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February 06, 2012

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Health care insurers can be repaid from a personal injury settlement
It's quite common. Most health insurance policies now have language that allows the insurance company to be repaid for the amount paid out on medical bills if the insured person gets a personal injury settlement. Depending on the law in your state, your daughter may be able to deduct attorney's fees and costs from the total amount owed to her health insurer.

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Injury Terms

Today's Terms

Compensation

Definition:
Compensation is defined as a recompense for loss. If you suffer an injury, either physical or psychological as the result of an accident that was not your fault, then you may be able to claim a financial award to cover any loss of income, the cost of medical bills, or any other costs that you have incurred as a result of the injury or accident that you would not normally have incurred.

Falls and Hip Fractures

Definition:
Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths (Murphy 2000) and the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma

Disfigurement

Definition:
A technical term in workers' compensation cases for a serious and permanent scar to the head, neck, or face.

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Personal Injury Hot Topics

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Workplace Accidents
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Defamation
Animal Bites

Maine Personal-Injury Attorney

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Portland

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Sanford
Scarborough
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Waterville
Westbrook
Windham

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