When you suffer an injury to your person either physical or psychiatric, this is known as a personal injury. Where you sustain a personal injury that is not your fault, and is caused intentionally or by the negligence of someone else, you may be owed compensation.
This could be for loss of earnings, pain and suffering and many other categories. Personal injury law outlines the rules relating to such claims and looks to put the injured party back in the position they were in before the injury.