Personal injury lawyers provide legal representation to people who have been injured physically or even psychologically due to an act of negligence or an intentional action of another person, company, government agency or any private firm. Personal injury law covers a diverse range of cases, but all these cases essentially involve one party getting physically or psychologically hurt due to some action of another party, and the former claiming a financial compensation in lieu of such injury or loss. Such cases can arise from involvement of a third party in situations, such car accidents, intentional injury, medical negligence or malpractices, work accidents, etc.

Personal injury law covers the injury caused to the person, and not to his or her property or belongings as a result of an action by another party, which may be either due to negligence or intentional. Personal injuries law cases can, accordingly be broadly categorized in two heads – those arising form negligence and those arising from intentional cause. If a person suffers any damage that is intentionally caused by another person or firm, the aggrieved person is entitled to claim for the loss, physical, psychological or any other kind of loss. Even if the person suffers injury by the negligence of another person or party, as in a car accident where another driver is at fault due to his negligent driving, the injured person can get compensation as per the provision of personal injury law.