After being injured in an accident, hiring a lawyer may be the last thing on your mind. Sustaining serious injuries can be an all-engrossing process. The lives of injured accident victims and their families are often impacted in profound and challenging ways. Recovering from accidental injuries may require long periods of hospitalization, complicated rehabilitative therapies, regular medical appointments, expensive procedures and equipment, and drastic lifestyle adjustments.
The impact of serious injuries could be even more overwhelming if your newly acquired medical condition makes it impossible to return to work. With necessary medical expenses, adjusted living costs, lost wages, and a reduced future earning capability, you may very well experience legitimate financial anxieties.
With all the stress related to your physical health and your family’s financial well-being, it is easy to understand why you may be hesitant to hire a personal injury lawyer to assist with your case. But if your injuries were the result of another party or entity’s negligence, hiring a personal injury lawyer could not only simplify and streamline your claims process; it could have remarkable benefits in the long run.
Understanding What Your Claim is Worth
It can become quickly apparent just how expensive the process of recovering from serious injuries can be. Injured accident victims often incur substantial expenses related to their medical care and necessary lifestyle adjustments. In the interests of prioritizing your physical health, you may find yourself paying exorbitant costs out-of-pocket without much thought as to how quickly the bills can accumulate.
Keeping track of medical expenses, mileage fees to and from medical appointments, lost wages because of missed work hours, and other financial losses you have incurred as a direct result of your injuries can be more than a hassle. Depending on the kind of injuries you have sustained and other stresses in your life, maintaining thorough records of your newly acquired costs can be extremely challenging.
On top of that, even if you can keep accurate records of the money you have already spent throughout your recovery, you may not have even considered the costs you will undoubtedly incur in the future because of the injuries you have sustained. Plus, if you have suffered a catastrophic injury that diminishes your overall quality of life, even if you are able to calculate your current and future economic losses, you may not know where to begin to put a price tag on your pain and suffering, mental anguish, and other non-economic damages.
At Blackburn Lawyers, our personal injury lawyers have experience reviewing the details of our clients’ cases and helping them quantify exactly how much their claim may be worth. By pursuing the maximum amount of damages to which our clients may be entitled, our personal injury lawyers may effectively improve their chances of recovering the compensation they rightfully deserve.
Knowledge of Time Limitations and Deadlines
In Ontario, most civil claims are subject to statutes of limitation. Often, certain procedures must take place within certain time frames in order for cases to move forward. These time limits can be hyper-specific, differing based on various criteria, including the manner in which your accident occurred.
Our personal injury team at Blackburn Lawyers have a working knowledge of the laws governing civil claims. By hiring our Richmond Hill personal injury lawyers, clients need not worry about missing important deadlines throughout the process of pursuing their claims.
Experience Dealing with Insurance Companies
Insurance companies have a reputation for refuting their policyholders’ claims in an attempt to reduce the amount of damages to which they may be entitled after sustaining serious injuries. Insurance providers can unduly scrutinize injured policyholders’ claims, find reasons to lower their settlement payments, or try proving that their injuries are not as severe or impactful as they truly are.
Blackburn Lawyers have combined decades of experience dealing with insurance companies and know the kinds of tactics they often use to lower the costs they are required to pay. Our personal injury lawyers represent our clients’ best interests to pursue the compensation they are duly owed.
Providing Peace of Mind
If you’ve been injured in an accident, in an instant, your whole life could be changed. Adjusting to life with serious injuries or disabilities, coping with the stress of everyday life, enduring physical challenges, receiving regular medical treatment or physical therapy, all while trying to pay your bills and keep your family financially stable can all be emotionally taxing and physically exhausting.
With so much happening in your life at once, the knowledge that a dedicated team of personal injury lawyers are handling every element of your claim on your behalf can provide much-needed peace of mind. By entrusting your claim to Blackburn Lawyers, you may be able to rest easy and focus on your recovery.
Personal Investment in Your Case
Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of sustaining serious injuries is just how impersonal the process can be. Speaking with insurance companies, corresponding with your employer, reviewing the details of your accident with healthcare providers again and again can all amount to a dehumanizing and demoralizing process.
At Blackburn Lawyers, we have a personal investment in the clients we represent. By working on behalf of injured accident survivors, we strive to provide a personalized, dignified level of service. Blackburn Lawyers proudly place compassion and respect at the center of our practice.
To learn more about how working with Blackburn Lawyers could benefit your personal injury case, contact us today by calling 905-884-9242.
* Please note that the information in this article is not intended as legal advice, but rather as a general overview on the subject. If you are seeking legal advice, please consult with a lawyer.
