personal injury law
Accident compensation practice
Personal injury law is the area of civil law dealing with claims for compensation when someone is harmed through another's negligence or wrongdoing.
It covers car accidents, medical malpractice, slip-and-fall incidents, defective products, and similar cases.
Attorneys in this field typically work on contingency, taking a percentage of any settlement or verdict: She called a personal injury lawyer after the accident.
- medical expensesFees for treatment
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
- foreseeabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- litigationLegal dispute process
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
strict liability · medical malpractice · causation · lost wages · arbitration · breach of duty · deposition · ambulance chaser · product liability · assumption of risk · pain and suffering · property damage · fracture · bodily harm · wrongful death · punitive damages · motor vehicle accidents · fender bender
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Statutes defining punishable offenses
criminal prosecution · criminal defense · criminal justice · white-collar crime · penal law
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