Injury From a Car Accident

Automobile accidents injure millions and kill thousands of Americans each year, and are also the leading cause of brain and spinal cord injury in the United States.

Car, truck, bus, and motorcycle accident lawyers can support a victim throughout the judicial process and can help determine if the accident was caused by the negligence of another driver or due to car part defects.

An attorney can help you with issues dealing with car crashes, fatal accidents, road rage, personal injury and insurance complaints.

In auto accident cases, monetary may include:

• Medical expenses – lost income, value of car, hospital costs
• Lost support and services
• Loss of appraised fair market value of real property
• Cost of construction repairs, including labor, overhead and profit

Non-economic damages may include:

• Pain and suffering
• Mental anguish
• Inconvenience

Car Accident Statistics for 2005

• There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005
• The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars
• 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed
• About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States
• One death every 13 minutes

As you can see, car accidents due to negligence are serious, thus the need for a car accident injury attorney at your side is crucial.

Cause of Car Accidents Due to Negligence
While distractions can cause accidents like cell phone conversations, sipping coffee, applying make-up, the biggest cause of vehicle accidents is speeding, though aggression is quickly becoming a significant cause as well. In fact, reports by the New York State Police show that the following factors (in order) cause the most accidents - and all of them are under the driver's control:

• Speeding
• Unsafe or too-frequent lane changing
• Not using turn signals
• Tailgating
• Not yielding the right of way
• Ignoring traffic signals
• Driving while impaired by alcohol or chemicals

If any of these cases happened to you, it is important to contact an injury lawyer as soon as the accident happens to start the lawsuit process.

Potential Recovery
In Arthur B. Vs. Barren, the plaintiff suffered a neck injury when his car was rear-ended.  Although he was able to return to work, the neck pain continued to bother him. The client spoke with a car accident lawyer. The result was that the insurance company offered $100,000. The attorney repreesented the case to the jury and the plaintiff was awarded $274,592.

In another example, the plaintiff, a truck driver, was rear-ended by another semi-trailer truck at an intersection in Michigan. He was treated for neck and back complaints in the emergency room and had physical therapy.

Seven weeks later, the plaintiff noticed weakness and numbness in his left arm and leg. His left-sided weaknesses never diminished, and symptoms were stroke-like. The man had suffered a stroke nearly six years before the accident, but he recovered completely.

Through the help of his attorney, a $1.6 million settlement was reached.

As you can see, the compensation for car accident negligence can be a hefty sum, so it is important for you to seek legal counsel who deals in car accident lawsuits soon after a crash.