Be sure you document all the costs associated with your facial injuries
If you have suffered a serious facial injury, your needs will go far beyond compensation for your immediate medical bills. After all, recovery from a facial injury—whether it is a deep laceration or a broken bone—is a painful process both physically and mentally.
It is very important to retain an experienced attorney like Fernando D. Vargas to help you in your fight for full and fair compensation. Attorney Vargas has successfully handled many cases involving serious facial injuries, including ones suffered in car accidents and in animal attacks. He will make sure you take all the steps necessary to facilitate your recovery and establish your need for compensation.
Do Not Make a Demand Until You Have Completed These 3 Evaluations
Following a personal injury, you do need to immediately inform the liable party (or their insurance company) of your intention to make a claim for your injuries. However, you should not talk numbers until you understand the full impact and cost of your injuries.
Ideally, you would wait until you are fully recovered from your injuries. However, this may not be possible in the case of serious injuries requiring years of treatment. In this case, you would instead want to consult medical experts about your recovery trajectory and the likely costs of treatment.
In the case of a facial injury, you may wish to get these three evaluations:
Plastic Surgery Medical-Legal Evaluation: Some facial injuries may require plastic surgery to help reduce the appearance of scarring that would otherwise be disfiguring. At The Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas, we work closely with expert plastic surgeons to help clients get the treatment they need. In some cases, the surgeries can be done on a lien so that the client pays nothing up front and the surgeon gets repaid out of the eventual personal injury settlement.
Dental Evaluation: When facial injuries are caused by serious blows to the head and face, dental injuries often result. You may need to have broken or chipped teeth repaired or lost teeth replaced with dental implants. These procedures have the potential to be very expensive and you will definitely want to be able to include these numbers in your request for compensation.
Psychological Evaluation: In the case of a serious facial injury, there is the potential for significant psychological turmoil. This is especially true if the injury is disfiguring or occurred during an especially traumatic incident such as a dog attack. By visiting a therapist, you can get expert documentation of your emotional and mental pain and suffering which will help support your claim for compensation in this area.
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If you need help seeking compensation for a serious facial injury or any other type of catastrophic injury, please contact The Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 and request a free initial consultation.
