Personal Injury Attorneys - Seeger Weiss Law Firm
Personal injury attorneys assist individuals negatively affected by the actions of others. The legal term personal injury refers to injury of the body, mind, or emotions. Accordingly, personal injury attorneys file tort lawsuits, referring to litigation seeking compensation from negligent parties responsible for injuries caused to another. Proven negligence entitles the injured to receive monetary compensation from the negligent party.
In tort law, personal injury attorneys will make a case that the “standard of care” demonstrated by the defending party was not sufficient, according to a reasonable person standard, to avoid the damage. The key issue for personal injury attorneys in tort liability is whether negligence was involved in causing the injury. Negligence is more than “carelessness” as the person at fault might be only be capable of a level of competence that is deficient to exercise sufficient care to protect another individual. Personal injury attorneys will make the case that plaintiff’s injuries were caused by deficient efforts by the defending party to sufficiently use their competence to do what a reasonable person would do to protect others.
A necessary job for an attorney in personal injury cases is demonstrating that the plaintiff suffered “pecuniary injury.” Pecuniary injury means that the plaintiff suffered a loss as a result of the harm done. As a result, the plaintiff’s attorney must prove that the personal injury resulted in pecuniary loss, not just negligence by the defendant.
Many personal injury cases include a structured settlement protecting victims with periodic payments including tax benefits. Often attorneys settle tort lawsuits contingent upon a settlement agreement. Rather than paying a lump sum, the attorneys agree to let the defendant make a series of payments as compensation for personal injuries. Personal injury attorneys like structured settlements as they protect injured parties from poor financial choices easily obtained from lump sum payments. Rather, the plaintiff’s personal injuries are compensated by a constant income stream from an attorney negotiated insured annuity.
Personal injury attorneys use class action lawsuits to provide a single case against defendants when negligence likely resulted in loss to a many individuals common in uniform characteristics. Often negligence by one defendant resulted in loss to many others (for example, the results of using a defective product). Accordingly, attorneys will seek personal injury compensation for all members of an identified category of individuals in order to fairly represent the needs of the class. Attorney negotiated personal injury class action agreements might include structured settlements and protection of funds for equitable compensation for all members of the group.
If you have experienced a personal injury as the result of negative actions of others, please investigate the legal services from Seeger Weiss LLP’s team of professional attorneys. Seeger Weiss LLP specializes in personal injury and class action lawsuits, and is prepared to use all available legal resources to obtain fair compensation from negligent defendants in tort cases. Seeger Weiss LLP’s personal injury attorneys will seek desirable legal agreements including structured settlements. If you are a victim of any form of personal injury, please contact Seeger Weiss LLP’s attorneys.
