Personal injury law is one of the most picked-on areas of the law. Even the best law firms aren’t protected from wise-cracks about waiting near patches of ice in the hopes of suing the pants off some mom and pop business. However, it obviously can be a very serious matter. Which is why having a quality attorney for catastrophic injuries is vital. Whether you have experienced the injury yet or not doesn’t quite matter. Here are four reasons to plan ahead and at least know who you’ll call if something does happen.
1.) Prevalence: Accidents are a part of life. At some point or another virtually every person will experience some sort of trauma/injury that requires medical attention. While everyone hopes the damage is minimal, this is of course impossible to predict. Remember, you don’t only need an attorney for catastrophic injuries. There may be smaller matters that require a good attorney at law, and knowing who to cal ahead of time will save you time and stress.
2.) Vehicle Crashes: On average, over 3,000 people die every day in road crashes. About 1.3 million in total. Over 50% of these incidents involve people between the ages of 15 and 44. If you get in an accident and escape death, chances are you will most certainly need an attorney for catastrophic injuries sustained.
3.) Work-Related Injury: In 2013 alone there were over 3 million workplace injuries reported. Add to that the chunk that never reports the injury and you stand a good chance of being injured at some point at work.
4.) Medical Malpractice: According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) approximately 225,000 people die annually as a result of medical malpractice. Seeing as you won’t be around if you succumb to this statistic, you definitely will want not only an attorney for catastrophic injuries, but unfortunately death.
You have a financial adviser to protect your assets, a doctor for your general health, mechanic to take care of your car, why wouldn’t you have an attorney for catastrophic injuries lined up? It may seem ridiculous, but let me know the next time you hear about someone planning for that work-place fall, or t-boned on the drive there.
