Personal injury encompasses physical harm, emotional distress, and mental anguish caused by another party’s negligence or intentional acts. Common examples include car accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, product defects, and workplace injuries. Dog bites, assault, battery, and defamation also qualify as personal injuries despite varying physical components. The key element involves harm to your person rather than just property damage requiring different legal remedies. Psychological injuries like PTSD from traumatic events can constitute personal injuries when properly documented. Toxic exposure, nursing home abuse, and wrongful death claims fall within personal injury law’s scope. The injury must result from another’s fault rather than pure accidents where nobody bears responsibility.