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Personal injury cases are arguably some of our legal system’s most commonly filed civil claims. They tend to cover a wide range of accidents, injuries, and circumstances. An experienced lawyer can work to get you the compensation you need.
Taking time to recover from your injuries and take stock of your overall situation is normal, but you should not wait too long before speaking to a lawyer. Generally, personal injury plaintiffs have only two years to file their claims or risk losing their right to bring the cause of action. You should contact an attorney with experience handling claims like yours. Personal injury law covers a vast array of claims. Our legal team has handled thousands of cases and is prepared to help you. Damages may be substantial and account for financial losses, in addition to painful personal experiences that might be a bit harder to quantify.
Get a free, private evaluation of your claims by calling (219) 322-1166 and talking to our personal injury lawyers at Wruck Paupore.
Finding the courage to take legal action after being injured by another person is not always easy. While it is reasonable to take some time to rest, you should meet with a lawyer as soon as possible. The statute of limitations on personal injury cases in Indiana is under I.C. § 34-11-2-4(a)(1) and lays out a strict 2-year limitation period. If you do not file your case by then, you might lose your right to sue.
If the stature is expired, talk to your lawyer about tolling options. Under very specific conditions, our personal injury lawyers can help you have the limitation period tolled, meaning a certain amount of time will not count toward the limitation period, thereby giving you extra time to file your claims.
Under I.C. § 34-11-6-1, we might have the statute of limitations tolled if you were under a legal disability at the time of the accident. Legal disabilities often include mental disorders, illnesses, or conditions that prevent someone from understanding their rights. It may also include minors who could not initiate legal action on their own immediately after the accident. Under this law, a plaintiff may have two years from when a legal disability is removed to file their claims.
In some cases, the defendant defrauds or misleads the plaintiff into not taking legal action. They might conceal important facts and information from the plaintiff, hindering their ability to take legal action. Under I.C. § 34-11-5-1, if the defendant conceals facts from the plaintiff that prevent them from filing the claim, the plaintiff has two years from when they learn of the concealment to file a case.
When it comes to personal injury cases, almost anything is possible. From car accidents to injuries at work to slip and fall accidents, a wide variety of claims may be considered personal injury claims. Below are some, but not all, of the cases our legal team has handled and can help you with. Contact our team to discuss your case if you do not see your claims described here.
Car crashes are extremely common and one of the most frequently filed personal injury claims. Whether your crash was a relatively minor fender-bender or a severe collision involving traumatic injuries, you have the right to sue the person responsible. Some car accidents can be complicated if multiple vehicles and drivers are involved. We should consider the costs of your medical treatment, vehicle repairs, and other expenses.
Some personal injuries happen in a doctor’s office. Doctors cannot be expected to deliver perfect medical treatment. How a patient responds to medical treatment may be unpredictable, and some patients do not improve as doctors hoped. However, if a doctor caused you new injuries or caused existing injuries to worsen because their treatment fell below standards of care, you might have a valid cause of action.
Some examples of medical malpractice injuries include surgical errors, misdiagnoses, incorrect dosages of medications, and failure to warn patients of the risks of treatment.
Personal injuries sometimes arise in settings where victims are supposed to be cared for, not injured. Injuries in nursing homes are frighteningly common. Many nursing home residents are subjected to neglect from staff, leading to physical injuries and a great deal of mental and emotional distress. It can be difficult to spot the signs of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, but when you do, call the police and contact a lawyer right away.
A classic example of a personal injury claim is a slip and fall accident. These claims get an unfair reputation for being frivolous or a shameless money-grab. In reality, people who slip and fall are often badly hurt. Broken bones, head injuries, and even neck and spinal injuries are not unheard of. If your accident occurred because of unsafe conditions on someone else’s property that they should have removed or repaired, you may sue them for damages.
Damages in a personal injury case should account for everything the plaintiff has lost and the painful experiences of the accident. Damages are generally broken down into two broad categories: economic and non-economic.
Economic losses include almost anything that costs you money as a direct result of your injuries. Medical bills are a major contributing factor to economic damages. Your damages might be substantial if you require extensive medical care because of severe injuries.
We must also think about your damaged or destroyed property. In many cases, plaintiffs experience painful injuries and losses of property or personal belongings. For example, in a car accident case, you can claim the cost of repairing your vehicle.
Some plaintiffs are so badly hurt that they cannot return to work for quite some time. If you lose income because of your injuries, we can estimate the value of your lost earnings and add it to your damages. We can even estimate the earnings you might continue to lose in the future because of the accident.
Emotional distress and suffering can be major factors in personal injury claims. Perhaps your accident was incredibly traumatic. You might claim emotional distress or psychological trauma. If your injuries are especially painful, you can claim damages for your pain. These and other awful experiences are not directly connected to money but may still be financially compensated.
Get a free, private evaluation of your claims by calling (219) 322-1166 and talking to our personal injury lawyers at Wruck Paupore.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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