The Wide Range Of Specializations Of A Personal Injury Attorney

The world is a dangerous place and because of that it is quite lucrative for a personal injury attorney. People who have been harmed by another person's negligence, error, or misjudgment may be entitled to compensation for not only their medical bills, but for pain and suffering, long-term effects, and lost wages. While most people associate these types of lawyers with slip and fall accidents, there are several different types of cases that they deal with including everything from car crashes to medical malpractice.

Car Accidents: Easily the most common cases every personal injury attorney will deal with at some point, if not specialize in, are traffic collisions. It is estimated that there are over 30,000 car accidents every year in the United States alone. Some of the reasons for car crashes include drunk driving incidents, distractions such as talking on a cell phone (estimated at 25% occurrence in all accidents), outside forces such as weather problems, and mechanical failures. When a legal professional addresses a collision case they often times will be prosecuting car insurance companies whom their client has a dispute with over a settlement.

Dog Bites: Fortunately many animal attacks go directly to small claims court because the damages are usually not too great. However, as a personal injury attorney, you may have a client who has suffered extreme pain, emotional distress, and even permanent disfiguration due to negligence of a pet owner. There are several fatalities every year, and the victims are usually children. While dog bites are the most common case of animal attack an attorney will face, other domesticated animals such as livestock, cats, or birds can also be held under the same laws. There have even been instances of exotic pets attacking victims.

Work Accidents: When a person gets hurt on the job, it is in their best interest to hire a personal injury attorney, as companies will sometimes try to deny employees their rights. Clients with a legitimate grievance can be entitled to settlements, disability payments, and coverage of bills related to the incident. If the victim is intending to file for workman's compensation and is denied, a lawyer can help appeal their case. Over 100,000 people end up on some form of disability, either long or short term, in the United States every year with several others rejected due to disqualification or poor legal representation.

Malpractice: Even professionals can make mistakes, which can have devastating consequences. People who have grievances against doctors or other experts in the medical field file malpractice lawsuits. If a doctor has not performed his job adequately, was negligent in care, or had an extreme error in judgment, they may be liable for any damages, physical, emotional, and practical that they have caused. A personal injury attorney must provide sufficient evidence to prove that the hospital, doctor, or other members of staff were responsible for the incident and that what happened deviated from regulated medical standards. These types of lawsuits are becoming increasingly common within the plastic surgery profession.