Personal injury laws
cover the types of physical and emotional injuries suffered by a person
as a result of the wrongful conduct of another. The main concerns in a personal
injury case revolve around your lawyer proving liability and damages. Before
you can collect an award, your attorney must prove that the defendant is
legally responsible for your injuries.
Tort
law covers the general scope of injury law. Learn the differences
between intentional acts and ordinary negligence.
Learn
the meaning of negligence, the obstacles to proving negligence, and
the meaning of comparative negligence.
Learn
what it means to be legally responsible for causing an injury and
about liability insurance.
Learn how damages
are assessed, what constitutes lawful damages, and how lawyers measure
the volume of your claim.