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What rights do you have in the wake of a personal injury accident? According to Florida legislation, you have the opportunity to hold a negligent party liable for the cost of your losses in civil court. You can work with a personal injury attorney in Port Charlotte to demand damages equal to or exceeding the cost of your recovery.
Viles & Beckman specializes in providing you with comprehensive representation after a personal injury accident. You can come to our team from the get-go and trust us to Champion your case when collaborating with police officers, other attorneys, and a liable party’s representation.
Mind Your Filing Deadline
A wide range of personal injury cases makes their way into Florida’s civil courts today. Some of the most common include:
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Slip & fall
- Premises liability
- Burn injury
- Product liability
- Wrongful death
While each of these cases addresses a different topic, there are some pieces of Floridian legislation that apply to them en masse. One such statute is Florida’s statute of limitations on personal injury cases. This statute controls how long a court considers your case valid and in what timeline you’re expected to bring it forward.
You can specifically find Florida’s statute of limitations on personal injury cases described in Florida Statutes §95.11. Herein the law states that victims of personal injury accidents must bring their concerns forward within four years of their accident. If you don’t bring your complaint forward in time, you may lose the right to pursue your case.
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How to Bring a Personal Injury Claim Forward
You know how long you have to file a personal injury claim, but what does your claim need to prove? When you break your claim down into pieces, you can use it more effectively:
Use Evidence to Assign Personal Injury Liability
Because the range of personal injury cases is so diverse, it can be difficult to lay the blame for your accident on a universal party. Instead, you need to turn to the evidence of negligence to help you determine who to hold responsible for your losses. Our team of personal injury lawyers in Port Charlotte, FL, can bring this evidence together on your behalf.
Your personal injury claim specifically needs to indicate that:
- A liable party owed you a duty of care during an interaction
- Said party violated that duty of care
- The violation of the aforementioned duty of care resulted in your serious injury
The evidence you bring forward to prove these statements can include bystander statements, physical debris, and videos or photos of the accident as it occurred. You can count on the Viles & Beckman team to wrangle this evidence on your behalf. Once we have evidence of negligence on hand, we can compose it into a cohesive narrative.
Estimate Your Personal Injury Case’s Value
The evidence you gathered to establish liability can be reused as you elaborate on the losses resulting from that party’s negligence. You can specifically use evidence from the scene of your accident to elaborate on your economic losses. These can include:
- Medical bills resulting from accident injuries
- The replacement/repairing of damaged property
- Lost time at work due to recovery and/or inability to travel
- Lost opportunities for alternative employment
- Funeral expenses, if applicable
Our team calculates the sum of your economic losses before modifying that total with help from state-approved multipliers. These multipliers stand in for your non-economic personal injury losses and have the capacity to increase the amount of compensation you may deserve. Personal injury non-economic losses can include:
- Emotional distress
- Stress
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of companionship
- Loss of consortium
- Wrongful death
Presenting evidence of all of these losses can make it easier for you to defend your right to receive compensation from a liable party.
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What to Expect After Filing a Personal Injury Claim
Filing a personal injury claim serves two purposes. It gives you an avenue toward compensation in the wake of an accident. It also allows you to control how you approach that opportunity for compensation. That additional control comes into play after your claim has been approved by a county clerk.
You have the right, upon working with a Port Charlotte personal injury attorney, to negotiate for a personal injury settlement or place that decision in the hands of a judge. It may be best to pursue a traditional trial if your case involves multiple liable parties or seems particularly complicated. A judge can also bring order to a case involving a resistant defendant.
Out-of-court personal injury negotiations, comparatively, allow you to wield your hand in direct negotiations with a liable party. These negotiations may resolve more quickly than a personal injury trial, but you may have to make sacrifices when addressing your desired compensation. Our attorneys can fight to ensure that a liable party takes your request seriously.
Click To ContactQuestions You Can Bring to an Initial Personal Injury Case Consultation
Coming into a case consultation after a personal injury accident can start you down a path toward loss compensation. If you’ve never worked with an attorney before, though, you may not be sure what to use your time in these consultations to discuss. Some of the best questions you can bring to a personal injury case consultation include:
- How much compensation can personal injury victims expect from their lawsuits?
- What is the average personal injury settlement?
- What involvement does a personal injury attorney expect a client to have with a liable party, if any?
- How can accident victims manage communications with a liable party?
- Should clients post about their case’s progress on social media?
While some of these questions, particularly those addressing a settlement, may not have universal answers, our attorneys can still make every effort to help you understand the legal process you’re entering into.
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Viles & Beckman Personal Injury Attorneys Want to Make Your Recovery Easy
Categorizing your recent accident under the umbrella of personal injury can be challenging. When you collaborate with a Port Charlotte personal injury lawyer, however, you can quickly make sense of the laws that allow you to pursue compensation for your losses. Viles & Beckman, LLC, wants to help you get back on your feet today.
If you want to take action against a negligent party, you can contact our office to schedule a free case consultation. We can discuss what your right to financial support may look like and how best to defend that right in court. Reach out through our website or by calling our office to get started.
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