Las Vegas Personal Injury Attorneys

The Value of Your Accident Case

To determine what your personal injury case is worth, you need to have your case evaluated by an experienced accident attorney.

An experienced personal injury attorney considers many different aspects of your accident in order to accurately assess the worth of your personal injury case.  The many factors evaluated by your attorney in accurately estimating the worth of your case will include the following:

• All your past and present medical bills, including the costs of medical treatment and prescription medications.
• Damage to your vehicle and other property.
• Income lost as the result of your accident injury
• Disabilities and future damages and medical expenses.
• Your pain and suffering as the result of the accident.

In order to determine what your case is worth, your attorney must, additionally, assess two important factors:

1. The strength of your claim that the defendant bears liability for causing the accident, and
2. The strength of the evidence demonstrating the extent of your injuries.

Assessing liability is critically important because the defendant can only be held responsible for your injuries if he or she is at fault for causing those injuries.  In other words, in order to determine that a defendant is required to pay for your injuries, it must first be determined that the defendant acted negligently in causing your injuries.  Fault may be relatively easy to determine, if, for example, the defendant is cited by police for causing the accident.  However, not even a citation from police will stop an insurance defense attorney from attempting to muddy the waters with regard to which party is at fault for causing the accident.

In order to fully recover for your injuries, it is not enough that you are injured.  As the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit, it is your burden, and your attorney’s burden, to prove your injuries.  Therefore, the extent of the evidence proving your injuries is very important to assessing the value of your case.  Accordingly, your personal injury attorney will gather your medical records and prepare to call your treating doctors as witnesses to prove the extent of your injuries.  If your injuries are well documented, it is more likely that you will recover the full amount of your damages.

When all of the above factors are considered, an experienced injury attorney can accurately assess what your accident injury claim is worth.

If you need to speak with a personal injury lawyer, we are pleased to offer a free consultaion.  To contact our law office in Las Vegas, call 702-878-2889.