Most people just go to a bar to relax, have a few drinks, and maybe chat with friends. Some people may play darts or pool, but overall most people expect the evening to be relatively quiet. What you may not expect is for a couple of people to break out into a bar room brawl like some scene from a spaghetti Western. If you are caught in the midst of a brawl, do your best to stay down, keep low, and see if you can get to the door. If you end up banged up in the fight anyway, here is what you should do next. 

Remember Who Hit You, Kicked You, Etc., and Take Pictures

If you did your best to stay out of the fray, try to remember who injured you. Better yet, try to get pictures of the person or person that hurt you. This will be important evidence you can share with your personal injury lawyer. If your phone is damaged in the fight going on around you, keep it anyway. There are ways that you can extract those pictures or video from your phone and place them on another computing device to save for the court case. 

Sue Those That Injured You

Generally, you want to sue those that assaulted you in some way. You can only sue if you were assaulted but did not get into the fight, try to break it up, or cause others to get into the fight with you. This type of personal injury claim is only valid if you can prove that you did not get involved with any of the people that were hitting, punching, kicking, throwing things, cutting, or shooting. With the exception of self-defense, you would be considered just as guilty as the rest of those in the brawl if you got into the thick of it with them. 

You Cannot Sue the Bartenders or Bar Owners

Unless you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the bartenders were part of the fight, or that they did nothing to stop it (e.g., calling the police immediately would help stop it), then you can only sue those that harmed you. You also cannot sue the bar owners because they were probably not there and not aware that there would be police arriving at their establishment to deal with some drunken assailants. Stick to suing your own assailant(s). 

To learn more about personal injury law, contact a lawyer in your area like Jack W Hanemann, P.S.