A contact injury, such as a direct blow to the medial side (inside of knee), or a noncontact injury, such as a hyperextension stress. It is also commonly associated with an ACL tear which occurs with a high level of force and sports injury.
These types of legal fees are deductible as a business-related expense. You can deduct legal expenses incurred in your attempts to produce or collect taxable income as well as legal fees you pay in connection with the determination, collection, or refund of any tax.
It is commonplace for individuals to seek the services of legal counsel with estate planning, tax planning, business planning and, increasingly, long term care planning issues. Often the question is asked whether the fees and costs paid an attorney are tax deductible. IRC 262 throws cold water on the deductibility of expenses that are classified as personal expenses, unless explicitly allowed by a specific statutory provision.