People who live, work, or commute in and around York County are at risk from all kinds of accidents and injuries, both mundane and unusual. If you were hurt in a simple everyday accident like a fender bender or a slip and fall, our lawyers can help you seek financial compensation for your injuries. If your life was upended by a serious work injury, a near-fatal car crash, or a case of negligent medical care, our lawyers can fight for justice for you.
Our attorneys represent injury victims and their families throughout York County and across Pennsylvania, seeking to get them damages from the at-fault individuals and companies that caused their accidents. Many injuries involve someone who was at fault – someone that our lawyers can hold responsible for your injuries – but getting them and their insurance companies to pay the full value of your injuries is not always easy or straightforward.
For a free case review, call our personal injury attorneys at The Reiff Law Firm today at (215) 709-6940.
Types of Injury Cases Our Attorneys Handle in York County
Our lawyers represent victims of minor, moderate, and serious injury cases from all sorts of accidents and causes. If you are considering taking your case to a personal injury attorney but are not sure whether it is the kind of case we handle or not, consider that all of the following are exactly the sorts of cases you should bring to a lawyer for help:
You Have Damages
If you have any level of injury that required medical treatment or caused you pain and suffering, you likely have a case. The more severe the injuries are, and the more they cost you in medical expenses and pain and suffering, the more urgent it is to take your case to a lawyer. If the injury upended your life for a few weeks while you recovered, that certainly results in “enough” damages to take your case to a lawyer, and any injury that completely altered your lifestyle is more than serious enough to call an attorney.
Even if your injuries are mild or your damages are low, the fact that you suffered physical injuries and monetary damages does get you across the threshold, and you should at least consider calling our lawyers to talk about your case, even if you do not think it is all that serious.
Someone Hurt You
Many injury cases are based on situations where someone made a mistake or caused an accident, causing your injuries. You might have seen what they did, like in a car accident case where you witnessed the driver run a red light or saw them looking the other way when they pulled and hit you. You might even know the person responsible for your injuries, such as a trusted doctor whose medical care failed you or a neighbor whose icy sidewalk knocked you off your feet. If you can clearly identify a person or company responsible for your injuries, you likely have the kind of case our lawyers can help you with.
Even if you cannot identify the at-fault parties immediately, our lawyers can help track down who was responsible, so do not think that you do not have a case just because you cannot personally identify the defendant.
You Do Not Know What to Do Next
Most people call a lawyer because they do not know who else to turn to. You might be aware of an insurance policy that potentially covers the accident – such as a neighbor’s homeowners insurance or a local business’ liability insurance – but that does not tell you what you need to do to get paid for your damages. You might have even filed an insurance claim already, and now that they have told you you have no case or they have denied your damages, you might feel stuck with nowhere else to turn. Once you call our lawyers and get us on your case, we can advise you as to how your case will proceed, what damages you are entitled to, and how we can go about getting the payments you need through insurance claims, lawsuits, and negotiations with the defense.
Types of Injury Cases
As far as what categories of personal injury cases we handle, the answer is that we do it all. Whether you were hurt in a slip and fall, another property injury, a dangerous product injury case, a motor vehicle accident, a pedestrian accident, a case of medical malpractice, a work injury, or any other type of injury case, our lawyers can help.
Damages for Injury Victims in York County, PA
The damages you can claim in your case will be heavily subjective; there are no one-size-fits-all payments awarded based on the type of injury or the seriousness of the injury. Instead, our lawyers need to look into what the specific accident you faced cost you. We will look into the medical bills your injury caused you, the lost wages at work you faced, the pain and suffering you experienced, any emotional distress you faced, the effects on your home life and additional costs there, the damages the accident caused your spouse, and any other economic and non-economic effects the accident might have had on you and your family.
In most cases, the core damages we look for are medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering damages. However, these are heavily dependent on your specific case, how long the injury kept you disabled, if you will face ongoing disability needs in the future, and how the injury affected you mentally and emotionally. There might also be other damages like those mentioned above that we can look into based on your specific case. For example, if your phone was shattered in your slip and fall or your car was totaled in a car crash, that results in property damage we can claim compensation for alongside the injury damages.
Some cases involve additional punitive damages that are based on how bad the defendant’s actions were rather than how much you were harmed. If these damages are available, we can potentially claim them in your case as well.
Call Our York County, PA Personal Injury Attorneys Today
If you were hurt in an accident in or around York County, call (215) 709-6940 for a free case review with The Reiff Law Firm’s personal injury attorneys.
