Ask The Expert: What Does “Serious” Personal Injury Mean?

Ask the Expert is sponsored by Gideon Aisen. Serious personal injury. It's a term you may have heard a lot, but what does it mean when it comes to your case? We are here with Ben Gideon of Gideon Aisen Law Firm. Thanks so much for having us. Let's talk about serious personal injury. What actually does that mean in legal terms? When we hear the term serious personal injury, we like to think of it in terms of a life changing injury to the client. Because what's serious to one person might not be as serious as someone else. It's subjective to the person who went through it. For instance, if you're pitching for the Boston Red Sox and you had even a small injury to your pinky finger, that would probably be pretty serious because that would take you out of your career for years and maybe cost you millions of dollars in salary income. For somebody else, that might be relatively minor, though. So what are some examples of injuries that may rise to that level versus other injuries that may not? So any injury that, causes you to be unable to fulfill your livelihood, so to work, because you need to work to earn money to make a living. Any injury that damages your personal relationships, so relationship with a child or your wife or your parents. Any injury that the things we see all the time are things like paralysis, so somebody who can't function normally, can't walk, can't move their bowel or bladder, mental injuries such as brain injuries that diminish your cognitive functioning, obviously something like a blindness. Anything that's permanent and life changing would qualify. Why does that definition serious matter so much in these cases? It matters so much because if you have a relatively minor injury, you can probably handle that on your own. But when you get to a serious injury, the value of your case and the ability to recover money that makes up and can provide the support, stability, and care that you need for the rest of your life, that's going to depend on getting a really good lawyer who can, litigate your case for you and maximize the recovery. If anybody would like more information, how do they find you? Just give us a call or visit us on our website at gideonason dot com. Excellent. Well, Ben, thanks so much. And of course, we'll have more information as well on wgme dot com.