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Vancouver
Personal Injury Law Firm

Vancouver
Personal Injury Law Firm


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- Auto collisions
- Nursing home abuse
- Premises liability claims
- Uninsured and underinsured motorist cases
- Bad faith insurance claims
- Workers’ compensation
- Trucking collisions
- Product liability claims
- Motorcycle accidents
- Wrongful death cases
Claimants Should Always Remember Comparative Fault
If you’re contemplating coming forward with a personal injury claim, we have two simple pieces of advice: retain an attorney and be as honest as possible with them. Their experience and industry knowledge will be extremely helpful, not to mention they’ll make sure you don’t have any errors in terms of compliance. You should strive to answer all their questions as truthfully as possible, especially if they ask if you were partially at fault. This question is not accusatory, but rather it has to do with laws known as comparative fault.
Essentially, Washington law asserts that courts may assign blame to any and all parties for a given proceeding. This is done on a percentage scale that totals 100 in the end–so, for example, the fault for a given accident could be split 50-50, 25-75, 82-18, etc. Your end settlement will be reduced by the same percentage of fault you are assigned, and the party with the highest overall percentage is unable to receive anything, no matter how injured they are.
Let us evaluate your situation and determine the best path to take to help you achieve your goals. Give our injury attorneys a call today at (360) 200-0000.
What Kinds of Compensation are Vancouver Claimants Able to Receive?
Every set of injuries is unique, therefore no two cases will have the same settlement. For the most part, your take-home will be affected by two main factors: the seriousness of your injuries and the quality of your attorney. If there are little to no injuries, the compensation isn’t going to be substantial. However, the more severely you are hurt, the more opportunities you will have to collect other forms of compensation.
Generally speaking, damages are classified as either compensatory or punitive. Punitive damages are extremely rare, as less than 10 percent of cases will even discuss them. A helpful way to remember them is to switch out the word damages with either “fines” or “fees,” as these are purely meant as a punishment for exceedingly negligent behavior. Generally, these are reserved for instances in which a large number of people have been injured by a certain defendant or defendants.
On the other hand, compensatory damages represent all the ways in which a person’s life has been affected by their injuries, such as:
- Medical costs
- Property damage
- Lost wages, damage to future earnings
- Disability
- Loss of enjoyment
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of companionship
Any damages that can be easily calculated–such as medical expenses, property damages, or lost income–are easier to successfully argue because you can point to exact figures. Conversely, non-economic damages like loss of enjoyment and pain and suffering are harder to recover because of their inherent subjectivity. These are heavily dependent on evidence, but with a skilled attorney from Van Law Firm by your side, that is not an issue.
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