You may be the sort of person who always takes care of yourself if you leave the safety of your own home. Sometimes, though, accidents happen because someone else has behaved in a careless or reckless way and you were unfortunate enough to be affected.
You may have been involved in an accident, such as a vehicle collision, or a slip and fall on an obstacle that should not have been there.
It is in these types of accidents, when someone else was to blame, that you may be able to file a personal injury claim against the person who you can prove caused your injuries.
Soft Tissue Injuries Can Be Hard to Prove
Soft tissue injuries include things like whiplash, strains, sprains, muscle and nerve damage. These sorts of injuries are commonplace in all types of accidents, but they are typically hard to see. In fact, they may only be detected days after an accident occurred.
You could experience whiplash from a rear end vehicle collision, but there may be no obvious mark on your neck to prove it. X-rays don't always show signs of soft tissue injuries, but that doesn’t mean they are not real. In fact, they can be both painful and debilitating.
Some victims may be lucky and recover quickly. However, others may not be so lucky and might undergo chronic pain which could last a life time.
You can help yourself by obtaining medical treatment for your soft tissue injury immediately after the accident that caused it.
This will mean the evidence will be recorded on your medical file and can be used if you decide to file a personal injury claim.
Filing a Personal Injury Claim for Soft Tissue Injuries
Once you have received treatment for your soft tissue injuries you should rest sufficiently to gather your thoughts. If you know that your soft tissue injuries were caused by someone else, you should consider filing a personal injury claim to claim compensation for the financial suffering you have had to endure due to someone else's negligence.
You should gather together all the evidence you can. This means things like witnesses' statements and medical reports.
It is advisable to hire an experienced personal injury attorney to assess your evidence and present your case to the person who caused your injury.
The Importance of a Personal Injury Attorney
You may think that you have a strong case for winning a compensation claim without the help of an attorney. However, insurers know how to offer a small amount of compensation that will not cover your financial hardship, even if fault is admitted.
Winning a personal injury claim depends on being able to provide sufficient proof that you were injured in a particular way and it is often hard to know without legal help what this amounts to.
An experienced personal injury attorney will have dealt with many cases like yours before. The attorney will present a convincing case and will help to ensure you get the compensation you need.
This includes medical costs until full recovery, the value of any loss of earnings while you recover and, in some states that allow this, an amount for pain and suffering.
