{"id":2070,"date":"2018-09-08T19:21:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:13:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:13:41","slug":"do-you-have-a-threshold-injury-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourrights.com\/do-you-have-a-threshold-injury-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a Threshold Injury? Read this !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yourrights.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7137a66d51a046f2bd364c8adf9a8692.jpg\" style=\"text-align:center;\" src =\"http:\/\/yourrights.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7137a66d51a046f2bd364c8adf9a8692.jpg\" ><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Metro Detroit Personal Injury Lawyers<\/div>\n<div>In Michigan, to bring a claim for pain and suffering from an auto accident, your injuries must be what is called a &#8220;threshold injury.&#8221;\u00a0 Michigan law defines a threshold injury as follows:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The injury must be, &#8220;objectively manifested.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The objectively manifested injury must be to an, &#8220;important body function.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The objectively manifested injury of the important body function must affect the person&#8217;s, &#8220;general ability to lead his or her normal life.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>It is also important to know that the law provides that the threshold for liability is also met if the injured person has suffered death or &#8220;permanent&#8221; serious disfigurement.&#8221;\u00a0 The permanent serious disfigurement can include things like burns and scars.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you fall outside the death and permanent serious disfigurement categories, whether or not you have a threshold injury is looked by the court on a case by case basis.\u00a0 For example, if you suffered a back injury from a motor vehicle accident, you should see some type of injury to one or more vertebral discs in your back on an MRI.\u00a0 This MRI will give you the &#8220;objective&#8221; evidence of the injury.\u00a0 The use of your back is an &#8220;important body function.&#8221;\u00a0 The fact that you can no longer work or enjoy the things that you used to do before this injury is the disruption in the, &#8220;general ability to lead your life.&#8221;\u00a0 Under this scenario, you would most likely be found to have a threshold injury, and thus able to recover for pain and suffering under Michigan law.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style: italic;\"> The above information is a general overview and is not intended to be used as legal advice. 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