by Zayed Al-Sayyed

Personal InjuryMay 20, 20210 comments

What kind of cases do personal injury lawyers handle?

Even if you have — fortunately — never had to rely upon a personal injury lawyer before, you are probably familiar with them: lawyers who appear on television talking about how they have helped clients obtain compensation after they have been injured.

Unfortunately, advertisements often neglect to explain the basics of what a personal injury lawyer does for their clients — the benefits of which are numerous. What is a personal injury lawyer, and what sorts of injuries do their services cover? Is a personal injury lawyer right for you? Perhaps most importantly: what kinds of cases do personal injury lawyers handle?

Follow along for answers to all of these questions and more about personal injury lawyers and the host of services they provide.

Civil lawyers specializing in tort law

In Phoenix, Arizona (AZ), personal injury lawyers handle civil cases and specialize in a specific area known as tort law. Tort law includes private wrongs, personal injuries, car accident injuries and other types of injuries resulting from slip and falls to product liability. The main goal of a personal injury lawyer is to help the injured party — in many instances, you — obtain justice in the form of compensation for any losses suffered at the hands of another.

When it comes to personal injury, this most often means cases regarding negligence or intentional harm. Not only will personal injury lawyers seek to help their clients gain monetary compensation, but they will also work to protect clients from other sources of loss and harm that can occur alongside injury.

A list of personal injuries covered by a personal injury lawyer

The following injuries are all situations where a personal injury lawyer may become involved in Phoenix, AZ:

Some instances of personal injury

• Animal bites
• Aviation accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Boating accidents
• Car accidents
• Construction accidents
• Daycare negligence
• Defective products
• Insurance & bad faith claims
• Legal malpractice
• Medical malpractice
• Motorcycle accidents
• Nursing home abuse
• Pedestrian accidents
• Slip and fall accidents
• Spinal cord injuries
• Truck accidents
• Wrongful death

In short: whenever one party harms another, whether in negligently or intentionally, there may be cause for a personal injury lawyer to get involved.

Some examples of negligence are when companies create harmful and defective products, when doctors injure a patient by failing to uphold the standard level of medical care another medical professional would have provided, and when drivers fail to operate a motor vehicle in a reasonable and prudent manner so as to cause an accident.

Another type of personal injury that occurs involves intentional harm. Examples of intentional harm are injuries that result from an assault. Personal injury lawyers are also able to help injured clients obtain compensation when injuries arise from an intentional harm.

How the process of hiring a personal injury lawyer works

A personal injury lawyer is traditionally hired when a civil action is brought against a party — such as a person or a business organization — by an injured person. Injured parties will rely on a personal injury lawyer to prosecute the case to obtain compensation for the resulting injury.

Sometimes these cases can be resolved through negotiation by the personal injury lawyer. If they cannot, the lawyer will file a lawsuit — otherwise known as a civil legal action where the plaintiff sues the defendant to obtain compensation for the resulting injury.

Have you been a victim?

If you live in the Phoenix, AZ area and think that you may be the victim of negligence or intentional harm, it is important to contact a personal injury lawyer immediately. Contact The Law Office of Zayed Al-Sayyed PLLC for excellent service and more information about your legal rights — including how you can gain compensation for your personal injury.