Victims in slip-and-fall accidents causing wrist injuries must demand support to cover all medical bills. They should receive reimbursement for lost paychecks. They can also seek compensation for the pain they endure and the emotional trauma a difficult recovery can cause.
What Should Determine How Much I Get on a Slip-And-Fall Wrist Accident Settlement Check?
Negligent store owners or landlords can leave out dangerous slip-and-fall hazards on their properties and cause someone to hit the ground to suffer a wrist sprain or fracture. Victims often throw out their arms as they fall to catch themselves, leaving the wrists to absorb the full force of impact.
Wrist injuries can cause long-term pain and a loss of function. Victims may not be able to bend their wrists for weeks or months. This could leave patients without the ability to pick up a child, to type on a keyboard, or to complete many of their other job duties.
At-fault business owners or property owners should be responsible for all of these hardships and more.
These are just a few of the factors that can help you decide how much you’ll expect from an at-fault owner:
- 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 involving a wrist injury
- 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 an accident and a difficult recovery will cause
- The loss of enjoyment of life patients must often deal with (loss of the ability to participate in family activities and hobbies, etc.)
How Can a Lawyer Help Me Demand and Secure More on a Wrist Injury Settlement Check?
An accident involving a wrist injury that’s very minor may not leave you in need of a lawyer for your case. But when treatment and rehabilitation will take weeks or months, healthcare costs rise and the efforts of insurers ramp up to try to limit the support they must pay. These cases become more complex the more time and money your injury requires to heal.
A skilled lawyer could be able to secure you much more in compensation than you could for yourself. Your lawyer may also protect you from legal attacks that might leave you with nothing. These are just a few of the safeguards your California slip-and-fall lawyer provides:
- Fully investigate the accident and the safety record of the property or business owner at fault
- Build a case backed with strong evidence to make it extremely difficult for insurance adjusters to deny the facts of what happened
- Defense against false accusations such as “you caused your fall” or “your wrist injury was pre-existing”
- Negotiate for much more in compensation for your family when insurance companies try to get you to sign off on a “lowball” offer
- Prepare you for a Lawsuit. Your attorney represents the threat of a lawsuit if an insurance company doesn’t want to help you pay for your recovery. Your attorney could file a claim and seek a court date. You may never have to go to court though. This action is usually enough to get insurers and company owners to return to the negotiating table to try harder to make you happier with a settlement. Companies will do everything they can to avoid the cost of going to court and the negative hit to their reputations.
Contact a California Trip-and-Fall Attorney with Your Questions
After a 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.
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.
