Types of Personal Injury Damages
Every personal injury claim is as unique as the individual and the circumstances involved.
Every personal injury claim is also difficult for the injured party—after all, someone else’s negligence has left you injured.
While it’s impossible to pinpoint the entirety of the damages you’ve suffered from the outset, most injured accident victims will need to seek financial compensation for their injuries and damages.
Medical Expenses - If someone else’s negligence has caused your injury, seek immediate medical attention. Tending to your physical well-being to a later date can cause you to suffer more extensive damages—early diagnosis is closely associated with improved prognosis. Medical bills generally follow a prescribed course:
- Emergency transportation from the scene of the accident
- Emergency care
- Surgeries
- Surgical aftercare
- Treatment and care from doctors, specialists, and therapists
- Follow-up and aftercare
- Prescription medications
- Physical therapy
- Adaptive physical devices
- Home adaptations
- Home healthcare
While it’s impossible to calculate your medical expenses and bills from the outset, your experienced 24-hour personal injury law firm will help account for the full extent of your injuries and your complete damages.
Lost Income - With significant injuries come lost hours at work and lost wages. Such losses can accrue quickly and cause significant financial hardships. Furthermore, if you suffered serious injuries, you could experience an altered career path and diminished earning capacity far into your future. These extensive consequences are difficult to calculate. Most of us closely associate our vocations with our sense of place in the world, and when someone else’s negligence crushes that sense of place in the blink of an eye—as in an accident—inestimable emotional damage can result. Allow your 24-hour personal injury law firm to help calculate the entirety of your financial and psychological damages as they relate to your altered career.
Emotional Damages - If you suffered serious injuries because of someone else’s negligence, you’re no doubt going through a difficult time. In fact, many such victims don’t immediately recognize the full, emotionally harrowing nature of these personal injuries. First, you’ve taken a physical hit that’s difficult to process. Second, coming to terms with such injuries can cause emotional distress. If your injuries affect your thought processes or the trajectory of your future, they’re likely to cause nearly incalculable emotional damage.
Our emotions and psychological health are closely associated with our sense of self in the world, and when someone dashes that sense of self in an accident, anyone could find that exceedingly difficult to overcome. Your 24-hour personal injury law firm will help you assess the pain and suffering you’ve endured at the hands of someone else’s negligence and will help ensure that your claim truly represents the totality of your emotional damages.
The extensive damages you suffer due to your personal injury claim may include medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, and pain and suffering—no small matters, and they have a way of exacting a tremendous toll on your life. Your 24-hour personal injury law firm, however, can swoop in—immediately upon notification—and secure the evidence necessary to support your claim. If someone else’s negligence injured you, contact a 24-hour personal injury law firm as soon as possible. Your claim and your just compensation matter.
