PERSONAL INJURY LAW AND PURPOSE OF RECOVERY

​I love working for my clients.  Personal injury law can be a very rewarding area of work.  My personal injury clients are a very personal relationship and I take great care to make sure the cases are well prepared.  Part of preparing a case properly is making sure that clients understand the purpose behind a personal injury law case. Unfortunately, there are to many law firms misguiding the public into believing that getting injured is about receiving millions of dollars.  In my opinion these law firms are hurting their own reputations by doing that, and in turn diminish the value of our profession as lawyers.
When I meet clients, I take the time to understand how their injury was inflicted, as well as the injury itself.  As a personal injury lawyer, it is very important to understand the injury.  The reason for the need to understand the injury itself is because it is important to know what type of treatment to expect from the medical providers.  At this point it is also very important to make sure the medical providers are not treating a claim, but are in fact treating the injury for the sake of the betterment of the client, and not for the sake of maximizing the insurance policy.
However, the importance of understanding the injury of a client due to the need to evaluate the case from a recovery standpoint cannot be ignored simply because oftentimes there are injuries that are to great when compared to the insurance policies providing coverage.  I make sure my clients understand how damages are calculated for purposes of litigation on a personal injury case.  Personal injury lawyers when working in volume firms do not have the time to explain to clients what is happening with their cases, and at Krumbein Law PLLC there is pride in maintain  a personal relationship with your personal injury lawyer.
I explain to personal injury clients that awards include past medical cost, future medical cost, lost wages, future lost wages if there is an inability to earn what was earned or what could have been earned had the injury not occurred, past and future pain and suffering, and depending on the facts of a case, and finally on occasion there is the possibility of punitive damages. 
I also explain to personal injury clients that recovery on personal injury cases is not to be seen or understood as profit.  It is not a profit to receive monetary award on personal injury because an injury is not a business act.  Those monetary awards are obtained for the purpose of paying past and future medical bills, compensate for loss of income, and include some monetary value for the purpose of providing some comfort to a person that has otherwise lost some level of pleasure inherent to living.
Money can never truly place a personal injury client back to the place he or she was prior to the injury.  That should never be confused with profiting as a result of a personal injury case. 
If you have questions about your personal injury case and would like to have the guidance of a personal injury lawyer in Jacksonville, please call 407-800-7589.