Personal Injury

A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident. Personal Injury involves civil law cases where an individual is trying to obtain compensation for an injury he or she sustained. The most common type of personal injury claims are automobile accidents, railroad accidents, airline or other common carrier accidents, construction accidents and accidents in the workplace. Generally, the individual was injured as a result of a dangerous or otherwise unsafe condition.