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When someone else’s carelessness causes an accident and injures you, you should claim compensation for your injuries, lost time, and financial losses. The most common personal injury claim is for a traffic accident, but any situation where someone fails to act reasonably and causes harm may justify a claim.
Compensatory damages repay you the money you had to spend—or the money you lost—because of an injury that was not your fault. If your attorney proves your accident was caused by another’s negligence, the at-fault party’s insurance company may pay a settlement, or a court may award compensation. If they do not, they can be forced to do so in court by a jury. If someone else’s negligence injures you, our legal team at Herman & Wells could help you obtain compensatory damages for personal injury claims in Pinellas Park.
Compensatory damages should help you recover fully after an accident, but you cannot repair certain losses. If you become disfigured or disabled, money cannot restore your life in Pinellas County to the way it was before the accident. However, it could help reduce some of your non-financial, or non-economic, losses. That is why the law divides compensatory damages into two types: economic and non-economic.
Economic damages reimburse the money you paid—and will pay in the future—for medical and rehabilitative care, plus the wages you lose while recovering. Non-economic damages compensate you for losses that are not so easy to calculate, such as:
Because non-economic damages are subjective, you need an attorney with experience handling personal injury claims. Our legal team in Pinellas Park could negotiate or litigate your petition for a fair settlement or recompense for your losses after suffering harm.
Call our team at Herman & Wells to learn more about how we prioritize your needs and work hard to help you resume everyday life and rebuild your confidence.
While compensation for bodily harm in Pinellas County reimburses your claim for losses, punitive damages punish the person who harmed you. However, courts rarely award them because you must prove that the other person acted with wantonness or recklessness, or grossly careless disregard of the safety and welfare of the public, or that reckless indifference to the rights of others. Our legal team will advise whether your case may qualify for punitive damages.
Florida changed several aspects of civil lawsuits in 2023, including reducing the deadline for filing a damages claim after someone in Pinellas Park negligently injured you. Formerly four years, you currently have only two years from the date of your injury to bring your claim. Some exceptions apply. Talk to Herman & Wells about a free case review to discuss timely filings for your claim.
If someone else’s negligence injures you in an accident, you may qualify for compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain, and other emotional losses. Collectively, our attorneys have decades of experience in assessing, building, and winning personal injury cases throughout Pinellas County.
Call Herman & Wells today about pursuing compensatory damages for personal injury claims in Pinellas Park.
