Personal Injury Lawyers
Serving Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Because there are many different kinds of personal injury lawsuits, compensation amounts can vary widely. An experienced personal injury lawyer is best suited to evaluate your case during a free consultation. Most accident victims can seek fair compensation or a fair settlement for their injuries. This means that accident victims may be able to obtain both economic and non-economic compensation. Both forms fall under the category of compensatory damages, which are intended to compensate victims for losses as a result of their accidents.

Economic damages might include:

• Hospital bills and other medical expenses
• Lost wages and loss of future income due to an inability to work
• Costs for rehabilitation and physical therapy

Non-economic damages might include:

• Pain and suffering caused by the trauma of the injuries.
• If the accident has left you with a permanent disability or disfigurement, you can seek compensation for the emotional injuries connected with these losses.

If you have been in an accident of any kind – car accident, fall accident, workplace accident, or had a personal injury as the result of someone else’s negligence the most important first step is to seek medical attention and medical treatment.

If you have had serious injuries it is an emotional time and you want to heal. However, it’s in your best interest to take certain steps. You should:

• Obtain copies of police reports
• Get names of witnesses
• Collect any photographs of the accident scene
• If the accident was at work, report it to your supervisor

In addition to the above, this is the time to have an initial consultation with a New Jersey personal injury lawyer to evaluate an injury claim and assist you with gathering the necessary documentation and evidence. For example, if you have medical malpractice claims, a personal injury lawyer will be helpful in obtaining medical records and reports.

Finally, a personal injury lawyer can handle the communications and interactions with the insurance company or insurance companies that may be involved and financially responsible for your injury claim.

Starting your injury claim and case off on the right foot with a personal injury lawyer is the best way to ensure you collect the maximum compensation you are due for your personal injury claim. This includes medical expenses, lost wages, emotional distress damages and all other damages you are entitled to under the law.

Although there is no requirement to hire a personal injury lawyer to handle your accident case, there are many reasons why you should call an attorney and law firm if you are an injury victim.

• Insurance carriers will try to take advantage of the fact that you are not a lawyer
• Personal injury lawyers handle the insurance claims
• A personal injury attorney can file medical malpractice claims
• An injury lawyer knows workers’ compensation law
• Personal injury lawyers can recover maximum compensation and fair compensation
• New Jersey personal injury lawyers can file personal injury lawsuits
• Personal injury attorneys can recover medical expenses
• A local personal injury lawyer can provide a free consultation
• Our New Jersey personal injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis

Only an experienced personal injury attorney can handle your personal injury case. Insurance companies are highly skilled at using tactics to delay and deny paying on a personal injury claim. They have many resources at their disposal and if YOU delay you risk losing the fair compensation to which you are entitled.

Each personal injury case is unique and has its own set of facts and circumstances. There is more to a personal injury case than just your injuries and to make a strong injury claim takes the experience and skill of an experienced attorney.

Once you contact one of our personal injury lawyers for a free consultation, they will be able to give you an assessment of the fair compensation you may be able to collect. As the case comes together and more facts and evidence is collected your attorney will be better able to determine what the maximum compensation could be.

Accident victims have the right to collect money for both economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages include:

• Hospital and medical bills and all medical expenses
• Lost wages and all other losses of income

Non-economic damages include:

• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress

Ultimately, the value of your injury claim is going to be determined by an aggressive settlement negation between your personal injury lawyer and the defense lawyer for the insurance company or by a jury verdict after a trial.

Under the law, there is always a time limit to file an injury claim. This is called the “statute of limitations.” In New Jersey, most personal injury cases must be filed within two (2) years from the date of the accident or incident. However, there are exceptions to this rule such as in medical malpractice cases and workers’ compensation cases.

Only an experienced personal injury lawyer who knows tort law and the laws of New Jersey will be able to determine when a personal injury case must be filed in order to be timely and valid.

Some personal injury claims are simple, some are complex. In any case, once you and your personal injury attorney have evaluated your case and filed a personal injury claim, these are the steps that will take place to recover for you the maximum compensation:

• Discovery. The collection of evidence.
• Depositions. Testimony under oath by you and all the other parties and witnesses
• Pretrial Motions and hearings
• Settlement negotiations
• Trial
• Collecting your judgment or settlement
• Post-trial motions and appeals

Not all of these steps will be required in your personal injury case. Depending on the facts, your case can be settled between your personal injury lawyer and the insurance company. However, there are personal injury cases that go to trial in New Jersey. A jury verdict will be the manner by which you recover compensation.

After a person has suffered physical injuries in car accidents, truck accidents, construction accidents, or other accidents caused by someone’s negligent acts it is stressful. There are medical expenses and medical treatment and the desire to seek compensation is high. The insurance company will want to delay paying your injury claims. This is why it is very hard to give a specific and hard timeframe for collecting compensation.

Your personal injury attorney will be able to give you the best estimate based on the facts of your case, their interactions with the insurance company and with the defense lawyers. Some cases can settle quickly, others require the case to move through the legal process to arrive at a settlement, and then some need to go to trial. If just, fair and maximum compensation is what you seek, you can rely on our personal injury lawyers to move the case along at the pace that is best for you.