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A personal
injury lawyer is
a lawyer who
provides legal representation to those who claim to have been
injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence or
wrongdoing of another person, company, government agency, or
other entity. Thus, personal injury lawyers tend to be
especially knowledgeable and have more experience with regard
to the area of law known
as tort
law, which includes civil wrongs and economic or
non-economic damages to a person’s property, reputation, or
rights.
Even though personal injury lawyers are trained and licensed
to practice virtually any field of law, they generally only
handle cases that fall under tort law including, but not
limited to: work injuries, automobile and other accidents,
defective products, medical mistakes, slip
and fall accidents,
and more.
The expression "trial lawyers" can refer to personal injury
lawyers,[citation
needed] even
though most cases handled by personal injury lawyers settle rather
than going to trial and other types of lawyers, such as
defendants' lawyers and criminal prosecutors,
also appear in trials.
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