Your skeleton is what gives your body its structure and shape, but your soft tissues—the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage connecting the bones of the skeleton together—are what allow you to actually move around and interact with the world. Unfortunately, that means suffering a serious soft tissue injury can interfere with every part of your daily life. These injuries can be expensive to treat and inconvenient to heal from.
If you sustained this type of trauma directly because of someone else’s misconduct, they should be the one who pays financially for the losses you suffer because of your injury. Our catastrophic injury lawyers at Herman & Wells could help you seek the compensation you deserve. We have experience with soft tissue injury claims in Pinellas Park.
Being stiff and sore after a traumatic accident is hardly uncommon, but the kinds of soft tissue injuries that can justify civil claims in Pinellas County are not issues that can be treated with ice packs and bed rest. Typically, in order to justify having an attorney get involved in your personal injury lawsuit, you must have suffered an injury serious enough to require some form of professional medical care. Bruises and minor injuries, such as grade 1 ankle sprains, might not be bad enough to file a civil suit over.
You must be able to prove through a majority of all available evidence that a specific reckless or careless act by another person was the most likely cause of your injury. In legal terms, this is referred to as establishing negligence. Our attorneys could work with you to build your lawsuit or settlement demand around another person’s negligence if we believe we could help you have a valid legal claim.
If you can successfully prove someone else is responsible for your soft tissue injury, you have the right to demand compensation for both economic and if you will never be the same, non-economic damages as well. This includes payment for financial losses you can show through evidence like bills and receipts, as well as compensation for more personal hardships proven through testimony, such as pain and suffering.
Soft tissue injuries may leave permanent physical damage, causing significant and lasting disruption to your life. Chronic pain, reduced mobility, extended time away from work, and emotional distress are all common consequences. Depending on the severity, you may face ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, or limitations that affect your daily activities and quality of life.
Our Pinellas Park attorneys can help you pursue recovery for medical expenses, lost income, diminished enjoyment of life, physical pain, and emotional suffering—ensuring that the full impact of your soft tissue injury is recognized and fairly compensated.
Tearing a muscle or spraining an ankle can be very physically painful, no matter where, why, or how it happens. However, it can be emotionally painful as well if you suffer one of these injuries solely because someone acted in a reckless or careless way.
Fortunately, you have assistance available from experienced legal professionals who know how to navigate the challenges of soft tissue injury claims in Pinellas Park. Our lawyers could help you seek fair compensation for the harm you have unfairly sustained. Call Herman & Wells today to discuss your options.
