Accidents and injuries in hospitals, nursing homes, workplaces, public spaces, and even on the road or sidewalk are alarmingly common. Depending on the nature of the accident, you may face injuries and damages that take months or years to recover from. Accidents can also be fatal, as is common in cases involving falls from a height, vehicle collisions, and construction site accidents.
If you suffered injuries in an accident, consider speaking with a Roswell personal injury lawyer. Call the Bader Law Injury Lawyers team to find out if you may have a personal injury claim.
Types of Accidents and Injuries Our Roswell Team Handles
Accidents can happen in a wide variety of settings and with varying degrees of severity. Common types of accidents include the following:
- Slip and fall accidents: These are common at homes, in businesses, and on the road and sidewalk. Slip and fall accidents also occur frequently in nursing homes.
- Vehicle accidents: Collisions on the roadway often appear as the most common type of personal injury accident. They can involve trucks, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians.
- Workplace accidents: The leading causes of injury and death in workplaces are falls, getting caught in or in between machines or materials, electrocution, and falling objects. Burns and suffocation can also occur on the job.
- Nursing home accidents: Slips and falls, choking, infections, dehydration, and malnutrition are common in nursing homes. Some of these may also fall under medical malpractice.
- Medical malpractice: Doctor inexperience, surgical mistakes, incorrect reporting, inaccurate testing, and drug dosage errors in a hospital setting can lead to long-term injuries and even death.
No one is immune to accidents, but if another party is responsible for causing the accident, a Roswell personal injury lawyer may be able to assist you in holding them liable. Contact Bader Law Injury Lawyers today to get started.
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Injuries You Can Recover Compensation For
Accident injuries can vary from mild to severe. Some injuries are long-lasting or even permanent, while others can heal in a matter of days or weeks. For example, mild whiplash involving pinched nerves sometimes recovers within a week, but severe whiplash can lead to torn nerves and even brain damage.
Injuries commonly seen in accidents of different types include:
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and head injuries
- Spinal cord injuries (SCI) and back/neck trauma
- Broken bones, cracked ribs, and internal organ damage
- Bleeding, infections, or disease
- Scarring, disfigurement, cuts, or lacerations
- Burns, amputations, or paralysis
- Death
Your injuries and losses are compensable. You may be able to recover:
- Medical care costs, including the costs of treatment, rehabilitation, and therapy, as well as prescription costs, diagnostic testing fees, assistive device costs, and doctor’s visits
- Lost income, including lost future income or an inability to earn as much as you did in the past because of your injuries
- Vehicle and/or property damage
- Mental trauma or emotional anguish
The costs of these losses and injuries can quickly add up, and you may wish to seek compensation or coverage for them if you are entitled to. Georgia is an at-fault state, so you have the right to sue for damages. To do so, you must identify the at-fault party responsible for your losses and prove your claim against them with evidence. We discuss these two points—known as liability and the duty of care—in the next section.
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Liability and the Duty of Care
An individual or entity may be held liable for an accident when there is a failure to uphold the duty of care. For example, a company owes its employees a duty of care to provide a safe workplace. Drivers owe other road users a duty of care to drive safely and responsibly. Nursing home staff owe residents of the facility a duty of care to provide them with the treatments and care that they need.
Liability for an accident depends on how the accident occurred, who was involved, and who breached the duty of care. Liable parties in common accidents are typically one of the following:
- A negligent driver
- Service or maintenance personnel
- A doctor, nurse, nursing home staff, or another caregiver
- A negligent driver’s employer
- A business or property owner or operator
- A product manufacturer
To win a personal injury lawsuit, you will need to show that a specific party owed you a duty of care but failed to fulfill that duty. This is called a breach of the duty of care. You must be able to show that a breach in the duty of care caused an accident, as well as your injuries and losses. On this basis, you can file and pursue a personal injury case against the at-fault party.
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Is There a Limited Time for Me to Take Action?
Yes. For most personal injury lawsuits, you have two years to file a lawsuit. If you do not file within this time, you risk recovering nothing. The court can dismiss your case and the insurance company can refuse to negotiate because you have no leverage.
Some cases may have shorter time limits, so you want to act quickly to protect your right to recover compensation.
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Can I Afford to Hire a Lawyer?
Our personal injury attorneys handle cases on a contingency-fee basis. You pay us no upfront fees or retainers. You also pay no hourly fees.
You only pay our attorney’s fees if we recover compensation for you.
Get Legal Guidance from Our Personal Injury Attorneys Today
The Bader Law Injury Lawyers team handles severe injury cases of all types. Contact us to learn more about accident litigation. Our Roswell personal injury lawyer can guide you through what you need to do in terms of proof and meeting filing deadlines, as well as how to evaluate your losses. Remember, you have a limited time per the statute of limitations, so do not hesitate or delay to get in touch today.
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