Catastrophic in So Many Ways: The Life-Changing Effects of Serious Personal Injury and Wrongful Death.

When a person has been killed or has suffered catastrophic injuries in a Texas accident caused by someone else, getting even is not the answer. Serious personal injury and wrongful death cases in Dallas, Fort Worth or elsewhere in Texas are about helping the injured or aggrieved rebuild their lives the best they can. They will never get even; their lives are forever changed.

Compensation for Serious Injuries
Serious injuries require care and compassion. Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord damage, limb amputation, full thickness burns, multiple fractures or other serious injuries are life changing and have long lasting effects.

If you have been seriously injured, you may face:

Physical suffering
Loss of mobility
Mental and emotional pain
Impairment and disability
Constant treatments
Medications and therapies
Loss of professional and social life

There is no magic cure for these struggles; however, you should receive the compensation you need to help you through them – for now, as well as for the rest of your life.

How Can You Secure the Highest Possible Compensation?
Serious personal injury cases are complex and usually involve large amounts of money. For these reasons, these cases will be fiercely defended by the negligent party and his insurance company. You will need a legal counsel; the criteria for selecting the best Dallas injury lawyer for you should be based upon the fundamentals of the settlement process:

The Strength of Your Case
This means proving that the other party caused the accident and that the accident caused the injuries.

Is the case watertight or was the victim partially to blame?
Is there an official report of the accident or will you need to rely on witnesses?
Was the accident caused by negligence or was it due to recklessness or assault?
Can you prove that the injuries were not present before the accident?

The Medical Issues
At the core of your case are the life-changing effects of your injuries. Brain and spinal cord injuries are difficult to diagnose and their full effects can appear later in time. Understanding what electromyography (EMG) tests show and how the patient has suffered lumbar or cervical radiculopathy (disease of the nerve roots), for instance, is essential to the assessment of impairment and the value of the case. A lot of energy and time will go into dealing with the medical experts, reading and interpreting medical reports, preparing for counter-arguments, researching similar cases, and selecting the proper treatments and therapies.

The Settlement Value Calculation
When calculating the cost of serious, life-changing injuries, a small mistake can have a huge impact. Calculating the value of a lost professional life requires convincing, comparative arguments. In the case of paralysis and impairments such as loss of speech, all the adjustments to be made in your life need to be considered – from adaptive accessibility devices to special services like home care or home-delivered meals. How do you value emotional damage?

The Defendant's Strategy
People and companies will go all the way to protect their interests when large amounts of money are involved. You may be overwhelmed by suffering and grief, but for the defendant, emotions are not part of the equation. Insurance companies are not driven by guilt or compassion. They use sophisticated software to calculate the highest limit of your settlement and will challenge every single element of your case. They will try to use any inaccuracy or mistake in your case to destroy your arguments.

Wrongful Death
There are times when the unthinkable happens and a loved and cherished person's life is cut short by the inept, negligent or reckless behaviors of someone else. Beyond the grief and the irrecoverable loss, the victim's family needs to think of how they will be compensated for suffered damages. Wrongful death is part of Personal Injury Tort Law and requires the plaintiffs to prove that the fatality was caused by the negligent party.

Who Can File a Wrongful Death Suit?
The plaintiffs can be the wife, children or relatives of the deceased. In some cases, other persons may recover damages if they relied on the deceased for support.

What Kinds of Damages Can Be Recovered?
Based upon substantiated evidence, medical expenses, funeral expenses and loss of income can be recovered. The plaintiffs can be compensated for the pain that the deceased suffered, based upon similar wrongful death cases and the local justice system. Compensation for grief and loss of companionship is a more sensitive issue as it does not easily translate into dollar amounts. The skill, experience and tenacity of your Dallas personal injury lawyer will make all the difference.

A fighter and winner, Dallas injury attorney Kay Van Wey is also the compassionate and approachable attorney you need for your case. Contact Van Wey Law today to schedule your complimentary consultation.

Don't hesitate to contact Kay Van Wey at (800)489-5082 for a free, no obligation consultation.

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