Accidents happen every day. Every hour, hundreds of thousands of people are injured due to car accidents, construction accidents, truck wrecks, defective products or medical malpractice. For those injured, you may have a personal injury claim.
What is a Personal Injury?
A personal injury case is when you are injured through someone else’s negligence. Typically, this takes the form of an accident that could have been avoided, had someone else acted with a reasonable duty of care. Basically, if someone else causes your injury, you may have a personal injury case.
Mississippi personal injury cases require two things: an injury must be a result of someone else’s negligence, and it must result in damages. You should always seek medical care if you’re injured, but getting the right care is especially important in a personal injury case.
What Types of Cases Count as Personal Injuries?
Many types of accidents fall into the realm of personal injury cases. The most common personal injury cases are automobile accidents, although truck accidents, bus accidents and motorcycle accidents can also be personal injury cases. If you’re a construction worker and you’re injured at work, you might have a personal injury case or you might have a workers compensation case. A defective product that causes an injury could be a personal injury case. Even a slip and fall at your local grocery store could be a personal injury case.
The key to a personal injury case is negligence. An experienced Mississippi personal injury lawyer can evaluate your claim and determine whether or not you have a personal injury case. The Kisselburgh Law Firm has over 19 years experience representing those injured by others.
Find the Right Mississippi Personal Injury Lawyer
At the Kisselburgh Law Firm, we have the experience and the know-how to handle your personal injury case. You’ll never be a statistic or a number; we treat each and every individual as a person, and prosecute your personal injury case aggressively.
Whether you’re dealing with an auto insurer or a Worker’s Compensation insurance company, you need an experienced accident and injury lawyer on your side. Let us help you with your personal injury case. Call the Kisselburgh Law Firm today for a free case evaluation, and let’s get you the justice you deserve.
Car accidents range from simple fender-benders, to serious, potentially life-threatening collisions. Whether you’re driving or you’re a passenger in a car accident, or even a pedestrian, you deserve the same careful consideration of your claim to determine whether you have a personal injury case. Don’t let insurance companies push you around, and cheat you out of the settlement you deserve. If you’ve been injured in a Mississippi car accident; injuries that may include broken bones, lacerations, concussions, or even catastrophic injuries or wrongful death; you need to pursue your personal injury case with the aid of an experienced, knowledgeable attorney.
Truck accidents warrant a separate category from car accidents, because there are many key differences between these accidents. First, 18-wheeler crashes are much more likely to involve catastrophic injury than a regular car accident, because semi-trucks are extremely dangerous by their very nature. Statistically speaking, people are far more likely to be seriously injured or killed in truck wrecks than car wrecks. However, semi-truck crashes are also governed by federal regulations, and not just state laws, so they require an entirely different approach from a regular car accident. Enlist the aid of someone experienced with truck accidents to ensure you prosecute the case to the fullest.
Motorcycle riders know how much fun it is to be out riding on the open road on a beautiful sunny day, but motorcycles carry a high cost: motorcycle accidents. Motorcycle riders must contend with the possibility of Mississippi motorcycle accidents at any time, because drivers typically don’t give motorcycles the room they need on the road, or even notice them at all. Unfortunately, when a motorcycle tangles with any other vehicle, the motorcycle rider is the one who suffers. Motorcycle crashes tend to involve far more severe injuries than other types of automobile accidents, because riders aren’t as well protected. Don’t relinquish your rights if you’re injured in a motorcycle accident.
Some of the most tragic accidents we have are drunk driving accidents given they are always preventable. When someone decides to get behind the wheel after becoming intoxicated, the possibility of an accident, injury or death occurring is greatly increased. If you have been injured by a drunk driver, know your rights.
A wrongful death occurs when someone is killed as a result of someone else’s negligence. If you have a loved one who was killed in an untimely accident, consult a Mississippi wrongful death attorney to see whether or not you have a wrongful death claim. A wrongful death claim can’t bring your loved one back, but it can help you and your family seek justice and move on with your life.
Sometimes manufacturers are in such a rush to get products to the market that they don’t test them thoroughly enough, and fail to discover vital flaws in products that later injure users. In other cases, manufacturers are simply out to make money, and don’t care that a product has a dangerous flaw that can cause serious injuries to anyone who uses it. If you’ve been injured in a product liability case, you need to consult an experienced product liability attorney.
Catastrophic injuries require a completely separate category from other types of injuries, because catastrophic injuries are the type of injuries that can change your life forever. Catastrophic injuries include brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, serious burns and amputations; anything that changes the way you live your life. When you’re dealing with a catastrophic injury, you typically have extremely high medical bills, and an expectation for more medical bills in the future as you continue to address your injury. Catastrophic injuries change your life, but you can work with a Mississippi catastrophic injury lawyer to provide for your future.
Prescription drugs are a potentially serious threat for anyone taking them. Over the past twenty years, numerous prescription drugs have been recalled for serious side effects up to and including death. Prescription drug companies market these products to treat diseases, reduce symptoms and improve your quality of life, but in reality, some of these drugs can actually ruin your life. Don’t let defective prescription drugs ruin your life without a fight. Robert Kisselburgh has years of experience fighting prescription drug manufacturers.
