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Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


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Introduction

Lawyers specialize in various fields and are all committed to an adversarial system of law. There is no professional or legal requirement for specialization as a personal injury lawyer. Any practicing lawyer may act in civil proceedings in the field of personal injury. An injury lawyer usually represents plaintiffs who have been injured either monetarily or bodily due to the fault of another. Personal injury lawyer also acts as a rehabilitation counselor, who focuses on helping people who have been disabled gain compensations from insurance companies for their injury.

The Law

A "tort" is a legal term that means "an injury or damage". The term itself derives from French law and means, literally 'a wrong' (avoir tort = "to be wrong" or "to have wronged somebody"). Tort law refers to the branch of civil law that concerns itself with finding compensation for victims of a tort. As a part of civil law, tort law is not intended to prove criminal accountability, rather, it is intended to help victims win costs or damages for their lost wages, mental torture, medical bills, and other related costs. This means that if you are the injured party of a tort, you can file a civil lawsuit with the help of an injury lawyer. In layman terms, a personal injury claim entails the victims seeking damages for their mental distress, permanent disability, or other resultant injury from the individual, corporation or institution alleged to be at fault. Personal injury claims may be brought on three different legal grounds: negligence, intentional wrong, or strict liability.

The law of torts in the USA seeks to accomplish various aims, such as to recompense persons injured by business activities of large corporations, to create inducements for those corporations to take into account the perils of their activities in the design of their processes, and finally, to support people who feel helpless to make their grievances felt against unfriendly, and sometimes insensitive organizations. An injury lawyer is well versed in a wide-variety of personal injury topics, ranging from automobile accidents, medical malpractice or misdiagnosis, drug litigation and defective products. A personal injury lawyer often works on a contingent basis, requiring no fees to be paid, unless a recovery or compensation is gained in a lawsuit.

Conclusion

Personal injury is an area of law intended to protect the victims from the carelessness, recklessness, misconduct, or inaction of others. Also referred to as the tort law, personal injury law includes a wide-range of claims, from wrongful death, auto-accidents, substandard drugs, product liability, and workers' compensation. The person harmed can file a personal injury lawsuit with the help of an injury lawyer and may seek damages or compensation for physical injuries, emotional distress, property damage and medical malpractice.

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