Personal injury law is the branch of tort law that compensates parties who have suffered an emotional, physical, or psychological injury due to the defendant’s negligence. In such cases, the negligent party is held responsible for the damages caused to the victims and is legally responsible for paying for their damages. Generally, monetary compensation is provided to the victims who have suffered a personal injury to meet medical expenses and loss of income and to compensate for physical suffering and mental anguish caused to the victim.

Generally, personal injury attorneys are hired to provide legal representation of the case. According to them, personal injuries are caused due to negligence or with a deliberate intent to hurt another individual. These personal injury attorneys go by the law to attain compensation for the victims’ suffering. Personal injury laws are applied to cases of slip and fall accidents, defective products, medical malpractice, and road accidents.

Types of compensation in personal injury cases

The compensation acquired for personal injury cases varies for different cases, depending on the intensity of the injury and other circumstances. Some of the common compensations include:

• Compensation for loss of income or profit
• Remuneration for medical care and help
• Emotional distress
• Loss of consortium
• Mental anguish
• Compensation for the loss of a business
• Clinical and medical expenses
• Loss of possibility of a marriage

Work of personal injury lawyers

A personal injury lawyer will help the victim or the plaintiff to fight for compensation or against it in a court of law. It is important here to note that a personal injury lawyer gets paid only if the party is satisfied with the compensation they receive from the person or party at fault. Therefore, personal injury lawyers carefully investigate the case with possible claims and only take up those cases which they can win since they have to fund the investigation until the party gets their compensation.

A personal injury attorney starts by investigating the case and gathering all the fact and case details, which includes pictures, accident reports, employment report and documents, footage from surveillance cameras, witness statements, etc.

Once they have all the information, they help the victim get their insurance by filing a police report or speaking directly with the insurance company to pay for possible damages. Apart from this, one of their main jobs is to reach a settlement with the defendant as early as possible. However, if the defendant refuses the plaintiff’s claim, one of the parties can resolve the matters in court through various legal processes. The personal injury lawyer then represents the case in front of a jury, and the jury will decide based on hearing arguments from both parties.