Personal injury lawyers are lawyers that try cases and investigate cases where there has been an injury to their client. They aggressively pursue cases where it is obvious there will be a settlement for their client. A majority of personal injury cases are settled by the parties without even stepping into a courtroom. Even when they go to court, many of these cases are won. There lawyers and law groups, like altontodd.com, only take on certain types of cases.

Car accidents are a majority of personal injury lawyer caseloads.  According to current statistics, there are at least six million car accidents each year. Each of those car accidents is a potential insurance claim and a possible lawsuit. Personal injury lawyers take many cases that stem from car accidents each year. You can almost say that many attorneys specialize in these cases due to the volume of them they receive each year.

Slip and fall injuries are very common and end in lawsuits in many instances. Slip and fall injuries are very common in businesses. Cases of this type can be tricky to take to trial due to many states enacting laws to protect businesses from insurance fraud. Even with the restrictive laws on injuries sustained from falls, many lawsuits stem from this each year.

Defective merchandise can also be a source of these types of lawsuits. Personal injury lawyers will take cases to trail in which injuries have been caused by store bought items that have malfunctioned. Cases like this bring about manufacturer recalls if there is significant injury. Common personal injury cases from merchandise are for baby and children toys, cribs, bicycles, appliances, strollers, lawn mowers, and furniture.

For more information on the kind of cases personal injury lawyers will accept, contact The Law Firm of Alton C. Todd.