According to the American Bar Association (ABA), personal injury (or tort) law allows people who have been injured or had their property damaged to sue at-fault parties for their negligent actions. There are two main methods to potentially receive compensation: filing an insurance claim or a personal injury lawsuit. However, there can be variations in how a person’s legal journey might go.
You May Be Able to Financially Recover from Your Damages
Personal injury cases can involve minor injuries that snowballed into large setbacks and major injuries that immediately impacted a person’s life. If your injuries caused you several kinds of damages, they may be calculated to determine how much compensation you need to recover your losses. Your legal team might help you calculate your:
- Medical expenses
- Property damage costs
- Loss of income
- Reduced earning potential
- Out-of-pocket expenses, such as for prescription medicines or medical equipment
However, not every type of damage has a financial value. Non-economic damages generally get compared to your monetary damages and assigned a value that reflects their impact on your life. These types of damages might include:
- Pain and suffering
- Permanent disability
- Loss of quality of life
- Loss of consortium
A Chalmette personal injury lawyer from our firm can work with you throughout this process and advise you on when to pursue compensation. If you are still going through extensive medical procedures or other financial damages, your lawyer might also refer to appropriate expert witnesses to determine the trajectory of your recovery or strain. By doing so, they may be able to estimate future damages you might experience and include this value into your compensation demands.
Our team wants to be as accurate as possible when calculating your damages because you will not be able to pursue additional compensation once you accept a settlement offer or receive a verdict in a court trial. While your case is on a strict deadline, we also do not want to rush this stage of preparing your case, lest we risk underestimating your future needs.
To start this process, call Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers today or contact us online. A representative of our law firm can review your case for free and take notes on the damages you have already experienced.
