Our lawyer can review your situation to determine if you can move forward with legal action involving a personal injury. The damages that are usually recovered in these cases depend on several factors unique to each case, including the seriousness of the person’s injuries and losses, how long they were affected, and how they were affected either temporarily, permanently, or both.

If you can bring an insurance claim or lawsuit forward, you will first have to determine what damages you suffered and how much each one cost. This can be challenging to do with damages that are hard to measure, such as pain and suffering. Our lawyer can assess those kinds of damages for you and determine how much they are worth.

Damage Types in Personal Injury Cases

Damages usually fall into two categories: economic damages, which have a specific dollar value, and non-economic damages, which do not have a dollar value. Your losses can fall into either category or both, and you can seek financial recovery for both as well.

Economic damages can be proven with receipts, invoices, or other documentation that shows how much something costs. Examples of economic damages are:

• Medical bills: Any sort of medical expense could entitle you to compensation, from prescription medicines to surgery to home nursing. You could even recover travel expenses if your medical facility is far enough away.
• Lost wages: This refers specifically to a temporary reduction in income caused when you took time off on account of your injuries.
• Reduced ability to earn: For those who are permanently unable to earn or work as much as before the accident, we can estimate the value of your lost earning capacity and how much you would have earned throughout the remainder of your career.
• Property damage: This commonly refers to a damaged car. However, you could also be compensated for lost or damaged jewelry, electronics, and other items.
• Other expenses: For example, you could seek reimbursement for the cost of hiring a lawyer or paying someone to mow your lawn until you recover.

Non-economic damages include pain and suffering, as mentioned earlier, which includes both physical and psychological distress resulting from the accident. Other examples include:

• Mental anguish: The physical pain of your injuries also led to emotional anguish or trauma.
• Loss of consortium: The accident has negatively impacted your relationship with your spouse or other relatives with whom you used to be close.
• Scar tissue: In particular, scarring to the face and neck can qualify you for compensation. However, any scarring that is severe enough to impact your life in some way may be compensable.
• Disability: Any loss or diminishment of your physical or intellectual capabilities can make you eligible for settlement money.
• Diminished quality of life: The overall impact of the accident makes it difficult or impossible for you to enjoy the full range of activities and experiences you once did.

Knowing How Much Your Case Is Worth Puts You Ahead

Our lawyer can add up all of your damages to get the value of your case. Working with an attorney helps ensure all of your damages are reviewed and accounted for, and it gives you the dollar figure for how much your case is worth.

This information is very important as you move forward with your case. It can help you avoid accepting an insurance settlement that falls short of meeting your current and future needs.

We can help you evaluate any insurance offers that may come your way, but be aware that you do not have to accept them. Insurance companies are known to lowball injured victims whose cases are worth more than what they are offering. We will advise you as you consider your options, and we leave the final decision up to you.

We Can Determine If You Can Pursue Wrongful Death Damages

Sometimes, personal injury cases result in death. If you lost a loved one, please accept our condolences. We can help you recover damages if the decedent died from personal injuries suffered after an incident they did not cause. If our lawyer can help you win your case for these damages, you could recover several losses under Florida Statutes § 95.11(4)(d). These include:

• The decedent’s burial, funeral, or cremation cost
• Medical expenses due to the decedent’s injury
• Loss of the decedent’s earnings
• Mental pain and suffering they endured
• Mental pain the decedent’s survivors endured
• Loss of the loved one’s companionship and guidance

Losing a loved one is hard enough without getting entangled in legal matters. Allow our firm to help you through this difficult time.

How The Dickstein Law Firm Can Help You

When you contact us, we go to work collecting the evidence to support your case. We may bring in experts to help us understand your injuries and researchers who can help us identify any similar cases. We have extensive experience navigating all types of personal injury claims. We can put that to work for you to get the money you need to pay for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other losses.

Once we have all the available evidence in your case, we can file a claim to hold the at-fault party liable for your injuries. Often, this is a third-party insurance claim based on the liable party’s auto, homeowner’s, or business insurance policy.

We can use our estimation of the value of your case to determine a fair settlement value for your claim and negotiate aggressively to get the settlement you deserve. Most cases settle during this process.

Can You Afford a Personal Injury Lawyer?

At The Dickstein Law Firm, we do not get paid unless you do. We are a contingency firm, which allows us to help our clients seek financial recovery and justice as soon as possible without paying up front to start a case. We do not have hidden fees, either. We receive our payment later from the compensation we win on our clients’ behalf. If they do not win, we do not get paid.

For many people, contingency agreements allow both parties to work together and lower the barrier to receiving legal representation they feel they need. We can speak more with you about any questions or concerns you have about affordable legal services.