Every year, thousands of people across America suffer injuries due to the negligence of others. Vehicle accidents, slip-and-falls, and other injuries wreak havoc on people’s lives. Often, significant medical bills add up on top of long-term disability, leaving accident victims to suffer financially, physically and emotionally. At Ayres, Cluster & Collins, P.A., our team of expert personal injury attorneys can help.
Personal Injury Claims & Value
Placing a value on a personal injury case is no simple matter. While medical bills are reimbursed in most cases, many other factors can also enter into a claim’s value. For example, pain and suffering are real costs to accident victims but difficult to quantify. Keep reading to see how injury claims are valued and the types of damages accident victims are entitled to receive.
Property Damage
Vehicle accidents cause serious property damage. In litigation, it’s essential to aggressively pursue the full value of the loss. Unfortunately, insurance companies rarely pay the full replacement value. Instead, they offer a low value based on blue book prices. For that reason, vehicular accident victims need strong legal advocacy to receive financial compensation. Our practice focuses on assisting clients to gain the full value of their losses. We negotiate with insurance companies to obtain the complete value of destroyed property.
Medical Bills
Hospital stays and doctor visits can quickly become unaffordable for the average accident victim. In fact, medical bills are the number one reason for personal bankruptcies. However, no one damaged by another’s negligence should be forced into poverty or bankruptcy because of medical bills.
Our firm works hard to win full reimbursement for medical bills. The bottom line is that the insurance company wants to pay as little as possible. Our personal injury lawyers fight for our clients to receive just compensation.
Pain and Suffering
Severe injuries can be life-changing. Unfortunately, many accident victims suffer irreparable harm due to other people’s poor decisions. In many cases, they cannot fully recover and enjoy the same level of health as prior to the accident. The amount of the claim depends on the severity of the injuries, the length of treatment time, and the amount of disability. When injuries are severe, you are entitled to compensation for the struggle you endured.
Lost Income
Serious accidents can put you out of work for a long time. On top of physical injuries, lost income compounds the problems and can leave accident victims destitute. Our firm recognizes the difficult situation caused by a dramatic loss of income, and our personal injury lawyers work to recover all the income lost due to the negligence of others. No one should be left without means of support due to an accident. For that reason, our firm focuses on recovering any and all income lost due to an accident.
Litigation Experts
Every personal injury claim is unique. The extent of the injuries and the client’s situation bears on the settlement amount. Most personal injury claims settle out of court and consist of multiple damage types, including property damage, medical bills, pain and suffering, and lost income.
If you have suffered an injury in an accident, you need strong legal representation. In most cases, litigation must be employed to force a settlement. Often, the insurance companies try to whittle the damages. As the premier personal injury law firm located in The Villages, our attorneys negotiate strongly on behalf of our clients. We’re not satisfied until our clients receive the compensation they deserve.