Getting compensation from the people responsible for your injury can be difficult. Our lawyers work to represent you in your claims and fight to get you the damages you deserve. Whether you were injured in a slip and fall, a car accident, or any other accident – or because of a dangerous product or service – our lawyers can take up the case.
We represent clients against hospitals, businesses, drivers, trucking companies, manufacturers, and more, working to get them the damages they need for medical bills, lost earnings, pain and suffering, etc. Never assume that your case is too small or too big; we represent a wide range of clients in a wide range of injury cases.
Call Rice, Murtha & Psoras today at (410) 694-7291 for a free case assessment from our experienced Bethesda, MD personal injury attorneys.
Types of Personal Injury Cases Our Kemp Mill Attorneys Handle
Our lawyers represent victims in all kinds of accidents and injury cases. In most cases, the goal is to sue a party who committed some kind of breach of duty to cause the victim’s injuries, such as failing to take proper care while doing something. In some cases, this involves a specific accident, while other injuries can hardly be deemed “accidental.”
Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Accidents
Our personal injury lawyers handle car and auto accidents involving all kinds of vehicles. If you were hit by another car, we can seek compensation directly against the driver and their insurance company. If you were hit by a truck, bus, or other commercial vehicle, we might be able to seek damages directly from the trucking company or other transportation company the driver worked for. Lastly, with motorcycle accident cases, we often have to fight to get the victim damages, overcoming the victim blaming that drivers often use against the motorcycle riders they hit.
Pedestrian Accidents
Even if you were not driving, we can help you hold the drivers who injured you responsible. Pedestrian accidents are often clear-cut cases, given that pedestrians are often hit while crossing in marked crosswalks or while walking down the sidewalk. In more complex cases, you might have been hit along a back road or even while walking in a parking lot, and our lawyers can help hold the driver liable.
Property Injuries
When someone’s property has some sort of hazard or defect that makes it unsafe for guests and customers, people can face serious injuries. Whether the accident was a slip and fall, structural collapse, staircase injury, fire, explosion, drowning, electrocution, or any other injury caused by unsafe property, our lawyers can help you recover compensation. Homeowners and business owners often have insurance to cover these accidents, allowing us to seek damages even from people and companies that might not otherwise have the cash to pay out of pocket for your injuries.
Medical Malpractice
When a doctor makes a mistake during your treatment, there might not be one concrete “accident” that leads to your worsened condition, new injury, or additional suffering. Medical malpractice cases involve claims against doctors and hospitals for any care that falls below the “standard of care.” These cases often involve misdiagnosis, birth injuries, surgical errors, anesthesia errors, and other mistakes that go beyond mere “complications.” In most cases, you need to work with an expert doctor who can explain to the court what went wrong and why your case is valid. Having lawyers like ours who have on-the-ground experience with medical malpractice cases is also important.
Wrongful Death
If a loved one’s injuries were fatal, we can help you seek compensation for their death as well. This involves suing for the damages the victim would have claimed in a personal injury lawsuit if they had survived the accident, but it also means claiming compensation for you and your family to cope with the death. These claims can pay for the victim’s pre-death pain and suffering as well as ongoing lost wages, funeral/burial costs, lost companionship, lost household services, and more.
Defective Product Cases
If you were injured by a defective tool, medication, auto part, or other product, you can often sue its manufacturer. Whether the defect was a “design defect” that made the product inherently unsafe or a “manufacturing defect” that caused it to be assembled wrong, our lawyers can gather the proper evidence and take the case against the manufacturer, seller, or other appropriate parties along the chain of sale.
Work Injuries
Nearly any other kind of personal injury case can happen in the context of doing your job. However, laws often prevent a lawsuit against your employer directly unless you were an independent contractor. Because of this, we might be able to help you sue outside third parties for things like on-the-job car accidents or defective safety gear you used at work.
How to Claim Medical Bills, Lost Wages, and Pain and Suffering in a Kemp Mill Personal Injury Case
Our lawyers can help you understand what specific damages and amounts you can claim in your case, but most injury cases start with including damages for the medical bills you faced to treat your injuries, the lost wages your injuries kept you from earning, and the pain and suffering associated with the injury. When you claim these damages, you can file with insurance or through a lawsuit, and whether you settle your case or go to trial will often depend on the specific facts of your case and our recommended strategies.
Insurance can often afford to pay full damages, but insurance companies will likely refuse to pay the full value – at least not right away. Often, negotiating and presenting the insurance company with evidence can show them the case is stacked against them and push them into settling for the full value. If they do not settle, we can take the case to court and eventually handle things at trial. However, most cases do ultimately settle, considering it is often cheaper and simpler for everyone involved compared to the cost of going to trial.
Call Our Personal Injury Attorneys in Kemp Mill Today
Call (410) 694-7291 to get a free case assessment with the personal injury lawyers at Rice, Murtha & Psoras.