What is Personal injury lawyer?
A '''personal injury lawyer''' is a [[lawyer]] who provides services to people that claim to have been [[Injury|injured]], badly treated or exposed to unnecessary danger by another person, company or organization, and want to get compensation for the injuries that they suffered as a result. Injury may be to a person's body, mental health, property, or reputation. The lawyer may have special knowledge of health, work and safety laws that relate to the injured person's claim. This type of claim is a civil legal matter, a type of '''[[tort]]''' involving a dispute between two or more people. The lawyer{{cn}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=What is a Personal Injury Lawsuit?|url=https://www.interpages.org/what-is-a-personal-injury-lawsuit/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-13|website=InterPages.org|language=en-US}}</ref>will represent the client by trying to negotiate a settlement of the injury claim, through which an agreed amount of compensation is given to the injured party to resolve their claim. The lawyer may file a [[lawsuit]] on behalf of the injured person. If the case does not settle after a lawsuit is filed, the injury claim will be decided by a court. If the court finds that the injured person suffered a wrongful injury, the court may order the person who caused the injury to pay compensation. Each country has its own rules and exams that you need to pass to be allowed to work as a lawyer. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Law occupations]] {{stub}}