 lead on a Dan Carpenter interception following a Vontae Davis interception. The Patriots erased that deficit with a 36 yard pass that gave New England the ball at the 1 yard line. Laurence Maroney then scored from 1 yard out. Thats where were at. Were also in a situation where ...
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• Stoppage Time

  
  RedCafe.net — Authority: 535
  This may seem petty, but if were going to be given a hard time about it when we (fairly) get a high amount, Im going to bring it up when it goes against us. I was surprised by the 5 minutes (expected at least 6), so decided to look through the BBC minute-by-minute updates (I know this wont be entirely accurate but ...
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• Unbeaten Strauss leads England to win

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Warriors 245-5 (50ov); England 256-2 (40.5ov) England won by eight wickets with 55 balls remaining These are uncertain times for England. Just about everything is going so well in South Africa, they must be wondering quite how to react. A second emphatic win in three days today against a strong provincial side was ...
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• Davis leaves, return questionable

  
  Extra Points — Authority: 590
  Dolphins CB Vontae Davis just walked off the field, grimacing. Update, 1:53 p.m.: Davis was riding the exercise bike on the sideline. He has quad injury and his return to the game is questionable....
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• Boldin out for Cardinals

  
  SportsSoundOff.net — Authority: 139
  Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin will miss Sunday’s game at Chicago.Boldin suffered an ankle injury last week in a loss to Carolina and was limited in practice Friday after missing the previous two sessions.Read this article, “Cardinals WR Boldin out against Bears“.This is a devastating loss for ...
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• Chelsea 1 – 0 Manchester United: You Can Scream All Day

  
  The Run of Play — Authority: 418
  Alex Ferguson, like all strong leaders, is 5% a fascist, which means hes 95% not a fascist, dont think Im criticizing him, 95% is nineteen parts out  of twenty and there are plenty of everyday people, history teachers and flight attendants and mechanics and biographers, who are more of a fascist than he is, but ...
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• Lakers’ Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol to miss another game

  
  The Lakers Nation — Authority: 577
  Drew and Pau are out tonight, as well. L.A.Times : Because the healing process has been slow, Lakers center Andrew Bynum and forward Pau Gasol will miss another game. Neither was able to practice Saturday and neither will play tonight when the Lakers face the struggling New Orleans Hornets at Staples ...
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