When you hopped inside your car and headed off
to work or to pick a child up from school, you never expected your day to end
in an accident. It showed you that anything can happen in the blink of an eye
and, no matter how prepared you are or the safety practices you abide by on the
road, negligence from another driver can happen in an accident and turn your
world upside-down. As a result, you have felt emotional distress and have
feared getting back on the roadway, as well as adverse thoughts of depression after
sustaining serious injuries. What can you do?
Typically, when it comes to personal injury lawsuits, you will receive damages known as “pain and suffering” when you have suffered emotionally. There are many mental effects a car accident can have on you. Perhaps you have adopted a fear of driving after your accident, have depression caused by limited mobility due to injuries, have flashbacks of the accident, or find it difficult to get back on your feet and enjoy the things you once had before the accident took place. What many people fail to understand is that the emotional effects of an accident can have a huge, lasting impact on your life for months or years to come. This is why you may qualify for pain and suffering damages, which cover mental distress from an injury and so much more. When a party is found negligent, they may owe you these damages as well as physical economic costs.
Typically, when it comes to personal injury lawsuits, you will receive damages known as “pain and suffering” when you have suffered emotionally. There are many mental effects a car accident can have on you. Perhaps you have adopted a fear of driving after your accident, have depression caused by limited mobility due to injuries, have flashbacks of the accident, or find it difficult to get back on your feet and enjoy the things you once had before the accident took place. What many people fail to understand is that the emotional effects of an accident can have a huge, lasting impact on your life for months or years to come. This is why you may qualify for pain and suffering damages, which cover mental distress from an injury and so much more. When a party is found negligent, they may owe you these damages as well as physical economic costs.
Showing Your Emotional Injuries
There are minor emotional distress injuries
and some that are not so minor. For instance, the less severe symptoms
encompass emotional anguish and distress, fear, and anger associated with the
accident. However, there are more severe symptoms as well, such as
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that happens when you replay the accident
over and over again inside your head. But how do you prove your claim and that
the injuries you have sustained are real feelings associated with the accident?
Here are the five ways to prove your claim of
emotional distress:
Intensity: If you have received minor emotional distress, you may not be able to recover much in damages. However, if your emotional distress is extremely severe and causes a huge impact on your life, you may be eligible for more compensation. For instance, you are most likely to recover from accidents that involve some type of severe injury coupled with emotional anguish.
Duration: If you have persistent and recurring pain related to your distress, you are more likely to recover more, since you have suffered the distress for quite some time.
Bodily Harm: You may be able to compensate more if your emotional injuries have caused you physical harm, such as ulcers, headaches, and other physical signs of severe stress on the body.
Cause: The more extreme the accident, the more recovery. For example, if you sustained a head-on collision with a truck, you are more likely to recover more than a simple rear-end accident at low speeds by another vehicle.
Medical Report: A psychological doctor will be able to support every claim that you have made and show that you have, indeed, suffered emotionally after the accident.
As you can see, making a claim for emotional distress after an accident is not as easy as it seems. Showing viability of your claims is one of the most difficult aspects in these cases. If you have sustained injuries in a car accident and need our help, give us a call today at the Accident Law Group at 602-262-4254.
Intensity: If you have received minor emotional distress, you may not be able to recover much in damages. However, if your emotional distress is extremely severe and causes a huge impact on your life, you may be eligible for more compensation. For instance, you are most likely to recover from accidents that involve some type of severe injury coupled with emotional anguish.
Duration: If you have persistent and recurring pain related to your distress, you are more likely to recover more, since you have suffered the distress for quite some time.
Bodily Harm: You may be able to compensate more if your emotional injuries have caused you physical harm, such as ulcers, headaches, and other physical signs of severe stress on the body.
Cause: The more extreme the accident, the more recovery. For example, if you sustained a head-on collision with a truck, you are more likely to recover more than a simple rear-end accident at low speeds by another vehicle.
Medical Report: A psychological doctor will be able to support every claim that you have made and show that you have, indeed, suffered emotionally after the accident.
As you can see, making a claim for emotional distress after an accident is not as easy as it seems. Showing viability of your claims is one of the most difficult aspects in these cases. If you have sustained injuries in a car accident and need our help, give us a call today at the Accident Law Group at 602-262-4254.
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Phoenix,
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Official Site: https://www.accidentlawgroup.com/
Here at Accident Law Group, our entire firm
handles only accident/injury cases. 100% of our work is building, arguing, and
winning injury cases just like yours. It is what our founding partners named
the firm, because accidents are all we focus on.
15650 N Black Canyon Highway, Suite B-155,
Phoenix, AZ 85053
(602) 262-4254
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