By VSCP LAW
A personal injury attorney may be the key to your successful personal injury case. Here are five reasons you should hire one.
It’s very possible that someone else is responsible for your injuries. Either through their actions or inactions, someone else caused you to suffer an injury. The only way to truly know whether someone else played a part in your injuries is to hire a Philadelphia personal injury attorney. Your attorney will investigate the facts leading up to your injuries and make a professional determination as to whether the other person was negligent and thus liable to you for your injuries.
Your attorney will gather evidence that is critical to your case. If you were injured in a slip and fall, your attorney might collect building records, weather history, janitorial schedules, etc. If you were injured in a car accident, your attorney might gather auto mechanic invoices, cell phone records, and the defendants’ driving records. Other examples of evidence that your Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer will collect include witness statements, photographs and videos, and all physical objects that are related to the events leading up to your injury.
And after all that, if your personal injury lawyer determines that there is no negligence that caused your injury and there is no one to sue, you won’t lose any money. Your attorney undergoes all that investigation at zero initial cost to you.
In many cases, a personal injury lawsuit is complicated and requires expert review and analysis. Your personal injury lawyer in Scranton has access to the best experts in the country. They will ensure that the most appropriate and qualified experts review your case. And they will ensure that those experts write an ironclad report to bolster your claim in court.
People tend to (wrongly) think they can keep things simple by handling everything by themselves. They don’t want to get lawyers involved because they worry that there are hidden costs or that it will take too much effort or time. When you file a claim with your insurance company, the insurance company may try to convince you that they can handle everything. More often than not, an insurance company will undervalue your case. In other words, they will tell you that they can only collect a certain amount of money (because that is the maximum amount they’d be able to collect for you). Whatever amount the insurance company tells you is typically far less than what a Philadelphia personal injury lawyer can collect for you.
Under Pennsylvania law, there are two main categories of compensation: economic and non-economic. Economic damages are quantifiable; the exact figure can be established with documentation. They include lost wages, medical expenses, and future health-related costs.
Non-economic damages are not quantifiable – they are more of a subjective assessment of your suffering. They include loss of companionship, embarrassment, emotional distress, loss of quality of life, and pain and suffering.
Your personal injury lawyer in Pennsylvania knows how to build a case that is designed to help compensate you for your suffering and make sure that you get the most money possible for your injuries.
An experienced personal injury attorney knows what actions must be taken early in the process such as ordering medical records; reviewing police reports; and collecting witness statements, photographs, and videos. The presence or absence of these crucial forms of evidence could determine whether your lawsuit is successful or not.
Much of the critical evidence is in the possession of the defendant and if those items aren’t requested early in the process, the defendant could destroy them.
Thus, you need a Pennsylvania personal injury attorney to preserve any and all necessary evidence.
To find an experienced personal injury in Philadelphia or Scranton, Pennsylvania to represent you, contact the attorneys at VSCP Law.
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