Even though car accidents are seen every day on the Toronto roads, there is nothing about them that should be taken lightly. At its most serious, a car accident may result in life-altering and life-threatening bodily injuries. Even minor fender benders can leave the involved drivers hurt. Continue reading to learn the most commonly incurred injuries and how an experienced Toronto car accident lawyer at Merricks Law Group, P.A. can help you heal from yours.
What are the most common car accident injuries?
Due to the unexpectedness of a car accident event, the involved drivers may be unprepared in bracing their bodies for the sheer impact of it all. What’s more, sadly, safety features and the overall structure of a car may only protect a driver so much. Without further ado, below are the most common bodily injuries resulting from car accidents:
- Head injuries: this may be as minor as a concussion or as severe as a traumatic brain injury.
- Neck injuries: this may be as minor as whiplash or as severe as cervical vertebrae fractures.
- Back injuries: this may be as minor as a back strain or as severe as paralysis.
- Injuries to the limbs: this may be as minor as a broken leg or as severe as an amputated limb.
What are the most common economic and non-economic damages with these injuries?
Unfortunately, the road to recovering from your car accident injuries may be taxing, in the physical, emotional, and financial sense. Without further ado, below are the most common economic and non-economic damages associated with these incurred injuries:
- Economic damages:
- The cost of your ambulance ride and emergency room visit immediately after your car accident.
- The cost of your current and future required doctor appointments, surgeries, prescriptions, etc.
- The cost of your current and future required physical therapy and occupational therapy sessions.
- The cost of your necessary handicap devices and handicap-accessible features installed in your residence.
- Non-economic damages:
- The physical pain that your bodily injuries cause you every day.
- The shame you feel from your bodily disfigurements when seen out in public.
- The diminished quality of life you now live from the handicaps your bodily injuries cause you.
This is all to say that you should not take on these damages by yourself. Rather, you must file a personal injury claim and argue for the responsible driver to pay. Understandably so, no amount of money may make up for these injuries that you have to temporarily or permanently live with. However, it may make the road to recovery a little easier to navigate.
Arguably the most important action you must remember to take in your claim is hiring a skilled Toronto auto accident lawyer. Our team at Merricks Law Group, P.A. looks forward to working with you.
