A personal injury attorney is an expert in tort law. This means that they specialize in cases involving injuries, whether they harm a person physically or emotionally. Tort law are laws that apply to people seeking compensation for actions that caused them harm. In most cases, personal injury attorneys have the training to practice in all related fields of the law, but will only accept cases that are covered by tort law.
The primary focus of a personal injury attorney is determining whether or not a person’s claim falls under tort law. Was the action on the part of the accused person, company or agency really torturous? A devious act does not have to be an act that was done on purpose. It could also be an act that was done accidentally. This could be due to the negligence of an individual, business, or agency. Medical errors fall very well into this group of mishaps. In most cases, medical errors occur accidentally, such as prescription errors and misdiagnosis of a disease.
There are many personal injury attorneys who only specialize in specific types of injuries. An example of a specific type of injury would include injuries resulting from a car accident. Lawyers who specialize in certain types of injuries have extensive training beyond the general training they receive. An auto injury lawyer will have the knowledge to determine if the accident was caused by the driver of the car or the manufacturer of the car. They know what questions to specifically ask the auto manufacturer when a general personal injury attorney cannot. The general injury lawyer may need to take more time to present a case due to the fact that there may be more investigation involved on her part. An auto injury attorney should be up-to-date on most issues related to her field of expertise.
The American Bar Association requires that tort law be studied in the first year of law school. Lawyers in the United States generally earn their law degree, which is a doctorate, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in another field. Some law schools offer legal education as an undergraduate field, which means that most lawyers have bachelor’s or bachelor’s degrees in fields such as the social sciences.
One may think that all attorneys are personal injury attorneys, but in reality only personal injury attorneys are the experts when it comes to tort law.