A serious injury can affect nearly every part of your life. You may face extensive medical treatment, time away from work, mounting expenses, and uncertainty about what the future will look like. When your injuries were caused by someone else’s negligence or wrongful conduct, you may have the right to pursue compensation.
At Pritchett Personal Injury Law Firm, we help individuals and families in Omaha and throughout Nebraska pursue compensation after serious injuries. While you focus on your recovery, our attorneys can investigate what happened, gather evidence, deal with insurance companies, and work to protect your legal rights.
Types of Serious Injuries We Handle
Serious injuries can take many forms and may have lasting physical, emotional, and financial consequences. We can assist individuals who have suffered injuries such as:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Paralysis
- Severe back and neck injuries
- Amputations
- Severe burns
- Multiple fractures
- Internal injuries
- Permanent nerve damage
- Permanent disabilities
- Disfigurement
- Other life-changing injuries
Some serious injuries are also considered catastrophic because they permanently affect a person’s ability to work, live independently, or participate in everyday activities.
Do You Have a Serious Injury Claim?
A serious injury claim may arise when another person or business’s negligence, recklessness, or wrongful conduct causes significant harm.
Depending on the circumstances, you may need to establish that the responsible party owed you a duty of care, breached that duty, and caused your injuries and resulting damages.
Serious injury cases can be complicated because the full impact of an injury may not be immediately known. Future medical treatment, rehabilitation, lost earning capacity, changes to your lifestyle, and ongoing care may all need to be considered.
Our Omaha serious injury attorneys can review the circumstances of your injury, explain your legal options, and help determine the best path forward.
Compensation You May Recover
Depending on the circumstances of your case, compensation may be available for:
- Emergency and hospital expenses
- Ongoing medical treatment
- Rehabilitation and physical therapy
- Medical equipment and assistive devices
- Lost wages
- Reduced earning capacity
- Future loss of income
- Physical pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of independence
- Other damages permitted under Nebraska law
When an injury has long-term or permanent consequences, the financial impact can extend well beyond your initial medical bills. We can work to understand both your current losses and the potential costs and consequences you may face in the future.
How We Can Help
After a serious injury, insurance companies may attempt to minimize your claim or encourage you to accept a settlement before the full extent of your injuries is understood.
Pritchett Personal Injury Law Firm can investigate the circumstances surrounding your injury, gather medical and other supporting documentation, evaluate potential liability, communicate with insurance companies, and work to build a strong case.
We can also work with appropriate professionals and other resources when necessary to better understand the long-term impact of a serious injury.
If negotiations do not result in a satisfactory resolution, our attorneys are prepared to pursue litigation when appropriate.
Contact Our Omaha Serious Injury Attorney
If you or someone you love has suffered a serious injury because of another person’s negligence or wrongful conduct, contact Pritchett Personal Injury Law Firm to schedule a free consultation with an Omaha serious injury attorney.
We can review what happened, explain your options, and help you understand the potential next steps.
You should not have to face the financial and legal consequences of a life-changing injury alone.