Punitive damage claims may be allowed if the defendant was personally guilty of intentional misconduct or gross negligence. [Read more…]

Settlements for personal physical injuries are not taxable.  Section 104(a)(2), Internal Revenue Code.  This means that a settlement for pain and suffering, most medical bills, and lost wages isn’t taxable.

This assumes that you did not take an itemized deduction for medical expenses related to the injury in prior years. (IRS Publication 4345).

Pain and suffering is typically paid in car accident claims, slip and falls and much more.

Once you agree to a personal injury settlement with a liability claims adjuster, they will generally send you a form that is titled “Release of claims” or something similar. 

Universal Orlando Resort’s (Universal Studios) negligence may cause your injury in Florida.

If so, you may be entitled to recover compensation.  Your settlement may include medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, mental anguish and more.

If someone caused you to injure your tibia or fibula (lower leg bones), you may want to get compensation.   

I’m going to talk about pain and suffering in injury claims. Then, I’ll talk about how to determine how much pain and suffering is worth. You’ll see real settlements.

Finally, you’ll see how much money is typically awarded for pain and suffering for certain injuries.

Pain and suffering is the legal term for a type of damages caused by an injury.

If someone’s carelessness caused your elbow injury, you may be entitled to compensation.  

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In this article, I’m going to talk about the average settlement for a broken arm.

That’s not it.

We’re going to do an in-depth review of settlements.

Specifically, we’ll look at a broken arm from a car accidents.  Then, we’ll also estimate compensation for a broken arm from other types of accidents.

In this article, when I use the word “arm”, I’m referring to the humerus.

First of all, you need negligence to have a claim for pain and suffering.  If someone else wasn’t negligent, the injured person can’t get money for pain and suffering.

I’m going to quickly talk about humerus fractures. Then, I discuss accident settlements for humerus fractures.

The humerus is the long bone in the upper arm. It is located between the elbow joint and the shoulder.

How much is scar worth in a personal injury case?

I answer this question in this article.  I’ll share some of my settlements (with amounts) for scar cases.  You’ll get to see how the scar affected the settlement amount.

I won’t stop there.

As an added bonus, I’ll also share some settlements where the injury was discolored skin.

People put a significance on scars because scars tell us a story.  Generally speaking, scars on a woman are worth more than on a man.  This is because scars on a man can be associated with being tough. Some men consider it an honor to have a scar.

Here, you’ll hear how I got a settlement of $170,000 for a broken arm.