When determining what you’ll demand in a head injury settlement check, you’ll first need to consider two major contributors. The totals on your medical bills and how much income you’ve lost while missing work.
The physical pain and emotional trauma a head injury has caused should also factor into the support you receive from a business or property owner’s insurance provider.
With a head injury, a long-term injury is always possible. The length of recovery or even a permanent disability might also affect how much in compensation you’ll need to live with a head injury in the years ahead.
How Much Is My Slip-And-Fall Brain Injury Worth?
A skilled California slip-and-fall attorney can help you add up your hardships and decide what you’ll need to request from a commercial insurance company. But in determining the size of the settlement check you should receive, your attorney will need to hear from you about what happened. Your lawyer will get a better idea of what your case is worth after fully investigating your accident and working with your doctors to find out the full cost of your recovery.
You may have slipped on a puddle left out on a grocery store aisle. An obstacle that store owners had multiple chances to mop up and place “wet floor” signs around. Before you’ve hit the floor you can strike your head on a shelf to suffer a skull fracture or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Harvard Medical School reports that serious cases of TBI led to an average of 166 deaths per day in the U.S. Survivors of severe cases can take a year or more to recover. And at a year they may still need home care or nursing care for a large portion of the day.
Your lawyer helps you determine how long you’ll need support and then goes after a settlement that covers all of your requirements.
These are just a few of the factors that your lawyer will make sure are considered when insurance companies decide how much they’ll offer in a settlement:
- How long it will take you to recover
- How long you will be unable to work
- The cost of your doctor bills, physical therapy, and medical equipment
- The lifelong costs of a permanent physical disability including home care or nursing care
- The cost of transportation to doctors’ appointments and to see out-of-area specialists while you can’t drive
- The physical pain you may have to deal with for years or a lifetime
- The emotional trauma a difficult recovery from a brain injury will cause
- The loss of enjoyment of life patients must often deal with (loss of the ability to participate in family activities and hobbies, loss of cherished memories, etc.)
Contact a California Trip-and-Fall Attorney with Your Questions
After a serious slip-and-fall accident, one easy way to get clarity on your options is to take advantage of a free case consultation with a real California trip-and-fall lawyer. You can talk about what happened, the business owner’s responsibility, and how much you should expect to help with recovery.
A lawyer can help you earn the maximum in compensation and protect you if at-fault parties try to blame you for your fall and your head injury.
Contact us today for a free case evaluation to find out how we can assist you. There’s no obligation and your case review is completely confidential.
If you feel we can help protect your case and earn you more, you don’t have to worry about having the money to hire a Maison Law attorney. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money an at-fault party is forced to provide.
