What Kinds Of Damages Can I Pursue In My Car Accident Case?

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What Kinds Of Damages Can I Pursue In My Car
Accident Case?
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• Its literally possible for someone to require
  millions of dollars worth of medical and surgical
  treatments after a vehicle collision. Although
  most car crashes do not cause that much damage,
  there are a wide variety of damages that an
  injurious car accident can cause.

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The Most Common Categories Of Car Accident Damages

• Medical costs
• If you need an MRI or CT scan after a
  catastrophic vehicle collision, that one medical
  service is enough to bankrupt most drivers.
• Add to this the likelihood of an ambulance ride,
  emergency room services, a hospital stay,
  surgeries, rehab, in-home health care,
  medications and other medical expenses, and its
  easy to see why the average driver cannot afford
  these costs independently.

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• Lost wages
• Whether its temporary or permanent, a
  disabling injury will usually cause the victim to
  lose the ability to earn money in a normal job.
• In a personal injury claim, accident victims can
  pursue compensation for lost current and future
  wages relating to a disabling condition. If the
  disability is permanent, the loss of a lifetimes
  worth of income could represent a considerable
  sum.

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• Pain and suffering
• Pain and suffering come in the form of
  physical pain, emotional pain and psychological
  pain. If you lose a limb, you could even suffer
  from phantom pain.
• Although its not easy to readily quantify this
  pain in dollars and cents, most civil law
  courts will consider ways of financially
  compensating accident victims for this pain and
  suffering.

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• Loss of consortium
• Loss of consortium damages relate to the
  many ways that spouses and close family members
  benefit from one another.
• According to the legal theories that support a
  claim for loss of consortium, spouses and close
  family members can be compensated for lost
  household services, lost care, lost affection and
  loss of companionship that results when a loved
  one suffers a serious injury.

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• Most car crashes do not cause that much damage,
  there are a wide variety of damages that an
  injurious car accident can cause. When you need a
  Kansas City car accident attorney, Peddicord
  Townsend LLC is standing by to help. Their team
  will investigate your case and work to ensure
  that you are compensated for all of your
  crash-related expenses.

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