Personal Injury Glossary
Written by Joseph A. Nagy, Edmonton Injury Lawyer
I have written this personal injury glossary to help injury victims understand the legal terms they may need to understand when dealing with an injury claim.
- The definitions of legal terms can be complex. This glossary is written to be accessible to the average person. If you are unsure about the meaning of a term, please ask me or your injury lawyer.
- Each term is defined as it is commonly used in personal injury law claims. Some definitions will include specific references to injury law in Alberta.
- The definitions are written assuming you are the injured party and I am serving as your injury lawyer.
- If you have suggestions for additional terms to add to the glossary, please email me.
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a
- Action
- Activities of Daily Living
- adjuster
- ADR
- affidavit
- Affidavit of Records
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
c
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Civil Claim
- civil lawsuit
- Civil Litigation
- Claim
- Compensation
- Contingency Fee Agreement
- Contributory Negligence
- Costs
- Court
- Court of King.s Bench
d
- Defendant
- Defendant Medical Examination
- Disbursements
e
- economic loss
- expert witness
f
- Flat Contingency Fee
- Future Damages
g
- General Damages
- Global Settlement
- Graduated Contingency Fee
h
- Heads of Damages
- Health Care Professional
i
- Injury lawyer fees
- Insurance Adjuster
- Insured
j
- JDR
- Judge
- Judicial Dispute Resolution
- justice
l
- Lawsuit
- lawyer.s charges
- legal action
- Liability
- Litigation Representative
m
- Master in Chambers
- Minor Injury Regulation
- Mitigation
- Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act
o
- out-of-pocket expenses
p
- pain and suffering
- Pecuniary Damages
- Personal Injury Expert
- Plaintiff
- Precedents
- Prejudgment Interest
- Provincial Court of Alberta
q
- Questioning
r
- Record
- Release
- Retainer Agreement
- Rules of Court
s
- Section B benefits
- SEF 44
- Settlement
- Special Damages
- Statement of Claim
- Statement of Defence
t
- Trial
u
- Undertaking
w
- Without Prejudice
- With Prejudice
