Types of Personal Injury Law Suits

Injury Due to Negligence

Personal injury law suits relate to tort actions in a court of law to win damages for personal as opposed to property injury that came about as a result of the carelessness of another. By legal definition, personal injury refers to injury to the body, mind or emotions of another. Based on the broad definition, a plaintiff may claim restitution if he was defamed by someone.

The most frequent personal injuries for which victims seek damages in court are accidents, assault, and product defects. Accidents include highway accidents, industrial or work injury accidents, and vacation accidents.

Other types of personal injury suits include malpractice torts against doctors, and chronic medical conditions resulting from work, i.e. coal miner's disease (pneumoconiosis). Other types of personal injury cases claims include Malpractice suits against physicians and compensation claims for medical conditions resulting from work conditions are two other commonly seen types of personal injury claims.

There are other ways of classifying Personal injury suits.Three common types of personal injury include wrongful death, slip and fall injuries, and auto accident injuries.

Wrongful Death, is a tort based on financial hardship due to the loss of a loved one that resulted from error, negligence, or an illegal act on the part of another. If you are having financial hardship because of the wrongful death of a close relative, there is hope. A successful wrongful death lawsuit can enable you to receive compensation for lost wages, hospital bills, pain, emotional and mental suffering and funeral costs that resulted from the premature death.

Slip & Fall injury is a type of accident in which the victim falls as a result of mistake on the part of the building owner, or property owner in the case of an outdoor slip. This is one of the most prevalent personal injury lawsuits. An experienced personal injury lawyer is frequently able to help accident victims to win claims for this type of injury.

Auto Accident Injury specifically relates to injuries resulting from an auto accident. Automobile accidents cause over a billion dollars in damages and take the lives of approximately 43,000 people each year. If you have been the victim of a car accident caused by negligence of the other party, our personal injury attorneys can fight for your compensation
There are a couple of serious injuries that are seen in serious personal injury cases, these are spinal injuries and head injuries.

Spinal Cord Injuries: An injury to the spinal cord can have a devastating effect on your quality of life and earning ability. Experienced personal injury lawyers are adept at making a liable parties, and their insurance companies, compensate you for injuries they caused.

Head Injury: A head injury can be an unspeakable tragedy. Loss of income, protracted pain & suffering, and medical expenses are unfortunate side-effects. However, a competent personal injury attorney can initiate litigation that can result in a redress for all of these damages.

If you or a close relative has been a victim of any one of these injuries, and it which resulted from the mistake of someone else, you should contact a personal injury attorney right away. Frequently you can win a significant claim for your injury. There; however, the process for filing and wining is complex and requires the services of an experienced personal injury attorney.