As personal injury lawyers in Whitby, Oshawa & Toronto and surrounding areas we are regularly asked ‘how much is personal injury in Ontario worth?’–and our answer is…that’s a tough question. Personal-injury accidents cover an array of injuries, including car accidents, slips, trips, falls, pedestrian accidents, collisions, home-owner injury claims and oh so much more, and the Ontario personal-injury settlements for personal-injury accidents in Ontario is just as varied. But wait, there’s more.
Comprehending what your personal injury in Whitby, Oshawa & Toronto claim is worth is a complicated process, even for experienced personal-injury accident lawyers in Ontario, like us. What makes the process a little simpler at least is knowing that most personal-injury in Ontario cases, handled by experienced personal-injury attorneys, are generally settled out of court.
Insurance claims and insurance settlements are hard, which is why we’re in business as personal injury lawyers in Whitby, Oshawa & Toronto. To determine the success of a claim and how much a personal-injury accident claim is worth we need to gather medical records, determine all the involved third parties, adjusters, opposing lawyers, interview witnesses, counteract insurance-company tactics—all before preparing a claim, then we negotiate a settlement.
What Determines What Personal-Injury in Ontario is Worth
To determine what a personal-injury accident claim in Whitby, Oshawa & Toronto is worth you need to consider what insurance adjusters look for when deciding your compensation, which is a mixture of the following types of damages:
·general damages for pain and suffering
·medical expenses
·care expenses
·out-of-pocket expenses
·past and future income loss
·loss of opportunity
·business losses
·damages for permanent disabilities and/or disfigurement
·loss of amenities of life
·damages for stress and/or emotional trauma
·depression
·lost-life experiences
·and more…
Each personal-injury accident case is unique of course, and will call for a unique application of the above types of damages—all of which need to be proven, because we can only accurately base a claim value on the evidence in your files and the additional evidence we can gather.
The hardest of all the above elements for personal injury lawyers in Whitby, Oshawa & Toronto and surrounding areas to make a case for is pain and suffering, as determining pain and suffering quantitatively is obviously a little difficult to prove. This is why a thorough examination of decisions on similar facts and cases in the past is required. The best predictor in any personal-injury case is the pain-and-suffering damages—and the best predictor of pain-and-suffering damages is in the case files of previous judgements, facts and settlements.
Give us a call with your personal injury in Ontario case and we can help you decide where to go from here.
