Most Common Types of Personal Injury Cases

Personal injury cases are extremely common, because they are usually caused by people’s negligence, which in today’s world is unfortunately a common event. With more and more people on the roads, with untrained animals, and lack of upkeep of their property more accidents happen.

The most common accidents include:

• Car Accidents
• Truck Accidents
• Class Action Suits
• Wrongful Death
• Animal Attacks

Vehicle accidents make up the most common types of accidents. This can be a single or multi-vehicle accident, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and even bicycles. In most of these cases someone is at fault for not paying attention or driving dangerous on the roads.

Slip/Fall accidents are also very common, especially in the work place. Many buildings are not well maintained, especially during the winter months when weather conditions are continually changing.

Class action suits involve large groups of victims who have experienced some kind of accident of the same kind. They can join together for more support and may get a larger settlement from the faulted party.

Wrongful death cases are extremely tragic, as they are brought by the family members of someone who was accidentally killed due to some else’s negligence. These are often against the dead person’s employer who did not maintain good safety regulations.

Animal attacks usually result in the putting down of the untrained animal and a settlement for injury caused by the animal.

Contact a Wausau Personal Injury Lawyer

If you or a loved on have been involved in some kind of personal injury accident and need legal advice, contact the Wausau personal injury lawyer of Habush, Habush, & Rottier, S.C. Call 800-242-2874 to discuss the details of your case today.