If you have been seriously injured in some type of CT accident case one of the first questions you will have is what types of damages am I entitled to recover from the at fault party. There are many factors that go into determining the value of any personal injury case. Since every CT personal injury case is different, a set formula or multiplier cannot be used to determine the value of any specific type of case. Generally speaking, the value of an injured party’s personal injury case cannot be determined until such time as that person reaches maximum medical improvement or that point in time when they are as well as they are going to be.
There are basically two types of damages that an injured party can recover in a personal injury action. Economic or special damages relate to specific losses that can be calculated with a high degree of certainty. These damages could include such things as: past and future medical expenses; past and future rehabilitative care; past and future lost wages; therapeutic care, psychological counseling, and nursing care; prescription charges, out-of-pocket expenditures and any other expenses which can be added up to a specific dollar amount. The second type of damages are non-economic or general damages. General damages could include claims for some or all of the following: pain; suffering; disfigurement; permanent disabilities; disfigurement or scars; loss of life’s activities; loss of consortium; and emotional bystander distress.
One of the issues that drives up the value of a ct accident case is the level of permanency of the injury which has been suffered by the plaintiff. How has this injury affected the plaintiff? What future medical expenses can the plaintiffs expect to incur? What future lost wages can the plaintiff expect to incur? what type of disfigurement or scars are present? Will a vocational expert be needed to retrain the plaintiff? and any and all other issues related to how this injury has affected the plaintiff. The level of permanency is also a large driver of the value of a personal injury case. Does somebody have a 5% permanent disability of their cervical spine or a 25% permanent impairment of their cervical spine? The level, extent and nature of the disability, as well as the age of the injured party, will also drive the value of the case.
It is critically important that you get experienced CT accident attorney and injury lawyer involved in your case as soon as possible. There are a great number of things that will be needed to be done to properly develop your case. If you proceed without the advice or representation of an attorney then you could make huge mistakes which could seriously undermine the value of your case. Our Connecticut injury lawyers and accident attorneys have been helping injured parties and their families for decades. Visit our website at www.HCWLAW.com and download a copy of our free book. Call our toll-free number at 888-842-8466 and speak with one of our injury attorneys who can advise you as to what you should be doing. Schedule a free in office consultation where we will review, in detail, the facts of your case and advise you as to how you should be proceeding. You can also fill out our brief online form by telling us about the facts of your case and we will then contact you. Don’t be injured a second time by dealing directly with the insurance adjuster of the at fault party. Call us today for this free viable information regarding a CT Accident.