Motor Vehicle Accidents

PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES

For those who have suffered physical or emotional injuries because of the unsafe actions of a driver, the law may permit you to recover past and future medical expenses and lost wages as well as amounts for physical and mental pain and suffering, loss of a body part or use of a body part, permanent injury, scars and disfigurement. If you or your loved one was married at your time of injury, your or their spouse may be able to recover losses, including their lost services, society, affection, companionship and sexual relations. 

WRONGFUL DEATH DAMAGES

If your family member was killed by the unsafe driving of another person, the law may permit recovery for medical expenses, funeral expenses, physical and emotional pain and suffering and the loss of the value of the life. Depending on the state, the value of the life may be measured from the perspective of the person who died or the family that lost the person who died. In North Carolina, wrongful death damages are measured by the loss to the person’s next of kin, including loss of society, companionship, advice and kindly offices, as well as lost future wages and the value of that decedent’s support for his or her next of kin.

It is important that you contact an attorney immediately if you believe you may have a motor vehicle accident claim. There are deadlines within which claims must be filed or the right to file them is lost forever. Evidence can also disappear if you do not have an attorney to help you preserve it. For instance, important information about your claim will be destroyed if not maintained. The vehicles involved in the accident may be fixed and cell phone and data that can be downloaded from the involved vehicles may be destroyed if they are not obtained in close time to the accident. For these reasons, contacting an attorney today to review your claim is very important. Waiting even one day can be the difference between having a claim that you can pursue and being barred from pursuing that very same claim.