This is an area of the law that covers the rights and legal courses of action available to a person injured due to another party's neglect or willful misconduct. Personal injury cases include but are not limited to people affected by industrial accidents, vehicular accidents, slipping and falling accidents, cancer and other health issues arising from exposure to asbestos or other harmful environmental agents, defamation of character, assault, and faulty or defective products.
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Wage and hour cases including failure to pay overtime protect individuals from employers that fail to pay minimum wage and or overtime in accordance with federal pay standards as set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Compensation for this type of case may include payment of all back wages with penalties and interest.

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These types of lawsuits protect individuals and businesses from the intentional misrepresentation of existing facts by another party made in an attempt to cause action on the part of the misinformed individual or business resulting in damage or injury. A successful case for the commission of fraud may include compensation in the form of punitive damages as a punishment against the fraudulent party.
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Wrongful termination laws give an individual the right to seek compensation from an employer for damages resulting from termination of employment without cause. The individual bringing legal action must also have had either an implied or express contract that their employment would be permanent, or be the subject of statutory discrimination such as discrimination due to age, gender, race, religion, or sexual preference, or have been discharged as an act of retribution for publicly exposing information that the employer conducted dishonest business practices.
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Antitrust laws are governed by Congressional acts such as the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 later amended by the Robinson-Patman Act in 1936 which restricts or otherwise defines as unlawful business practices that would cause the prevention of interstate commerce and or the formation of monopolies that would "substantially lessen competition".
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Cases involving unfair business practice allow a person or business to seek compensation and or an injunction against businesses committing fraudulent, inequitable, or unjust business practices and or using advertising that is dishonest, deceiving, or an intentional misrepresentation resulting in financial loss on the part of the consumer.
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False claims (whistleblower) cases, also known as Qui Tam, state that an individual with sufficient evidence that fraud has been committed against government programs or contracts may file for legal action on behalf of the federal government to reclaim funds stolen by the fraudulent party or parties. The individual filing the suit is usually awarded some portion of the recovered funds that generally averages between 15 and 20 percent.
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Class action lawsuits involve a single individual or group of individuals filing legal action on behalf of themselves and a more substantially sized group of individuals in a similar circumstance. One example of a class action lawsuit might involve women with defective contraceptive devices whose health suffered as a result.

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Laws regarding wrongful death entitle a person's surviving family and or heirs to bring legal action against any party causing said person's death through neglect, lack of disclosure, or willful misconduct in order to provide financial compensation for the loss of the victim. Forms of compensation in wrongful death cases may include pecuniary injuries such as loss of support, medical expenses, funeral costs, and prospective inheritance. Interest penalties if awarded are typically incurred and payable from the date of the victim’s death. And in cases of serious malicious acts punitive damages may also be awarded as a form of punishment and deterrence from potential future occurrences.

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Breach of contract cases can be established by an individual or business seeking legal action against an entity for failure to comply with any terms set forth in a written or verbal contract without having a legitimate reason. Breaches of contract include but are not limited to failure to deliver goods, not paying on time of in full for goods or services, non-completion of a job, delivering substandard or significantly different goods or services, or any act indicating that work will not be completed.

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Insurance bad faith laws allow insurance policy holders to take legal action against an insurer that frequently commits malicious, unethical, and or grievous conduct establishing such acts as general business practices. Some examples of insurance bad faith include but are not limited to:

1. Inciting an insured person to file a lawsuit by offering the insured substantially less compensation than would be due and payable under their insurance policy.
   
   
2. Providing misleading facts or information pertaining to provisions of the insurance policy related to coverage.
   
   
3. Summarily refusing to pay on claims without a reasonable investigation of all the available information.

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Product liability lawsuite involves an area of the law that permits an individual, group, or business to seek damages for physical and or financial harm suffered due to the use of a defective product. Responsible parties include manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of publicly available products.


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In the case of patent infringment patent litigation allows an individual to exercise their rights regarding any invention for which they hold a patent to seek compensation from any other parties attempting to use the patent holder's invention without their permission or as their own invention.


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