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What to Expect from a Personal Injury Settlement
If you are the victim of a personal injury accident and you win your
case in court, you are entitled to a person injury settlement. The monetary
amount of this settlement varies from case to case depending on the nature of
your injuries, the amount of lost wages, the medical bills that were accrued,
and the permanence of the injury sustained. More money is awarded to defendants
who have sustained life-long debilitating injuries than it is to people with
short-term minor injuries.
A personal injury settlement typically includes, but is not limited to, compensation
for medical bills, lost wages and car rental fees if applicable. The settlement
may also cover attorney fees. Other monetary awards may be made to cover
the pain, suffering and emotional stress resulting from the personal injury
incident. The monetary values of these factors are determined by the court
during the course of the trial.
Once the personal injury settlement award has been made, a check is made out
to both the defendant and the defendant’s lawyer. Both people’s
names should be listed on the check, so it is important for the defendant to
ask for a copy of the check before the lawyer deposits it and makes payments
to cover various expenses, just to make sure that the money is being handled
properly and according to the contract that was put in place during initial
meetings with the lawyer.
Some attorney’s require that their fees be paid before medical expenses
are paid, while others allow for their fees to be calculated on dividends left
over after the settlement has been used to cover medical expenses. This
procedure is stipulated in the contract drawn up between the defendant and his
or her lawyer during the initial meeting when he or she agreed to work on the
case.
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