Am I eligible to file
a personal injury claim?
If you or a loved one have been injured in an accident, you
may wish to seek financial compensation for your injuries. Our attorneys are here to help you determine
if you are eligible to file a lawsuit. In order to file a Texas
personal injury claim, you must meet three basic requirements.
You must have
suffered an injury.
That injury could be physical, emotional, or mental, but it
must constitute an actual injury. For
instance, if you were riding a commercial bus and the driver was driving
recklessly, caused you to fall, and you broke your wrist, you would be eligible
to file a claim. But if you simply fell
and embarrassed yourself a little bit, you would not be eligible. Note that there may be extreme cases such as
car accidents where a victim experienced emotional trauma from the event but
did not suffer any physical harm. This
person may still be eligible to file a claim based on an emotional or mental
injury.
You must show that
someone who owed you a duty of care somehow breached that duty and caused your
injury.
This typically means that someone was negligent. For instance,
if a commercial truck driver
was driving while intoxicated and caused a collision, that truck driver would
be grossly negligent. On the other hand,
if a truck driver has an accident because his transmission locked up, whoever
was responsible for maintaining the vehicle would be negligent.
You must have
suffered some sort of financial loss for your injury.
This financial loss can be anything from property damage and
lost wages to medical bills and therapy (in the event of emotional or mental
suffering).
The attorneys at
Grossman Law Offices have twenty years of
experience working with personal injury cases. Let us determine if you are eligible to file a personal injury claim and
we can help you get the compensation you deserve.
What are the steps used to determine eligibility?
What types of injuries are eligible for compensation?
Is financial loss covered?