Personal Injury Law Overview

At its most basic, personal injury law involves “tort” law, or any law that has to do with bringing a civil lawsuit against another person or entity for which you seek civil damages. More specifically, in a personal injury lawsuit you are bringing a case in which you need to prove 1) the defendant was liable for causing you harm and 2) if they were liable, they owe you money to make you whole.

For liability, Tennessee is a “comparative fault” state, which means that, if you were to go to trial, the court must find you were 49% or less liable for your injuries to be entitled to any compensation. Basically, if a jury were to find you were half or more at fault for your injuries, the defendant is not liable, and you will come away with nothing.

Regarding damages, we have another page and video discussing that topic you can view here.