Whether in traffic, at home, at work or at public events: injuries or deaths can occur anywhere and at any time. You can get injured while playing sports or become a victim of a crime.
Most lay people do not know which types of compensation the victim is entitled to and when according to the damage law in the Civil Code (§ 253 BGB). Only compensation for pain and suffering and damages are still known to most injured parties as claims.
However, most victims of household or traffic accidents do not know what household damage is and how it is calculated. Only a few are aware that they will also have to be compensated for the damage that occurs if they are no longer able to do the household chores to the usual extent due to an injury and their spouse has to take over this work.
Even if you receive medical care after an accident, you must also be reimbursed for these costs. And what happens if you are injured so seriously that your health is permanently damaged and you are dependent on outside help? How do you enforce pension claims against the accused?
You are not alone with all of these complex questions. In the event of an accident-related personal injury, always consult a personal injury attorney, be it to get legal advice, to negotiate an out-of-court settlement or as legal counsel in court.
Our injury lawyers specialize in pain and suffering and compensation. Thanks to their many years of experience, they can give you a realistic and individual assessment of the scope and amount of your claims and enforce them legally. The often-quoted table of compensation for pain and suffering only provides the courts with initial guidance, as the actual amount always depends on the individual case.
Competent consultants assess your health and assess the physical damage and its long-term consequences accordingly. This enables us to convincingly present health impairments to insurers and courts and classify them legally with high success rates.
Personal injury lawyers are proven to be successful, particularly in the following cases:
- Personal injuries caused by traffic accidents (road, rail and air traffic)
- Personal accidents and bodily harm
- Accidents at work and commuting accidents
- Violation of traffic safety obligations (icy accidents, construction sites, playgrounds, trees, etc.)
- Patient rights following medical malpractice including birth defects
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Personal Injury Lawyer: Legal representation for victims and their families
Following an accident where you are not at fault, you, as the injured party, have the right to seek compensation. Even if it’s demonstrated that you bear some responsibility for the incident, it doesn’t nullify your overall entitlement to benefits. In cases involving shared liability, the damages awarded are simply adjusted accordingly.
If a family member passes away in an accident, as the surviving dependent, you can also pursue claims through legal assistance to seek compensation for the hardships you’ve endured. This process has become more streamlined since 2017, thanks to legislative changes that introduced a survivor’s benefit for family members who have suffered pain and hardship.
Problems with insurance after an accident are not uncommon
Anyone who wants to enforce claims for damages usually has to deal with the insurance companies. The insurance companies often use different methods to minimize the damage and deprive the injured party of their claims for pain and suffering and damages. They often wriggle out of their obligation to pay or persuade victims to make settlements that are favorable to them. A lawyer for personal injury law knows the tricks and tricks of insurance companies that are unwilling to pay and knows how to combat them.
In our experience, insurers often only pay compensation if it is unavoidable. In this respect, consumers are dependent on powerful specialist law firms that, in the best case, do not work for the insurance industry, but are entirely on the side of the injured private individual. The personal injury lawyers at Royce Injury are specialists in both medical law and insurance law. This saves you time and effort if you want to enforce your claims and helps to achieve the best possible outcome for you.
Lawyers for damage law
The cause of personal injury is not always an accident. Traffic accidents are the most publicly noticed; Domestic and leisure accidents, on the other hand, receive little attention, even though they statistically cause more than half of all accidental injuries to German citizens.
However, personal injuries can also have other causes, including:
- Personal injury due to incorrect medical treatment
- Personal injury due to an accident at work
- Personal injury due to commuting accident
- Personal injury caused by an animal
- Personal injury due to bodily harm
What exactly is an accident?
According to the legal definition, an accident is an event that suddenly affects the body from outside and involuntarily causes damage to health.
How do you behave after an accident?
The accident caused a great deal of damage to the injured party, which they do not want to and do not have to accept – and perhaps do not even notice at first. Anyone who later wants to enforce their claims for damages must regularly deal with an insurance company that is close to the person who caused the damage and has an interest in keeping the damage to a minimum. You should definitely seek the competent support of a lawyer for damages and compensation for pain and suffering in order to negotiate on an equal footing.
As a layperson, never try to enforce financial claims against the opposing party alone. The damaging party will spare no effort to prevent any financial losses and damage to its own reputation.
A fight against windmills?
Absolutely not, because highly specialized lawyers with specialist legal qualifications in the legal areas of medical law and insurance law are very familiar with personal injury law. We are very familiar with insurers’ avoidance and delay strategies. Our lawyers work in a highly specialized manner and are increasingly enabling equality of arms and higher chances of success on the consumer side in legal disputes with insurers.
In our specialist law firm, the expertise of our medical law specialists who specialize in medical liability are complemented by the expertise of our insurance law specialists – entirely to the benefit of our clients.
