If you live in Naperville or any Chicago’s western suburbs, you may well need a personal injury lawyer at some time.
While there is no “official” designation for a personal injury attorney, many attorneys choose to limit their practice to a field in which they’ve developed special expertise.
This expertise can encompass typical injury areas like slip and fall, automobile accidents, on the job accidents, dog bites, and so on.
Personal injuries generally fall under the category of torts. Torts are injuries which one person suffers, and for which another person is responsible. Generally, the responsible person can be required, through a lawsuit, to provide appropriate compensation to the party who has been injured.
Torts may or may not be intentional. For example, if someone is angry at you and throws a brick at you, causing physical harm, that’s an intentional physical tort in the form of assault and battery. Note that the damage does not have to be physical; it can be emotional as well.
Also, a tort can occur as the result of negligence. This area of the law is more complex than that of intentional torts because legal liability often depends upon the level of care and safety to which the injured party was entitled. For example, if you take a shortcut across someone’s property and fall into a ditch, are they liable? Should they have fenced off the ditch or provided warning? Should you have been on their property in the first place? All of these factors will be important in determining whether you can win such a personal injury lawsuit.
Finally, there is a legal concept called “strict liability” that often comes into play when defective products cause injury. Here, too, it’s essential to consult a personal injury lawyer to find out what, if any, case you have against the manufacturer of a defective product.
Naperville of course falls under Illinois law. If you are looking for a Naperville injury lawyer, please use the handy form shown above, and an attorney will contact you soon. You are under no obligation whatsoever until you enter into a contract with an attorney. Find out first!
