Personal injury lawsuits arise when an individual suffers an injury and believes another to be responsible for that injury through negligence or carelessness. Common scenarios that result in personal injury claims include road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, and product defect accidents. Personal injury lawyers typically work on a contingency basis which means they if they do not win your case, you do not have to pay them. The vast majority of personal injury claims are settled out of court.

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The crux of personal injury claims is proof of negligence. To support a legal claim for negligence, you must show: 

1. that the person you are suing owed you a "duty of care" -- an obligation that a sensible person would use in the circumstances, when acting towards others;
2. that the person you are suing failed to exercise due care towards you (i.e. breached the duty);
3. that the resulting breach of duty caused you injury;
4. and that you suffered damages as a result.