When you suffer a personal bodily injury, especially the
kind causes by someone else’s negligence or recklessness, the law is designed
to help you become “whole again” or as close to it as possible. Legally, what
this means is: you are entitled to compensation for all your economic and
non-economic and if you area awarded the full amount, the law suggests you have
been made whole again. But in real terms, most persons who suffer personal
injuries are never really whole again. Here’s what you should know about being
whole again in the State of California after you suffer a personal injury
caused by another person.
Being Made Whole Again Legally in California after a Personal Injury
Accident
As mentioned, according to the law, you are legally made
whole again if you recover all your economic expenses and non-economic damages.
Economically, this includes things like:
- Lost wages
- Medical expenses
- Future medical expenses
- Loss of earned capability
- Future loss of wages and benefits
- Some household services
- Out-of-pocket expenses, like prescription
medication or wheelchairs
- Burial and funeral expenses (in cases of
wrongful death).
Non-economically, this means recovering monetarily for your
pain and suffering, loss of consortium, mental anguish, and other abstract and
not easily quantifiable damages.
When you have been recompensed for proven damages in their
monetary form, the law deems you whole again. This, however, is far from the
whole truth. For many of you, you will never physically be whole again.
Likewise, many of you will never be emotionally or mentally whole again. Some
accidents take a serious and deep toll on the lives of victims (and the
families and friends), and some things money simply cannot bring back so as to
make you whole again.
Being Made Whole Again Physically in California after a Personal Injury
Accident
When the accident is a minor one in nature, bodily injuries
will usually heal without much hassle. If you have a treatment plan, you should
always follow it to ensure your injuries heal properly and as soon as possible.
For some of you, though, the accident may have been severe, and these accidents
can be caused by:
·
Car
accidents
·
Truck
accidents
·
Motorcycle
accidents
·
Rideshare
accidents
·
Pedestrian
accidents
·
Slip and fall
accidents
·
Many other types of accidents.
Injuries like head trauma, spinal cord, amputations, or
multiple bone fractures can lead to life-long complications and can even be
life-threatening. What was once normal will no longer be normal again for you,
meaning you will not actually physically be made whole again. You may have been
compensated for these injuries by being compensated for loss of future earnings
and long-term medical care, but you will have to learn to live your life in a
different way. Money can’t change that.
Being Made Whole Again Emotionally & Mentally in California after a
Personal Injury Accident
The emotion and mental aspect of a personal injury is just
as problematic as serious injuries. If you have suffered head trauma, spinal
cord injury, an amputation, or some kind of disfigurement, then your pain and
suffering will be long-term. Flowing from that pain and suffering is the
materialization of emotional distress and mental anguish. Depression can be
destabilizing. Depression can alter your life in many different ways, all of
which are to your detriment and to the detriment of your family and friends.
In many ways, being made whole again is dependent on your
emotional and mental well-being. Without the latter, you will never be whole
again.
The Role of a Personal Injury Attorney & Being Made Whole Again
As you may know, money cannot make you whole again
necessarily, but it can help. The important issue is making sure you have an
attorney who fights for you and doesn’t settle for a settlement not in your
favor. The compensation must consider all that you have been through and all
that you may go through.
At The
Ledger Law Firm, our personal injury legal team at the Newport Beach and
Rancho Mirage offices are here to fight for you. We can empathize with your
pain and will do all within the law to help you get back to being whole as much
as possible. Contact our office
today to learn more about our approach to representing our clients and their
personal injury claims.