Personal Injury
Cases where an individual experienced injury due to the negligence of another person, a faulty product, or dangerous circumstances are described as Personal Injury.
These cases include motor vehicle collisions, slip and falls, workplace accidents, some assault claims, industrial diseases, toxic tort, and many other injuries.
If you are the person who has sustained injury (the plaintiff), you may decide to take steps toward protecting your legal rights. You must hire a Personal Injury attorney.
The personal injury case is usually begun when a private individual files a civil grievance against an individual, a business, or even a government agency, alleging that they performed in a careless or irresponsible manner in connection to the accident that produced damage.
Plaintiffs have a regulated time period to file a lawsuit, called a statute of limitations. Commonly, the period of time dictated by a statute of limitations begins when the plaintiff is injured or discovers the injury.
Statutes of limitations are established by state law and often vary by type of injury. For more details, see a Personal Injury attorney.
Money damages are paid to the plaintiff by the person, or company, who is found to be legally responsible for the accident, or their insurance company. Compensatory and punitive damages may be sought.
Damages may include:
• Emotional distress/anxiety/depression
• Loss of income/potential income
• Loss of consortium
• Medical treatments
• Pain and suffering
• Property loss
Establishing what injuries have cost the plaintiff, monetarily, physically, and mentally, will require vigorous review of health records.
If you are the Personal Injury attorney, you must hire a Legal Nurse Consultant to review the voluminous medical records, and locate experts.
Legal Nurse Consultants examine all parts the medical records of the plaintiff. This is challenging because of the volumes of notes to scrutinize. Handwritten records may be difficult to read. Electronic medical records may be impossible to follow.
Legal Nurse Consultants possess clinical experience in emergency and critical care, as well as neurology, orthopedic, and rehabilitation. We are indispensable resources to a personal injury attorney.
The Legal Nurse Consultant chart review are invaluable to legal teams during the litigation process:
* aid the attorney to determine if the case has any weight to it
* disclose whether or not the person had a preexisting disorder that may been aggravated by or contributed to the situation that triggered the injury
* determine if the attorney has all of the medical documentation relevant to the case.
If you are the patient, or a family member, who sustained a Personal Injury, contact a malpractice attorney – today.
If you are an attorney, please contact Krug Consulting to assist with all of your Personal Injury cases.
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Our Legal Nurse Consultants will review all the relevant documents, prepare reports, research injuries and locate experts for plaintiff or defense.
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