How do you overcome a spinal cord injury? If your injury prevents you from returning to work, how can you expect to pay bills related to your recovery? When in doubt, you can charge another party with negligence and demand that they help you overcome the financial burden of your recovery.
The spinal cord injury lawyers in Franklin, IN, have the experience to guide you through the civil process as painlessly as possible. You can meet with our team free of charge to discuss what your right to civil action looks like. Vaughan & Vaughan’s personal injury attorneys in Franklin are prepared to defend your best interests.
How to React to a Spinal Cord Injury
It’s up to you to determine what you want your spinal cord injury recovery to look like. That said, there are steps you can take to make the process more straightforward. These steps include the following:
Elect a Personal Representative
There’s a good chance that you may not have the opportunity to represent your own best interests for several weeks or possibly months following a spinal cord injury. Your opportunities to do so will depend on the severity of your injuries.
If you, while indisposed, decide that you want somebody else to initiate legal action on your behalf, there are parties you can elect as a personal representative. You may have already named such a party in your will. You may thereby have the right to request your personal executor initiate the civil process for you.
You can alternatively call on Franklin spinal cord injury attorneys to serve as your eyes and ears in the field. Our team can stand in for you while investigating the conditions that led to your losses. In doing so, we can keep you on top of insurance claim and personal injury filing deadlines should you wish to pursue action against a liable party.
Work With Medical Professionals to Assess the Severity of Your Losses
Spinal cord injuries often demand comprehensive recovery alongside spinal specialists. This means that it is in your best interest to work with a general practitioner as well as any recommended experts to address the condition your spine and spinal cord are now in.
Working with these professionals has several benefits, particularly if you want to take legal action against an offending party. First and foremost, medical professionals want to help you get back on your feet. Whether you’re contending with new permanent limitations or temporary ones, these professionals can recommend your fastest course to recovery.
What’s more, medical professionals take notes about the severity of your condition. This means that you can refer to those notes when elaborating on how another person’s negligence impacted your personal health. You can also take the bills and invoices from the services you benefit from and integrate them into your estimate of your injury-related losses.
Assign Liability for Your Losses
Before you can take any form of action against any party related to your accident, you need to know who you can blame for your losses. The opportunity to do so hinges on the evidence you can bring forward of another person’s negligence.
You have an obligation to meet Indiana’s burden of proof if you want to initiate an insurance claim or personal injury case against that party. The good news is that you don’t have to conduct an investigation into the nature of your accident on your own. Experienced lawyers can return to an accident scene to bring forward the evidence necessary to kickstart a spinal cord injury case.
Reach Out to a Relevant Insurance Provider
There’s a good chance that the party liable for your spinal cord injury has some manner of insurance protecting them. You, in turn, can file an insurance claim with that provider immediately following your accident to cover your most pressing expenses.
Make sure you act quickly and prepare yourself to come face-to-face with some bad faith behavior from insurance providers’ claim adjusters. Our team can help make the process of communicating the value of your losses with these parties as straightforward as possible.
File a Civil Claim Against a Negligent Party
You have the right to open an insurance claim against an offending party at the same time you initiate a personal injury case against them. What can personal injury cases do, though? These cases allow you to demand economic and non-economic damages for the losses related to your spinal cord injury accident, even when insurance providers won’t recognize those losses.
It’s up to you how a spinal cord injury case progresses. You can negotiate for the settlement you feel you deserve without ever going before a judge. You can alternatively take an uncooperative defendant before a judge to demand the financial support you feel you deserve. Franklin spinal cord injury attorneys can walk you through the process and defend your rights along the way.
Your Case Will Get
The Attention It Deserves
Experienced Franklin Attorneys Can Help You Bring Your Claim Forward
Unfortunately, you have a limited amount of time to take action against the party liable for your spinal cord injury. Indiana Code section 34-11-2-4 operates as the Hoosier State’s personal injury statute of limitations, giving you no more than two years to act on your losses. You must bring your claim forward within that two-year timeline if you want to argue for compensation.
It can be challenging to stay on top of that timeline when you’re contending with life-changing injuries. Fortunately, you have spinal cord injury attorneys in Franklin on your side. We understand how the state’s personal injury statute of limitations may complicate your recovery by introducing new stresses into your life.
That’s why we work to prioritize an investigation into your losses. We can focus on your case while you prioritize getting well again.
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Don’t Wait – Call Vaughan & Vaughan Today
Spinal cord injury attorneys in Franklin have your back in the days, weeks, months, and even years following a life-changing accident. You can reach out to our team at your leisure to discuss the nature of your accident and what right you have to financial support throughout your recovery. Our team can walk you through the process of defending your future.
If you want to learn more about your rights to spinal cord injury compensation, you can book a free case evaluation with our personal injury attorneys in Franklin and beyond. We are available to book your first appointment over the phone or through our website’s contact form.
Don’t wait to call. Let Vaughan & Vaughan represent your best interests today.
