I can't work after my accident. How does this affect my case?

When you've been injured in an accident, you might be worried about how your case will be affected by missing work. This blog covers how this factors into your personal injury case.

• Value for your case.

  First, know that loss of income and ability to earn can increase your case's value. Demonstrating lost wages and reduced future earning potential can significantly increase a personal injury claim’s value significantly. Your evidence and credible experts are crucial to justify lost income compensation. If you have an excellent work history and can show you were consistently earning money at your job, only to lose work becausee of your accident, that will affect your case's value.

• Document your lost income.

Your attorney will need proof, such as ike pay stubs, tax returns, payroll records, and other documentation that your earnings before and then after the accident. Gaps in work history or self-employed status make past wages more difficult to prove. The more proof you have, the stronger your claim for lost wages will be.

• Proving Reduced Future Earnings

  If your accident as severe, your future earning capacity may be reduced. Your attorney will select and hire vocational and economic experts to provide testimony as to how your earning capcity was affected. Through analyzing medical evidence in relation to your profession, they can opine on your inability to work and provide projections of related economic losses.

• Impact on Your Career

After an accident, you may have to deal with other income losses like missed promotions, benefits, seniority, advancement prospects, and diminished earning potential in the future. Depending on the nature of your work and your projected career path, this can add considerable value to your case.

If you've been injured in an accident, you are probably worried about how this will affect your future ability to work. Our attorneys will fight to get the compensation that you deserve for your injuries as well as career losses. Call us today to speak with an experienced attorney.