PERSONAL INJURY

PERSONAL INJURY

Personal injury law (also known as “tort” law) allows an injured person to file a civil lawsuit in court and get a legal remedy (“damages”) for all losses stemming from an accident or other incident.

The purpose of the personal injury system is to allow the injured person to be compensated financially or “made whole” after he or she has suffered harm due to someone else’s negligent or intentional conduct.

Personal Injury law is a branch of tort law that deals with the subject of providing compensation to individuals who have suffered any physical, psychological or emotional injury due to the negligence of some individual. The negligent individual can be held legally responsible for paying damages to the injured victim.

The Basics of Personal Injury

There are a wide variety of different situations where personal injury rules apply:

Accidents

Personal injury rules apply in situations where someone acts in a negligent manner, and that carelessness causes harm to another person. Examples include car accidents, slip and fall incidents, and medical malpractice, among other types of cases. Learn more about negligence in personal injury cases.

Intentional Acts

Personal injury laws apply in situations where a defendant’s intentional conduct causes harm to another person. Examples of this include assault and battery, and other intentional torts.

Defective Products

When a vehicle component, consumer product, medical device, pharmaceutical, or other product is defective or unreasonably dangerous, anyone harmed by use of the product might be able to file a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer.

Defamation

Personal injury laws apply when one person’s defamatory statement causes harm to another.