Accidents that involve personal injury in New York occur either because someone intended to cause harm, or because they behaved in a negligent manner. When an individual acts with the intention of breaking the law or in order to cause harm, their actions will be legally examined under intentional tort law. However, if you have been injured in an accident that was caused not intentionally, but due to the party at fault breaching their duty of care, you can raise a negligence tort claim.