In the Hospital
While you are in the hospital and unable to care for your family, your personal injury lawyer can begin to access police reports from the accident and medical records from your doctors that will determine what benefits and damages you will be entitled to. The more severe your injuries are, the more important it is that you have someone who can work for you while you are incapacitated.
Rehabilitation
As soon as it’s evident that you will need rehabilitation, such as physiotherapy, a personal injury lawyer can help you access these services. It is critical that you get therapy in a timely manner – delays can mean that your recovery could be compromised.
Insurance Companies
After an injury, simply filling out the forms to apply for accident benefits can be daunting. A simple error can lead to a delay in your forms being processed, or even cause them to be denied. A personal injury lawyer has experience in filling out insurance forms so your benefits get approved quickly, and so you and your family receive as much as you are entitled to. What if you have already filled out the forms, and your claim has been denied? A personal injury lawyer can help with that, too. Many insurance claims are denied for questionable reasons, so a personal injury lawyer can review the documents you submitted, the reports filed by the doctors that examined you and determine whether or not your claim was wrongly denied. If it was, launching a claim as soon as possible will help you get the benefits you need, when you need them.
FACTS ABOUT PERSONAL INJURY LAW
- Most personal injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis, which means that you pay no fees unless you win your case. The fees are taken from an agreed upon percentage of your settlement. In this scenario, you don’t have to worry about how you will afford legal fees in order to get the settlement you deserve.
- Most cases never go to trial. The vast majority are settled out of court between the insurance company and your personal injury lawyer.
- A personal injury lawyer has access to a team of scientific and medical experts who can help determine what damages you are entitled to. Without a lawyer working for you, you might be unable to afford these people, but a lawyer can hire them, pay the fees for you, and recover them out of your settlement.
- The more severe your injuries are, the longer your case will take to settle. A basic case for relatively minor injuries can take about two years. So if you have life-changing injuries, such as a traumatic brain injury or a spinal cord injury, your case could be tied up for years longer. A personal injury lawyer can help you through this time, making sure you access medical care and benefits – not to mention reducing your anxiety during a stressful time.
