What Should You Do If You Have Been Injured?

by | Jan 19, 2015 | legal

There are two different kinds of injuries, those that are self-inflicted through one’s own negligence, and those that are the result of another person’s negligence. When you are injured at the fault of another person, you should be entitled to compensation. This is why it helps to hire an injury attorney in Miami.

The law is such that any injury that was the direct result of negligence on the part of another must be compensated for. Many people don’t think of the many ways in which they can be injured, they consider automobile accidents and that’s about it. There is no doubt that vehicle accidents are among the leading causes of injury but far from being the only one.
 

  • Accidents in the workplace
  • Medical malpractice
  • Product malfunction

 These are but a few potentials, there are many more.

It is not only another individual that can be negligent; it can just as easily be the city government, the manufacturer and distributor of a faulty product, a doctor or a hospital or even your employer. All of these entities can found negligent if you were to be physically or mentally injured.

Any time you suffer an injury and the fault was not yours you should consider hiring an injury attorney in Miami to represent your interests. It must be understood that the negligent party’s insurance company are only concerned with keeping the compensation to a bare minimum where your attorney will aggressively fight for the maximum compensation. Qualified personal injury attorneys know from experience what a satisfactory award will be and will fight for it.

In most cases an injury attorney will attempt to negotiate an out of court settlement with the lawyers representing the insurance company. In the majority of cases this will happen however if the injuries are significant and it appears that they will have an impact on the injured party for many years the insurance company may force the issue into court hoping that a judge will conclude that a lower settlement is warranted. This is when the skills and seasoning of your attorney come into play. 

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