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Suffering an injury can be a traumatic experience, especially if the injury is serious and leaves you temporarily or permanently disabled. Something that can be even more disheartening is knowing your injuries would not have been suffered but for the negligence of another party. If this feels familiar to you, you probably have a personal injury claim. The following information will review the basics of personal injury cases, what constitutes a personal injury claim, what types of cases personal injury lawyers handle, and offer the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions that we hear from our clients about personal injury claims. If you have any additional questions, want more information, or are ready to schedule your free consultation with our personal injury law firm, please call us today or send us a message directly.
At the firm of Claim Your Justice, our personal injury attorneys are prepared to work on even the most complex personal injury case types. Our practice areas include, but are not limited to:
In order for a personal injury claim to be successful, the injured person must be able to prove four elements. Note that the burden of proof is on the injured person; the defendant isn’t responsible for disproving things. The elements of a personal injury claim are:
As personal injury lawyers in Schaumburg, IL, we get a lot of questions about the personal injury claims process, what constitutes a personal injury claim, how our lawyers charge, and more. Here are a few answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we receive.
Unfortunately, you can’t bring forth a personal injury claim just because you got injured; instead, you’ll need to prove that another party was responsible for your injuries, and you’ll need to satisfy the four elements of a personal injury claim listed above. If you’re not sure whether or not you have a personal injury claim, it’s smart to set up a free consultation with one of our attorneys to discuss your options.
There are myriad types of injuries that a person may suffer that may result from an accident caused by the negligence of another. Rather than thinking about the three types of injury, it makes more sense to think about the three categories of damages, which are:
A bodily injury claim is exactly what it sounds like: a claim for damages to a person’s body. This terminology is most commonly used in car accident claims and refers to damages for injuries sustained to the victim.
Yes! As stated above, a person can seek both economic and non-economic damages, including damages for emotional distress, in a personal injury claim.
Proving pain, suffering, emotional distress, and other non-economic losses can be more difficult than proving economic losses but this how Claim Your Justice attorneys help. The best way to prove that you have suffered these types of losses is to gather evidence to support your claim, such as testimony from your friends and family, a personal journal, medical evidence, and expert testimony from doctors and mental health professionals. When you choose Claim Your Justice, we can help you to find experts, and also advance the costs of hiring those experts to work on your claim.
One common question we hear is about to how much our lawyers get paid. First, it’s important to know we work on a 100 percent contingency fee basis, which means that there will never be any upfront or hourly costs associated with our law firm. A contingent fee means that our fee is contingent on us winning for you; if you do not win, we don’t get paid. If your case is successful, our fee is based on a percentage of your winnings. How much of a percentage varies. For example, if your case goes to litigation, then the percentage could increase. In any case, the most important thing to know about hiring our law firm is that you won’t have to pay if you don’t win, and you won’t have to pay out of pocket.
If you’ve been involved in an accident and have suffered a personal injury, our Schaumberg, IL personal injury lawyers want to help you. For a free consultation with our law firm, please call us directly today. We are here to serve you.
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