Personal Injury
Personal Injury
Suffering an injury due to someone else’s accidental and careless actions can be one of the most stressful and uncertain periods of your life. Not only do you have to cope with and recover from an injury, but there may also be potentially massive financial consequences that come with it. From medical expenses, physiotherapy, and pharmaceuticals, it can cost a lot of money (which you might not have or be in a position to comfortably spend) just to get your physical and mental health back on track following an accident. This is worsened by the fact that an injury may leave you unable to work for quite some time, which means you temporarily lose the ability to make the income you desperately need to meet both you and your family’s normal needs, as well as to care for your injured self. In extreme cases, an accident might leave you injured for life, preventing you from returning to your old job, or perhaps from being able to work at all in the first place. In even more extreme cases, an accident may result in a fatality to your family member, which comes with its own emotional difficulties on top of any financial ones.
Injured? Know your rights.
Find out the practical steps to follow to get you on the right path.
Types of Personal Injury
Motor Vehicle Accident
Boating
Slip & Fall
Medical Malpractice
Motorcycle
Dog Bites
Catastrophic Injury
Assault & Battery
Pedestrian
Cyclist
Life Insurance Claim
Long Term Disability Claim
How we can help
Lawyers usually take on personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, not on an hourly rate of pay. Therefore, do not hesitate to contact a lawyer since you will not be required to pay any money up front. In fact, your lawyer will cover all fees associated with your claim up until its conclusion. Lawyer’s fees will be taken off of your settlement sum or court award at the conclusion of your matter.
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In most instances, you can recover all or most of these costs that are associated with your injury by bringing a court action. However, the process of doing so can be very daunting. You will have to prove that the person who caused your accident did in fact do so, and in causing that accident they are responsible for the financial costs you have incurred as a result. If your injury is believed to be more long term, with no real expectation or guarantee that you will be able to heal and return to work in the foreseeable future, there can be a lot of difficult speculation involved in determining what amount of money you deserve to properly compensate you for this outcome. Besides the general complexity of this process, it can take many years before you even receive resolution to this entire ordeal, either through settlement or an award at trial.
Then there is the question of who are you even supposed to deal with? You can sue the person who caused the accident, but they will typically have an insurance policy, which means you will have to deal with a big insurance company when trying to get the compensation you are rightfully owed. There is a huge power imbalance in this situation; you find yourself in a vulnerable position due to your health and financial struggles, lacking any certainty of how your matter will proceed. Meanwhile, an insurance company is much more well-resourced and experienced in these kinds of matters than you are, and they are usually more than willing to offer you a settlement offer rather than proceed to trial. It can be very easy, and understandable, for you to take the first offer you receive from the insurance company, since it is an easy solution to your matter and provides you with something at the very least. Unfortunately, these insurance companies do not act in your best interests and will not give you an amount that accurately reflects the kind of compensation you need and deserve. You need someone in your corner that understands what specific issues you are facing following your injury, to be able to determine what amount of compensation you need to adequately address them, and to strongly advocate on your behalf with the big insurance companies to ensure that they pay you all the money that you deserve.
Our personal injury team has years of experience in helping injured Edmontonians get the most out of their accident claims. From the first consultation, all the way up to settlement, we will be with you every step of the way. We will keep close and timely communication with you to ensure that your every need and concern is heard and provided for, and we will always keep you up to date with every step of your matter. We also work closely with health and rehabilitation practitioners to make sure that you are not just getting the help and care you need, but that we have an accurate picture of all of the injuries you are suffering from, and therefore what kinds and amount of compensation we need to fight for on your behalf.
We have experience in all sorts of injury matters, including Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, spinal injury, orthopedic injury, chronic pain injury, wrongful death, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, psychological injury, long term disability, dog bites and other injury matters.
Most importantly, our personal injury team works on a contingency fee retainer basis. The huge expenses and partial or total loss of income which stems from your injury is a big enough barrier already, and it should not prevent you from being able to hire a lawyer. Under a contingency fee agreement, you don’t have to pay any legal fees upfront to secure the help of a lawyer. Rather, once your matter is resolved by way of settlement or trial, and you have secured your compensation, the firm will take a pre-determined percentage from that compensation that will have been already agreed upon when you first sign up as a client.
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