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-: The moment you're injured in an accident
due to the fault of someone else,
you 100% absolutely have a case.
I believe the majority of the cases that we've handled,
started off with what seemed to be
just your usual head, neck pain.
And then a week later, their muscles start loosening up,
a herniation starts pressing on a nerve,
all of a sudden they're having shooting pain down in a limb.
Those types of cases can have an effect on people's lives.
You're talking about medical expenses,
future medical expenses, lost wages,
loss of earning capacity.
All those things can start
from a very minor accident.
All damages can be classified as two types.
You have general damages, and you have special damages.
General damages are damages that you can't really
put a number on.
Pain and suffering, mental anguish,
loss of enjoyment of life.
Special damages is the other category,
and that includes things that you can put a number on,
like lost wages, medical expenses.
Another thing you need to know about damages,
is you can have present, past, and future damages.
Now, and a lot of people will ask,
"What if it's been six months?"
"What if it's been nine months?"
"I thought it would go away eventually,
and it just never did go away."
You're okay, in that circumstance, you're okay,
but you do need to contact your doctor,
you do need to contact your lawyer,
before your case proscribes.
In Louisiana, you only have one year
to file a lawsuit from the date of injury,
and the doctors will tell you anything
over six months is considered to be chronic pain.
So the longer you go with having pain,
the more likely it is that you're gonna have pain
that's going to last and endure.
And really, those are the cases where you need to make sure
that your rights are protected,
and your interests are protected.
If you've been injured in an accident,
you need to call Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys
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