Personal Injury Lawyer Chicago

Being injured as a result of someone else’s negligence is an exceptionally difficult experience. Not only are you left facing mounting medical expenses, but you’re also likely to experience decreased earnings and serious emotional consequences, which make the situation that much more difficult. If someone else’s negligence causes you to be injured, turn to an experienced personal injury lawyer in Chicago today for the professional legal counsel you need. 

Areas of Personal Injury Law

Personal injury law is an important branch of the law that helps protect accident victims by compensating them for the damages they suffer as a result of the negligence of others. Personal injury law is broad in scope, but some of the most common types of cases include:

• Traffic accidents, such as auto, truck, motorcycle, bike, and pedestrian accidents
• Slip and fall accidents (and other kinds of premises liability claims)
• Wrongful death claims
• Accidents caused by defective products (product liability claims)
• Nursing home abuse and neglect
• Daycare injuries

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, a personal injury lawyer in Chicago may be able to help. 

The Damages You Sustain

One of the critical components of every personal injury claim is assessing the losses you have suffered as a result of the other person’s negligence (which are referred to as damages in personal injury claims). In addition to property damage to your vehicle (if the claim involves a traffic accident), all of the following commonly apply:

• Medical Expenses – Your medical costs can begin with emergency treatment and extend well beyond, including surgery and hospitalization, treatment and care from doctors and specialists, prescription medications, rehabilitation, physical therapy, adaptive physical devices, home health care, and much more. 

• Lost Earnings – While you watch your medical expenses skyrocket, you’re also very likely to experience a decrease in earnings related to hours lost on the job. This can amount to something of a financial double whammy. Further, if your injuries are quite serious, you could be looking at a steady decrease in earnings into your future (relative to your former earning potential). And there can be a significant emotional component in job losses such as this.

• Pain and Suffering – Your physical and emotional pain and suffering are more difficult to attach a price tag to, but they are no less real than your other damages (and should not be overlooked). Your pain and suffering can be one of the damages that is most difficult to move beyond. 

Assessing one’s complete damages is an important component of every personal injury claim. 

An Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer in Chicago Can Help

Danielle Pinkston at Pinkston Law Group, P.C., in Chicago is a trusted personal injury lawyer who takes great pride in employing her considerable experience and legal insight to help clients like you obtain favorable case resolutions. Our practiced legal team is on your side, so please don’t wait to contact us for more information about how we can help you today.