Personal injury law originated and grew out of the English system of justice and its principles were adopted by the United States system of justice and continued to grow. Today, it has become so vital that every state in the U.S.A. has specific personal injury law claims. Personal injury lawyer's basic objective is compensation to the plaintiff for the physical/emotional injury suffered due to an action (intentional/unintentional) of others. Personal injury law is also referred to as Tort law. Tort is a legal term referring to a civil wrong which might be intentional or unintentional. It deals with economic and non economic damages to a person's property, reputation and rights.