Personal injury lawyers are attorneys who are uniquely concerned with representing clients who have been injured by the inattention of another party. There are a number of interesting details about personal injury attorneys:
- Personal injury (PI) attorneys are involved in
getting monetary compensation for their clients as reparation for their loss due
to negligence, as such, they only deal in the area of tort law.
- While personal injury attorneys are capable of
going to trial, if a resolution cannot be reached ahead of time, they always
seek to win their cases out of court, and are successful in avoiding court
trials in the majority of cases.
- Lawyers who handle
personal injury cases have the same Bar requirements as lawyers handling
cases in other specialities.
- Once admitted to the bar, most
injury and accident attorneys decide to focus only on
cases in
this area. By doing so, they are
able to devote their time to keeping up with new laws and other developments in their specialty. Some personal injury attorneys have an even narrower focus and only handle certain types of injury cases such as vehicle accidents, or damaged or defective products, or aviation accidents.
- In a number of jurisdictions, their are specific certification exams for PI
lawyers, which they must pass to demonstrate competence in their specialty.
- While PI attorneys can charge a fixed fee or fee by the hour, most choose to
accept cases on a contingency basis, getting their compensation as a chunk of
the settlement if successful. With this arrangement, lawyers sit down with
clients who have promising cases, ahead of time. If they feel the client has a
reasonable chance of winning the claim they will offer to take the suit.
- Even though personal injury settlements can reach many millions of dollars, specially if the victim will stand in need of continuing medical care throughout his life, in most jurisdictions the legislature has have limited damages for pain and suffering claiming that the high payouts were responsible for recent sharp increases in malpractice insurance rates.
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