College Park, MD Personal Injury Lawyer

A serious personal injury can have serious consequences. While many injuries can heal over time, more severe injuries may take considerable effort on your part to resolve themselves. You may need to take pain management medication, undergo physical or occupational therapy, or partake in other treatments in order to get back to living your life. In addition, the most serious injuries may never be able to heal fully, and your life may be altered forever.

When dealing with a serious personal injury, you need to fight both for financial compensation and for justice to be done on your behalf. Luckily, our attorneys are here to help. We can prepare your case, make sure you sue the right people and parties, and fight hard for you in court so that you get the justice you deserve.

For a free, no-obligation analysis of your case, call our personal injury attorneys with Rice, Murtha & Psoras at (410) 694-7291.

Injuries Our Lawyers Can Represent You For in College Park, MD

Our personal injury lawyers have experience representing clients who have undergone a variety of injuries. No matter your situation, we will tailor your legal experience to fight for the best possible results for your situation. Below are some of the injuries we have represented people for in the past.

Car Accidents

Car accidents are one of the most common kinds of personal injury. Unfortunately, that is because car accidents often lead to actionable injuries. Broken bones, whiplash, severe bruising and abrasions, and traumatic brain injuries can all result from car accidents.

Truck Accidents

Truck accidents are extremely dangerous. The sheer size and weight of 18-wheelers and similar big-rig vehicles mean that other drivers and pedestrians are incredibly likely to be severely injured in a truck accident. It is not unusual for injuries sustained in truck accidents to be permanent and life-altering.

Slip and Fall Accidents

Slipping and falling down is often played for laughs in comedies and cartoons. However, the reality is anything but funny. You can still get seriously injured from a fall of only a short distance. Broken bones and permanent nerve damage are possible from slipping and falling down.

A good deal of what injuries you sustain from a slip and fall is dependent on where the injury took place. For example, you may be more likely to get certain injuries from falling down the stairs than from slipping on a wet floor in a supermarket. However, the connection of your injuries to the area where they happened is something for our personal injury lawyers to go over with subject-matter experts and will be unique to your particular lawsuit.

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is when a medical professional injures someone through professional negligence. The subject matter of medical malpractice lawsuits is often complicated, and a lot of weight is placed on the opinions of expert witnesses in these lawsuits. Because medical malpractice lawsuits are so distinct in their subject matter, they are often considered separate from run-of-the-mill personal injury claims. However, our lawyers can still assist you if you got injured by a medical professional.

Wrongful Death Claims

Sadly, some injuries result in death. In those cases, you may want to file a lawsuit on behalf of a deceased loved one – called a wrongful death claim. These kinds of claims have special rules that make them somewhat different from ordinary personal injury lawsuits. For example, only immediate family can file a wrongful death claim in Maryland under Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. Art., § 3-904. If you are considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit, you should speak with our lawyers about your circumstances.

Damages in College Park, MD Personal Injury Lawsuits

When you successfully prove that the defendant was liable in a personal injury lawsuit, the court awards you damages. Damages are a way to compensate plaintiffs for their injuries. Your damages are based on your situation and can be broken down into three main categories: economic damages, non-economic damages, and punitive damages.

Economic Damages

Economic damages are based on things that have a monetary value that can be tracked. This includes items like bills for medication, surgery, physical therapy, and other medical treatments. Generally, these kinds of damages will have receipts or a similar item that denotes their value.

Economic damages include more than just medical expenses. You can also get economic damages for lost wages from work. If you had to take time off of your job to recover from your injuries, your damages can reflect the income you would have had were you not injured.

Non-Economic Damages

Non-economic damages are different from economic damages in that they do not have bills and receipts. Non-economic damages refer to things like pain and suffering or mental anguish. These kinds of things are not readily quantifiable. This is because each person will feel pain and distress differently, even for a similar injury. There is no receipt for “pain” or bill for “mental distress.” Accordingly, you will have to work with our lawyers to figure out what they are worth in your case.

Punitive Damages

Unlike economic and non-economic damages, punitive damages are based on what the defendant did. They are only awarded when the court is convinced that the defendant has acted especially badly. Generally, you have to prove that the defendant was not merely negligent but intentionally tried to hurt you. If you are going to ask for punitive damages, you need to have a compelling argument that you are owed them.

Speak to Our College Park, Maryland, Personal Injury Attorneys

Rice, Murtha & Psoras’s personal injury attorneys can give you a free case review when you call us at (410) 694-7291.