Sonoma Long Term Care Attorney

You have probably heard a lot of personal injury attorneys claim they can get you maximum compensation for your medical bills, long-term care, lost wages, and other damages. But what does that mean?

At the Flahavan Law Offices, our attorneys have 40 years of combined experience helping people recover appropriate compensation after accidents, professional errors, product defect injuries, dog bites, assaults, and many other cases. We have the experience and knowledge to help you determine what compensation is appropriate in your case.

We are happy to provide a free case evaluation. Contact our office in Santa Rosa by phone or set up your appointment online. We handle personal injury and wrongful death cases on a contingency basis, which means that we only bill you if we recover compensation for you.

Compensation for Immediate and Long-Term Care, Financial Losses and Personal Costs

When someone has injured you through their negligence or wrongdoing, the law gives you the right to seek fair compensation for everything that person's actions have cost you. Generally, the law allows you to seek compensation for both economic and non-economic harm.

Non-economic damages are intended to compensate you for things like:

• Your physical injuries
• Pain and suffering
• Long-term non-financial harm such as disfigurement
• Emotional distress caused by the accident or injury
• In a wrongful death case, grief and loss of that person in your life

These kinds of losses are real, and claiming compensation for them is absolutely legitimate. However, deciding how much money is appropriate compensation for non-economic losses is very difficult. Your personal injury attorney will rely on experience and knowledge of what is customary when proposing a number.

Examples of economic damages include:

• Ambulance, doctor, hospital and other medical bills
• The cost of medicine and medical equipment
• Rehabilitation or physical therapy costs
• Psychological counseling costs
• Long-term care, household help or dependent care needed because of the accident
• Lost wages and any reduction in your earning capacity
• Vocational rehabilitation counseling
• Car repair, rental car, and transportation costs
• Medical insurance co-pays and deductibles paid

Economic damages can be easier to calculate because they describe actual monetary losses an injured person has experienced. In many cases, however, these losses must be projected into the future. For example, if your injury will require long-term care, your personal injury attorney will need to estimate how much money you will need to pay for that in the future.

In order to know how much compensation is appropriate in your particular case, we will need to listen to your story, consider a number of factors and look at your situation as a whole.

Talk With a Lawyer at No Cost and No Risk

If you would like to know whether you have a personal injury claim and what compensation might be available, we are happy to answer your questions in a free consultation. Call one of our offices or contact us online to schedule an appointment. From our offices in Sonoma County, we serve clients throughout Northern California in communities such as Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Napa and Petaluma.