Personal injury claims can be made, whether injury happens at work or simply driving your car. Depending on the nature of the severity, your injury could have lasting effects on your health or abilities. In extreme cases, a personal injury could cause a permanent disability or long term pain.
One well known firm of lawyers, based in Merseyside, is helping the community to avoid being injured in a car accident.
Goodman’s Law is encouraging schools, community groups and businesses to get involved in a Road Safety Week which is being co-ordinated in the north-west by the road safety charity, Brake. The law firm have pledged their support to the campaign by offering their sponsorship.
The week, which runs from November 21st to 27th, aims to promote safety measures which will help prevent deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Hurrah, for once a team of respected lawyers who are not trying to cash in on personal injury, with the insurance companies taking a scoop of the gold too.
The main theme this year is Too Young to Die, highlighting that road crashes are the single biggest killer of young people. This is an excellent initiative and whilst not all personal injury is due to road accidents, the number of injuries on our crowded roads is alarming. Solicitors are not doctors, nor are they there to mop up the emotional fallout, but they can help with compensation. This isn’t about simply sitting on a pile of cash, whilst facing life with injury. If equipment such as a motorised wheelchair, hoists, special orthopaedic bedding or adapted bathroom or home is needed, it’s going to cost money. The equipment will also need to be maintained or renewed and especially so for a growing child.
Carol Hopwood, solicitor and director at Goodmans Law, comments: ‘We’re very proud to be backing Road Safety Week, which is a vital event that empowers communities to take action on road safety’.
Brake supports families whose lives are devastated by road death and injury; they understand the importance of highlighting the terrible effect road casualty can have.
Seeking compensation for such injury, somewhat surprisingly, is not always at the top of the list of priorities and is often not sought at all. After all, after someone has been through what may have been a fairly traumatic experience, possibly involving extensive vehicle repair, disfigurement, or loss of a job, they may not feel they can face yet more hassle in their lives. On top of that they may well be trying to adjust emotionally to a new situation. In more extreme cases, this may involve specialised equipment.
Yet a solicitor will help with an appropriate injury claim to secure compensation to help pay for extra costs. If you can prove that your injury was the result of someone else’s negligence or was a deliberate act, then seeking the advice of an experienced professional makes sense.
Goodmans Law very much hope Road Safety Week will cut down on personal injury claims from road accidents in the area.
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