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Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit

If you have been injured due to someone else's negligence, you may consider filing a personal injury lawsuit. If your injury is not serious you may want to pursue other options.

You may read about people being awarded millions of dollars after suffering minor injuries but serious "mental anguish," but these cases are very rare. I'm not saying that mental anguish is not real, but you don't want to see the look on jury member's faces when they find out you are suing for $100 in medical expenses and $2.5 million in mental anguish.

After suffering a injury you only have a certain amount of time to file a lawsuit. The statute of limitations varies by state. California's is 2 years.

I am not a lawyer, and there are no lawyers in my immediate family. The advice I give is based on my own experience and research I have done. I encourage you to do your own legal research and consult a lawyer with any questions you may have.

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