If you suffered injuries in a car crash, a car accident lawyer in Lynn, MA can help you go after financial damages. You can pursue compensation for your losses, such as medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages.
You do not have to go through this experience alone. We can navigate through the claims process and file a lawsuit if the insurance company will not settle the case for a reasonable amount. We investigate all car accident cases that we handle and collect the evidence to build your claim. When we are on the case, you can focus on getting well while we take care of your legal worries.
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The Amount of Damages
A car accident can turn your life upside down. We are aggressive in going after the damages you need to get back to normal.
We cannot give a dollar amount that represents how much compensation a person will receive for a Lynn, MA car accident injury claim. Every car crash is unique, and each person’s damages can vary.
The damages you can collect will depend on the facts of your situation. The type and severity of your injuries and how the harm you sustained will impact your life are some of the relevant factors.
It can be helpful to understand some of the common categories of damages that people can recover for car accident personal injury claims, including:
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Medical bills
The cost to treat your injuries can be a part of the settlement or award. These expenses can include things like the emergency room, ambulance, doctors, hospital, surgery, physical therapy, and rehabilitation center.
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Ongoing medical care
If you suffered severe harm, like traumatic brain injury or spinal cord damage, you might have to undergo treatment at a specialized rehabilitation facility. Some people need long-term care to provide daily assistance with medical treatments and personal tasks because of catastrophic injuries that result in paralysis, a persistent vegetative state, or cognitive impairment.
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Loss of income
You can seek to recover the income you did not receive because of missing time from work without pay. Depending on your circumstances, you might get compensation for lost wages, salary, self-employment, and other income.
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Decreased earning potential
Some injuries can end or limit a person’s career. Let’s say that you earned a good living as a construction worker. After a back injury from a car crash, you could no longer work in construction. You had to take a lower-paying job at a home improvement store. You can seek compensation for the difference in your income.
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Pain and suffering
Getting your medical bills paid does nothing for the physical discomfort and mental stress you experienced from your injuries.
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Other non-economic losses
Car accidents can cause significant harm that is challenging to measure in terms of dollars because these losses usually do not have invoices or bills. Disfigurement, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the loss of enjoyment of life are a few examples of intangible losses for which you might be able to pursue compensation.
Every case is different. We will calculate your anticipated damages after we talk with you and investigate your circumstances.
The Elements of Liability
We will have to prove that the defendant has an obligation to pay for your losses. We must show all four of these factors to hold the defendant responsible:
- Duty of care. Every driver has an obligation to drive safely and obey the law.
- Breach of duty. When a person fails to live up to a legal duty of care, it is negligence. Every act of negligence, however, does not cause a crash, just like you do not get a speeding ticket every time that you exceed the speed limit. Let’s say that a driver fell asleep at the wheel due to alcohol impairment. The driver is negligent because she disobeyed the law and did not drive safely.
- The careless behavior must be the thing that caused the wreck that harmed you. For example, the drunk driver drifted out of her lane into oncoming traffic when she fell asleep at the wheel. She hit a car head-on. The negligence is the thing that caused the crash.
- Quantifiable harm. You must sustain measurable harm to pursue an injury claim. Having a physical injury satisfies this requirement.
A car accident in Lynn, MA investigates every car accident case we retain to make sure that we can prove all four of these elements.
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The Hidden Traps of Handling a Car Accident Injury Claim Without a Lawyer
The law does not require you to work with an attorney on your Lynn, MA car accident injury claim, but it can be a smart choice to do so. We can help you avoid the common pitfalls of trying to manage your claim on your own, such as:
- Settling your claim too early. You should not settle your injury case until you have completed all of your medical treatment and you know whether or not you will have residual problems. If you resolve your claim and accept a settlement check from the insurance company, you cannot go back later to get more money, even if you find out that you need surgery or will not be as healthy as you were before.
- Missing the deadline. You only have a limited amount of time to seek compensation for your injuries. If you miss the deadline, you will not be able to file a lawsuit to go after financial damages.
- Giving a recorded statement. These statements do not benefit you. The insurer can take your words out of context and twist them into something you did not intend. If the claims adjuster asks you to give a recorded statement, just tell him to talk to your personal injury lawyer. When you have a lawyer, the insurance company is not allowed to contact you.
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Getting Help From a Lynn, MA Car Accident Lawyer
At personal injury law firm Michael Kelly Injury Lawyers, our car accident lawyers will work hard to get you the compensation that you deserve. If we take your case, we will handle it on a contingent fee basis, which means that we get paid out of the settlement or award. You do not have to pay upfront legal fees.
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