Pain and Suffering Go Beyond Physical Hurt

After a car wreck, you have a lot going on.  Often there are physical injuries to deal with – perhaps even the death of a loved one.  What you may not be able to recognize right away is the psychological trauma that you have experienced.  Insurance companies are counting on you to forget this aspect of your health, and their settlement offers likely won’t include compensation for healing in this part of your life.

Let’s take a look at how the Car Crash Captain explains what can go on in your mental health if you are seriously injured in a car wreck, or if someone you love has been killed in one.

What is Pain and Suffering?

There are certain parts of compensation that are easy to calculate: lost wages, medical bills, and property damage to name a few.

However, there is more to an injury than just physically healing.  These changes in your life and lifestyle fall under the term “Pain and Suffering.”  They include loss of comfort, loss of happiness, and loss of opportunity that are the result of the wreck.

What is Pain and Suffering in Legal Terms?

Pain and suffering, when they apply to legal terms, is where you need a car wreck lawyer to help you out.

Physical discomfort and emotional distress are hard to calculate.  How do you put a price on the fact that you may walk with a limp for the rest of your life?  How do you put a price on the emotional distress, pad dreams, PTSD, or other trauma that you might experience?

In the legal world, your car wreck lawyer will help discover what you need to be fully compensated after the wreck – and argue in court if necessary that the settlement is what is required for you to heal completely.

How do you Heal from Psychological Trauma?

We all know that a large settlement isn’t going to bring a loved one back after being killed in a wreck.  We know that a million dollars won’t restore your ability to walk, or even lower the fear you might have when driving in the future.

So, how does a larger settlement due to pain and suffering help you heal from psychological trauma?

Many people discount the idea that therapy and counseling work wonders.  However, mental health in the USA isn’t as highly regarded as physical health.  If your settlement doesn’t cover the counseling and therapy that you might need after the wreck, you end up paying for that out-of-pocket.  With a better settlement, you can afford the help that you require.

Psychological trauma isn’t just going to go away.  It can last for years to come, and severely impact your life.  But if you have to take extra days off work for self-care, a settlement that fully compensates you for your loss will make that much easier to do.

How does Herbert Law Group Help?

The car wreck attorneys with Herbert Law Group have dealt with these same situations.  If it has happened, they know what to push for.

So, if you’re feeling stuck after a car wreck, if you’ve suffered psychological trauma, and if the insurance company isn’t playing nice (they likely won’t, it’s the nature of running a for-profit business), then you need a car wreck lawyer on your side.

Let Herbert Law Group handle the negotiations, and you focus on healing from the trauma.

Call us at 214-414-3808, or fill out the contact form on our site and we will reach out for your free get-to-know-you conversation.