Personal Injury Law

Personal injury law is often referred to as tort law. Personal injury or tort law allows an injury victim and/or their surviving family members, to make a civil claim to get a legal remedy for damages (also called, losses) that stem from an accident or other incident. The term tort comes from a Latin term that means, to twist, wrong or harm. Tort law is completely separate from criminal law that specifically deals with a party or parties’ breaking a law of the government where the crime occured. A tort action involves a private citizen (the plaintiff) seeking compensation for harm caused by the wrongful party or parties (the defendant or defendants). Most personal injury claims are based on the negligence of a party that exposed a victim to risk and caused them harm. It is understood that some accidents or situations that harm people or make them ill, are unavoidable. Unfortunately though, many of these accidents and situations could have been avoided if the party or parties that caused them, had behaved responsibly and avoided putting the victim at risk. Other reasons for personal injury claims include when someone is injured because of another party or parties’ malice or recklessness.