Am I Entitled to Monetary Compensation for Accidents and Injuries in Colorado?

By: customerparadigm | Posted: 30th March 2010

Copyright (c) 2010 Chuck Matthews

If you have been the victim of an accident or injury in Colorado, you may be entitled to receive economic recovery from those who are at fault. What you will be able to recover, if anything, will depend on the circumstances surrounding the damages you experienced because of the accident or injury, both during and after the incident, as well as the ability of your personal injury attorney to identify possible damages and pursue an effective legal course of action that secures in the maximum award possible in a judgment in your favor.

Remember that an experienced Colorado personal injury attorney will have substantial experience and familiarity with both the Colorado legal system as well as situations such as yours. A competent and experienced attorney should be able to carefully explain your options, and should be able to develop a legal plan of action to ensure that you receive all compensation to which you are entitled.

The following are some of the types of accidents and injuries for which you and your attorney may be able to take legal action to monetary compensation for damages in Colorado:

Pain and Suffering: An award for past and future physical pain in connection with an injury or accident.

Permanent Physical/Mental Disability: These damages are proven by medical testimony and typically a doctor must examine a plaintiff claiming permanent disability.

Disfigurement: When an accident or injury has left a person deformed or disfigured by scars or other permanent effects on personal appearance, the injured person may be able to collect damages for any mental suffering that arises due to the disfigurement.

Future Medical Expenses: If the plaintiff is able to prove that he or she will need continued medical care as a result of the accident or injury.

General Damages: Compensation for harm that results from wrongful conduct, such as physical and mental pain, and loss of enjoyment of life after an accident or injury.

Household Services: The cost of hiring somebody to do things around the house while a person is recuperating from an accident or injury, provided that the expense would not have been incurred had the plaintiff not been injured.

Loss of Consortium: Deprivation of the benefits of married life after an accident or injury: including affection, solace, comfort, companionship, society, help and assistance, and sexual relations between spouses.

Loss of Consortium of a Child: Parents may be able to recover damages if their child is injured, and the injuries are severe enough that they interfere with the normal relationship between parents and their children.

Medical Expenses: Bills and expenses for medical services such as doctors, hospital stays, emergency room treatment, ambulance fees, and nursing services.

Medical Surveillance: The cost of monitoring a person's medical condition after the person was exposed to a hazardous substance, so that any illness or injury might be detected early.

Loss of Enjoyment of Life: A diminished ability to enjoy the day-to-day pleasures of life, "loss of enjoyment."

Loss of Society and Companionship: In wrongful death cases, loss of society and companionship damages represent the benefits from the love, comfort, companionship, and closeness that a person and their family would have enjoyed were that person still living.

Loss of Earning Capability: After an accident or injury, these damages may be recovered if a person proves that his or her ability to earn money in the future has been impaired or diminished by the injuries.

Lost Wages: These damages represent the amount of money a person would have earned from the time of the injury to the date of settlement or judgment.

Mental Anguish: Any mental suffering or emotional distress associated with an accident or injury, including fright, terror, apprehension, nervousness, anxiety, worry, humiliation, mortification, feeling of lost dignity, embarrassment, grief, and shock.

Loss of Present Cash Value: The present value of projected future earnings: the amount that, if invested wisely, will over time produce the amount a person would have earned had he or she not been injured.

Should I Contact a Colorado Personal Injury Attorney?

If you have unfairly suffered an accident or injury, you should contact a Colorado attorney experienced in personal injury immediately. An experience personal injury attorney will be able to identify all of the damages to which you are entitled and maximize the compensation that you will receive for your injuries. A personal injury can be devastating to your life and livelihood, having consequences that are often a permanent detriment to your quality of life.

Don't go through the process alone, and don?t take on the insurance companies without professional legal assistance. Contact a personal injury attorney today to fight for the compensation that you deserve!


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If you have been the victim of an accident or injury in Colorado, you may be entitled to receive economic recovery from those who are at fault. What you will be able to recover will largely depend upon the kind of damages you experienced because of the accident or injury, both during and after the incident, and the ability of your personal injury attorney to pursue an effective legal course of action that results in the maximum award possible.
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