Introduction to Personal Injury Law

Personal injury lawyers may sometimes get a bad rap – called “ambulance chasers” by some – but that is only a small subset of actual personal injury attorneys.  In true fact, hiring a personal injury lawyer is common, as there are hundreds of thousands of legitimate personal injury cases a year.  While there are some people who try to profit by suing a business or company for unfounded reasons, there are many more people who need a personal injury attorney for legitimate reasons.

Here are the facts about personal injury.  These are unsettling figures, but they are a fact of life.

• 31 million people a year visit emergency rooms because of an accidental injury.
• Car accidents are the leading cause of death for people under 34 years of age.
• 600,000 people a year are injured due to bicycle-related injuries.
• A dog bites a person every four seconds in the U.S.
• There are 200,000 playground accidents a year.
• Almost 50% of car accidents involve alcohol.
• There are more than 10,000 accidental injuries an hour.
• The most common injury for older people, children, and certain occupations, such as construction work, are falls.

That’s just a few of the many statistics associated with personal injury. All of these issues aren’t the result of a faulty product or somebody else’s fault, but a majority are.  If you have been the victim of an accident, it is well within your right to contact a personal injury attorney.  Why suffer through financial loss when you’re already suffering through injury?  Given the frequency of accidental injuries in the U.S. and abroad, you’ll know that you’re not alone.