Personal Injury

If you or a another loved one has been injured in an accident, contact a St. Louis personal injury attorney.  A personal injury attorney is a lawyer who helps with cases where the defendant has been the victim of a mental, psychological, or physical injury, caused by negligence or wrongdoing. If you’ve been the victim of such an injury, then a personal injury attorney may be very helpful for you. Because the tasks and responsibilities of a personal injury attorney are mostly the same around the country, you can expect them to research your case, put together facts and an argument in your favor, file legal complaints, argue your case in the courtroom, draft documents, and offer advice to you or your family. The following include a few of the types of cases a STL personal injury attorney can help you with.

St. Louis Personal Injury

St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney

Work Injury – If you’re injured in the workplace at the fault of your employer, at the fault of them not training you properly, or due to negligence, then you can hire a personal injury attorney to help you with your case. There are a variety of different incidents in which you can qualify for worker’s compensation, but some of the most common include accidents related to machinery that has not been properly repaired or cared for, you not being trained to work safely in a dangerous workplace, were injured due to another workers negligence, injured due to disrepair, or due to something that injured other workers.

Injury on Someone Else’s Property – If you slipped and fell, something fell on you, or you were injured in an accident on someone else’s property, then they could be liable. You should usually discuss your case before you hire an attorney to make sure that you have a good case, but they can press to at least get your medical fees back. For example, if you slipped and fell on wet leaves or debris on a walkway, if your landlord left icy walkways or steps and you fell, if you were injured due to a building being in disrepair, or similar, you likely qualify for compensation.

Psychological Problems Caused by a Person, Company, or Corporation – While psychological problems can vary a great deal, you should discuss your options with your attorney. Examples include if you have a work stress panic disorder, depression, PTSD, a traumatic brain injury, or similar. In order to sue for compensation, you must not have had a pre-existing disorder, or the inability or unwillingness of a person or institution to act has aggravated it to where it affects your ability to function. You do need a personal injury lawyer specializing in psychological injuries, because it is important that they are up to date on the scientific terms, causes, and issues behind mental disorders and problems. However, the field is growing rapidly, and there are usually specialists available.

Auto Accident – A personal injury attorney can help you with asking for compensation from an auto accident caused by the other driver. Depending on the scope of the injury and damage, the case can vary quite a bit. Usually, you can open a case if the police report and any witnesses or cameras show the accident as being the other vehicles fault. In this case, the other drivers insurance will typically pay for all damages, and medical fees, and sometimes work or living compensation for the period of injury.

Injury Caused by Negligence – A personal injury attorney can help you to pursue compensation for any sort of negligence related injury. Examples include tripping and hurting yourself on a pothole on the sidewalk, when the city has already received notifications or complaints about it, fail to repair dangerous protrusions, dropping something, or similar. If you are injured because of someone else’s failure to act, than you can pursue a case, so long as you can prove that they knew about it in advance.

Any time you are injured at no fault of your own, you can likely seek compensation. Because there are a wide variety of incidents in which you can be injured, it is important to talk to a St. Louis personal injury attorney about the case, any facts or proof you have, and get advice on whether to pursue the case or not. In some cases, you might not be able to win, because there is no way to prove that it is someone else’s fault. In most cases, an attorney will be able to help you with putting a case together, so that you can get the money you deserve to pay for the inconvenience and medical bills caused by the injury.