Also known as: PI · personal injury
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A recovery for personal injury that counts as individual property under marital property statutes except to the extent it reimburses expenses paid from marital property.
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After a car crash Piper Patel received a settlement check for her broken leg and lost wages. Medical bills had been paid from the couple's joint account. The portion of the settlement that repaid those joint expenses is classified as marital property while the balance remains Piper's individual property.
Priscilla Parks bought a new car from a dealer. Six days later the steering failed and she suffered a fractured pelvis. The portion of any later settlement that repaid medical bills paid from marital funds is classified as marital property while the balance remains her individual property.
An officer stopped Perry Pratt on suspicion of casing a store. A later claim alleged excessive force caused injury. Any recovery would be individual property except to the extent it reimbursed expenses paid from marital property.
Pablo Perez operated a laundry that city officials closed under an ordinance applied only to Chinese-owned businesses. Any recovery for resulting harm would be individual property except to the extent it reimbursed expenses paid from marital property.
Pamela Phillips sued in her home state after suffering a severe back injury in another state. The defendant moved to transfer venue. Any recovery would be individual property except to the extent it reimbursed expenses paid from marital property.
Pierce Patterson alleged that an independent counsel's prolonged investigation caused reputational and emotional harm. Any recovery would be individual property except to the extent it reimbursed expenses paid from marital property.
The recovery is individual property except for the portion that reimburses expenses already satisfied from marital property. That portion is treated as marital property under the statute.
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No. The disclaimer does not bind the injured spouse who did not sign the purchase order, allowing the personal injury action to proceed.
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…Stat. 1240. The Commission's function was to receive and adjudicate certain claims for compensation from those who had suffered personal injury or property damage at the hands of the enemy during World War II. Commissioners were appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, but the statute made no provision…