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Motorcycle accident – How much insurance money will I get?
I recently had an accident on my motorbike where a car did a U-turn in front of me and I went over the handlebars.
I fractured my heel, broke a finger and tore the ligaments in my legs.
I've been in pain since it happened and am only just getting well enough after 2 Months to walk without crutches.
I have not had any sick pay as I work for agencies and have lost around £500 a week. This has almost caused me to lose my house.
I want to know how much money I should expect to get as a payout?
I'm not expecting to be back at work for a few weeks yet and I still have limited movement in my legs (I can't crouch down).
Identifying A Good Personal Injury Lawyer
Injuries to the body, the emotions, and the mind can all be classified under the personal injury law category. This means that an cases filed as personal injury are covered by massive amount of law and legal terminology, and is the main reason that anyone considering such a claim will need to find a Miami personal injury lawyer as fast as humanly possible.
What sorts of cases could a Miami personal injury lawyer cover? Auto accidents, slip and fall injuries, wrongful death issues, worker’s compensation issues, and much more. This means that the very first step in selecting an attorney is to find one with expertise in the area that the particular case falls under. For example, you won’t want to pay for a consultation with a Miami personal injury lawyer who specializes only in auto accidents if your case has to do with a slip and fall.
Once you have discovered a few good candidates you will need to just confirm that they are familiar with the courts and other attorneys of the area. For example, the city is quite large and your Miami personal injury lawyer should have some history of working in the area in which you must file the case.
The main focus where any sort of personal injury issue is concerned is the time between the event and the time that the lawsuit is filed. It is usually difficult, however, to identify a good attorney very quickly and also file the case within a short time after the issue has occurred. Unfortunately, this is often necessary in order to obtain the best results.
For instance, let’s say that you attended the grand opening of a gourmet grocery store. During the festivities someone inadvertently broke a glass jar full of fluid in one of the aisles. Before that could be cleaned up you slipped on the fluid and fell, and during that fall you also got cut on the broken glass. Because there would have been medical assistance called to the scene it would be somewhat easy to prove that the store had liability, but if they refuse to pay the medical expenses it will require a fast acting attorney to pull together the evidence to demonstrate the store’s liability.
This is just a single, simple example of how complex personal injury laws can become, and also why the injured parties are well-advised to act as quickly as possible.
By: David Benenfeld
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David Benenfeld, Esquire has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1994. He specializes personal injury law in the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida area. Visit InjuryLawService.com for more information on a personal injury lawyer, auto accident attorney or Workers’ Compensation lawyer.
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