Personal Injury Lawyer: Fighting for Justice

A personal injury lawyer can offer assistance when an individual is faced with a negative occurrence in their life: wrongful termination, injury at work, vehicle accident, malpractice, civil rights violations or injury varying from the minor to wrongful death. While there are those who frown upon filing a lawsuit, there are times when there is no other recourse but to do so. And that is when a personal injury lawyer is the best possible telephone call a person can choose to make.

Should an accident involving vehicles occur, a licensed and insured driver may find themselves forced to use their insurance company to cover all expenses due to the offending driver’s lack of insurance, or being under insured, only carrying minimal liability. In either instance, there are bills that need to be paid and insurance companies fighting over expenses, and a bank looking for restitution on an auto loan. Not a good day.

An injury at work happens and an employee is fired for reasons unclear: workers compensation, wrongful termination, negligence may be involved; how are medical bills going to be paid and regular household expenses covered?
Drunk drivers, medical malpractice, premises liability, traumatic brain injury, product liability, civil rights violations- the list goes on. Every state has its own laws and the average person is unlikely to know those laws, their rights and how to go about protecting themselves in a time of crisis or grief. An injury lawyer is schooled in law and individual rights, and they can offer guidance and assistance during those times.

If a tenant is injured in a fall caused by a wet floor, or a faulty stair rail or ice/snow that was not cleared from a walkway, they have the right to be compensated by their landlord: medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, possibly disability. If a person dies, a wrongful death lawsuit can be filed on behalf of the “next of kin” including the children of the deceased: money, goods, services, instruction, moral training and education are few areas to receive restitution. Not everyone would know these rights and would not know how to go about seeking compensation. A personal injury lawyer can help by filling that void.

People tend to believe they cannot afford to take on the expense of a lawyer. With hourly rates in the hundreds of dollars the average person is incapable of making a commitment to such an expense. A personal injury lawyer ONLY receives payment if they win a client’s case. They will receive a percentage of the settlement, plus any filing fees, court costs, etc. All of these expenses will be discussed during the initial (usually free) consultation and prior to filing a case. The lawyer will investigate the complaint, deal with the defendants, their lawyer and will handle any insurance companies that are involved in the case.

During a time of crisis, injury or grief a personal injury lawyer can become a individual’s personal protector.