How to Find the Best Wasilla Attorney for Your Injuries

by Kristen White Blogger

Motor Vehicle Accidents
With 79 fatalities in 75 fatal crashes in Alaska in 2017, and between 250-300 serious crashes and approximately 3,000 minor collisions each year, there is not only damage to persons, but also to property.
For this reason, a car accident attorney is available to not only help you recover for your physical injuries, but also for damages to your items of personalty that may have been damaged.

It is obvious that, if there is damage to your car itself, or if it is totaled, you are entitled to compensation for the value of the damages your car. What is less obvious is the fact that possessions damaged as a result of the accident are also compensable. For example, if you are driving your son back from his hockey game and, in a car accident, his $1,500 worth of equipment is damaged, you are entitled to reimbursement for the value of that equipment. If you have a bag of jewelry your late grandmother just left you as an inheritance, and it is damaged as a result of the collision, you are entitled for compensation equal to the value of this jewelry.

To obtain compensation for personal property damage, there are generally two ways to go about it. First, if you have insurance, you can make a claim through your own insurance company for the losses and, presumably, they will seek recovery from the other driver’s insurance company through a process called “subrogation.” It is important to have representation for such a claim because, even though it is your own insurance company, it is a business that will seek to pay as little as possible. An experienced Car Accident Property Damage Attorney knows how to afford you the best chance at a higher recovery.

Other Types of Accidents
Good Personal Injury Attorneys know more than just the prosecution of car accidents. One less common, but important area of the law is that surrounding aircraft accidents.

Although less common, aircraft incidents are more than you may think, with at least than 2,257 aircraft crashes that took place between January 1998 and December 2017 in Alaska alone. In 2017, there were still 72 crashes, or one every 5 days! Other than Hawaii, no state suffers more from aircraft accidents.

Causes of aircraft incidents are varied but arise out of issues such as (i) the failure of businesses to avail themselves of available technologies that could prevent many of these deadly incidents, (ii) human error or negligence by the relevant company or municipality, or many other issues.

Good personal injury lawyers know that, pursuant to Alaska Statute §09.10.070, any lawsuit in Alaska seeking monies related to personal injuries or wrongful death that is not filed within two (2) years is likely to be dismissed.

As it pertains to monies that can be recovered, these attorneys will also explain to you that awards may be sought for (1) economic damages (such as lost wages, medical bills and the like), (2) non-economic damages (pain and suffering), (3) emotional distress, (4) wrongful death, and (5) loss of consortium (awarded to the injured person’s partner due to the inability of the injured party to perform as they did before), and there are different skills and methods required to prove each category of damages.

Consulting attorneys to help you deal with these issues is essential to help you obtain the highest level of recovery. Be sure to reach out to them to make sure you are able to recover for same, whether it be for property damage, auto accidents, aircraft accidents, motorcycle accidents, assault, defamation, products liability or medical malpractice.