Personal Injury - Steps to Take For a Compensation Claim

By Sofia De Luca

If you've suffered an accident or a personal injury that wasn't your fault, you could be entitled to make a compensation claim.

The pain and suffering caused by many accidents can be long lasting and not only physical but emotional and mental as well. Families and friends can be affected as well, the mental anguish for them being almost as traumatic as it is for you. You are entitled to claim for loss of earnings as well as compensation for bodily injuries and emotional distress. The amount of Personal injury compensation you may expect to receive can vary from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

What to Do at The Scene of The Accident:

•Any pains which you might have need to be looked at immediately and given first aid help if needed.

•If you are too injured to take any photographs, try and find someone who can take them for you. These days , many people have a camera attached to their mobile phones so a photograph can be easily taken. The more evidence you can get the better.

•Write down the weather conditions, the place of the incident and the damage your car, bike or other personal possession suffered or try and get a friend to do this if you are injured.

What to do next If you have been involved in an accident:

•The first thing you should do is contact a personal injury attorney; they will be able to advise you whether you have a right to a personal injury claim or not.These consultations are usually free and quite often a personal injury attorney will not take any money unless they win the claim.

•When you meet your lawyer answer him honestly and in as much detail as you can remember, because in these cases every bit of information is precious.

•He will ask you to give him all the evidence you managed to gather, and later on he is going to double check everything.

•He is going to ask for as much compensation as possible, including compensation for your injuries, the damage to your car and other assets of yours, medical expenses, etc.

If your accident compensation claim is successful, solicitors can recover their fees from the other party's insurance company in addition to your accident compensation award.Should it be a case whereby your claim is not a success, then your personal injury lawyer, like every personal injury lawyer, should have agreed a no win, no fee agreement with you.

Whether this is a car accident caused by another driver, or whether you slip and fall while shopping or even at work these are all probably causes for personal injury compensation claims.


To learn much more about accidents and compensation, please visit Accident Claims and Compensation where you'll find much more, including No Win No Fee Claims

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