Legal English for Graduate Students: Visual Reference Materials

Personal InjuryLitigationLitigation resulting from physical or emotional injuries.Types of personal injury litigation are automobile acci-dents, accidents occurring on another’s property, productliability, and medical and other professional malpractice.EmploymentLitigationLitigation related to employment disputes, such asclaims of unlawful discharge or discrimination.Intellectual PropertyLitigationLitigation related to rights in intellectual property suchas patents, trademarks, trade names, and copyrights.ConstructionLitigationLitigation related to claims of faulty construction; damag-es may include claims for property damage or, in somecases, injuries resulting from the faulty construction.SecuritiesLitigationLitigation related to stocks and other securities, whichoften involve class action claims by stockholdersagainst a corporation or its directors and/or officers.Business LitigationLitigation related to general business matters, such ascontract disputes and partnership disputes.Real EstateLitigationLitigation related to real property, such as ownershiprights, possession rights, and landlord–tenant issues.Asbestos LitigationLitigation related to the various diseases and injuriescaused by exposure to asbestos.Civil RightsLitigationLitigation related to damages claimed as a result of theviolation of one’s civil rights.