( Photo Source ) According to the National Center for Health Statistics , around 31 million people are injured across our country each year that require some sort of medical treatment. Of these, about 2 million are severe enough to require some form of hospitalization. In addition to that, 162,000 of these injuries are fatal. Personal injuries can happen anywhere, when you least expect them. Finding the proper professional representative is important with dealing with a personal injury. Here are the 5 Most Common Personal Injury Claims Medical Malpractice This happens when a patient is injured by a physician or health care facility that failed to provide reasonably competent care. In this case, the patient or family may file a personal injury claim. Examples of medical malpractice include misdiagnosis, performance of wrong procedure on patient, leaving instruments inside patient during surgery. Slip and Fall One of the top i...