Personal injury cases are far more common than many people would expect.
These types of injuries create numerous physical, emotional and mental ramifications for the affected individual.
Although no amount of monetary compensation can ease the pain and suffering sustained by the injury victim and their family, a personal injury suit can help produce money to relieve financial strain and bring legal justice to the party responsible for the injury.
There are many different types of compensation that an individual can pursue as a result of an injury.
These include compensation for medical expenses, expenses incurred as a result of the accident, lost income, and pain & suffering.
Compensation for medical expenses is one of the more common forms of compensation that is sought after in a personal injury case.
This compensation includes costs of medical expenses, rehabilitation, therapy and treatment for the related injury.
A person may also pursue compensation for actual expenses incurred as a result of the accident.
These types of expenses include the money it costs to hire staff to complete things such as cooking, cleaning and family care.
These simple tasks cannot be performed by the injured individual and therefore, they must pay someone else to perform them.
Similarly, if the injured victim dies as a result of the injuries sustained in an accident then his family may be entitled to compensation for his funeral costs.
Other accident related expenses could include the cost of repairing a vehicle if injuries were sustained in an automobile accident or the finances need to secure a rental car if one is needed.
If injuries lave left an individual unable to work, then that person can aim to receive compensation for lost income.
Whether the person cannot work at all or cannot work as many hours as before the accident, compensation for lost income can be pursued.
In many cases time missed from work must be documented and verified with the employer.
It is also possible that injury victims will be entitled to compensation for pain and suffering that resulted from the accident.
This is both for physical and mental anguish sustained.
Personal injury damages are intended to put a personal injury victim back in the position that he or she would have been had the accident not occurred.
The law recognizes that there is no way to undo all of the harmful effects of an accident but monetary damages can be important to a victim's financial, physical and emotional recovery.