It can be frustrating and depressing to discover that you had an accident that was someone else’s fault. You may be wondering just what it is going to cost you and your family, let alone the worries about the injuries themselves.
If you have had any serious injury and you think that you were not to blame, you should strongly consider making a personal injury claim. There is no reason why you should have to suffer financially if someone else’s negligence caused the accident you were involved in.
Proving fault is very important in any sort of personal injury claim, so you are advised to get legal help rather than try and negotiate compensation by yourself.
All Abdominal Injuries Can Be Potentially Serious
Any injury to your abdominal region should be taken very seriously and you should get medical attention and treatment as soon as possible. Many vital organs, including the kidneys, liver, bladder, stomach and intestines are situated in the abdominal region.
Female accident victims may have had reproductive structures, like the womb and ovaries damaged. Any abdominal injury may not heal by itself easily and may need long term treatment or several periods of surgery.
Abdominal injuries can happen in several types of accident, especially when the body has been crushed. A heavy weight, for example from a badly protected construction site can cause serious abdominal injuries if it falls on you from a height.
Any sort of collision, such as a frontal or side-on vehicle accident can also cause injuries to the abdomen.
Why Making a Personal Injury Claim is Important
Whatever your abdominal injury, you are likely to need medical treatment. This could be expensive if you need ongoing surgery or have to spend a long time in hospital. It is very likely you won’t be able to go back to work quickly unless the injury was superficial or very minor.
The bills for medical treatment can quickly build up to worrying proportions if you have been seriously injured and there is no reason why you should have to bear the cost if you were not to blame.
All states allow seriously injured people to claim for personal injury when someone else can be proved to be at fault. Each state has slightly different rules and you may find that you need to make a claim quite quickly if a government or municipal employee or agency was involved in the accident.
Usually, you have two or three years if a private individual or company was at fault. You will need to be able to show clear proof of who was to blame and that their negligence caused your particular injuries.
Contact a Personal Injury Who Has Experience in Abdominal Injury Claims
Unless you are very confident and understand the law well yourself, it is important to contact a personal injury lawyer to help you decide whether a claim is likely to be successful.
It is important to find a lawyer who has dealt with the sort of injuries that you have experienced, as then he or she will understand the sort of claim figure that you seek. Usually, as a minimum, this includes the full cost of medical treatment, taking into account possible future treatment, as well as lost income.
In some states amounts, may be included for “pain and suffering” or even punitive damages, if exceptional negligence can be proved.
