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  What are serious physical injuries?   They are: 1.      When the injured person becomes insane, imbecile, impotent, or blind in consequence of the physical injuries inflicted. 2.    When the injured person (a) loses the use of speech or the power to hear or to smell, or loses an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm, or a leg, or (b) loses the use of any such member, or (c) becomes incapacitated for the work in which he was theretofore habitually engaged, in consequence of the physical injuries inflicted. 3.    When the person injured (a) becomes deformed, or (b) loses any other member of his body, or (c) loses the use thereof, or (d) becomes ill or incapacitated for the performance of the work in which he was habitually engaged for more than 90 days, in consequence of the physical injuries inflicted. 4.    When the injured person becomes ill or incapacitated for labor for more than 30 days (but must not be more than 90 days), a...

We always have heard and read about physical injuries, have we not? This term sometimes occupied the whole page of a broadsheet when it involves a popular person, just like the case of Vhong Navarro.  Though, this term seems ubiquitous today, but I believe not all of us are duly informed of its details. Thus, this post is aimed at discussing the classification of physical injuries as defined by the Revised Penal Code.  Hopefully, after reading this, you may have a full grasp about the legal facets of physical injuries. Physical injury is defined as impairment of physical condition or pain (http://definitions.uslegal.com/i/injury/).  This injury is committed by other person intentionally.  Basically, if the injuries are committed in the absence of any intent of killing the person injured, it is just physical injuries.  Otherwise, if the infliction of injuries is coupled with the intent of killing him, the crime would be either homicide or murder as...