Catastrophic injuries can lead to permanent impairment, paralysis, and in some cases, serious disability and the need for long-term or lifelong care and treatment. Catastrophic injuries may occur in any setting, but they are most likely to stem from a severe car, truck, motorcycle, or slip-and-fall accident.
If you have sustained a catastrophic injury in an accident in or around Frisco, Texas, speak with a skilled personal injury attorney. You may be entitled to monetary compensation under the law. A Frisco catastrophic injury lawyer at McCraw Law Group can review the facts and circumstances of your case, negotiate with the insurance company, or file a lawsuit on your behalf, helping you to recover monetary compensation for all damages suffered because of a catastrophic accident. En Español.
Any injury that results in particularly severe, permanent, or life-altering harm is considered catastrophic. Examples include:
In order to recover monetary compensation for catastrophic injuries, an accident victim must first prove that someone else behaved in a careless, negligent, or reckless manner under the circumstances that existed at the time of the accident.
More specifically, the accident victim must show that the at-fault person or persons owed a duty to act reasonably under the circumstances and violated (or breached) that duty or care. The accident victim must also show that this breach directly resulted in catastrophic injury and damages. In other words, the catastrophic injury and the resulting damages would not have occurred without the at-fault person’s negligence. A skilled Frisco catastrophic injury attorney can help prove all the elements of negligence in a case.
Catastrophic injury cases can be difficult to prove without an experienced attorney because insurance companies are naturally skeptical about the nature and severity of these injuries.
Insurance company adjusters often seek out opportunities to downplay the severity of an accident victim’s catastrophic injuries and, in some cases, to deny insurance coverage altogether. This can include issuing a subpoena for the accident victim’s prior medical treatment records and looking for evidence of prior illnesses, preexisting medical conditions, and degenerative changes, which they may use to try to explain away the significance of the accident victim’s current catastrophic injuries.
To mitigate this, a seasoned lawyer in Frisco can utilize medical experts and vocational rehabilitation experts in an attempt to maximize the value of a catastrophic injury case and the available damages.
Victims of catastrophic injuries may be eligible to recover compensation for medical and physical therapy bills, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering (past, present, and future), emotional distress, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of consortium, future medical procedures, and future medical care. However, the insurance company’s goal is often to pay out as little money as possible in satisfaction of your catastrophic injury claim. Let a Frisco catastrophic injury lawyer advocate for you and seek out the monetary compensation you need and deserve. Call now.
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