Can I Get a Million Dollars for My Car Accident Injuries?

If you’re like most people, you’ve heard about million-dollar (and more) lawsuits that attempt to compensate the victim for temporary or permanent injuries. Let’s face it: a car accident can put you out of commission for a significant amount of time.

You may not be able to work, and your medical bills will certainly continue to grow until you’ve finished treatment—and if you’re like many New Yorkers, you may never finish treatment. Together, those two things can put you into serious, insurmountable debt.

Million-Dollar Lawsuits and Car Accident Injuries

Before you think in terms of how much money you could be entitled to receive after a car accident, it helps to understand how these things work in Brooklyn and in the rest of New York State. You also need to know that if you’re involved in a crash with someone from another state, you might need to file a lawsuit in federal court (particularly if you’re seeking millions in compensation).

People who are awarded compensation, which we often refer to as damages, get it because a jury sees that they will need the money to pay their bills and cover their expenses. In many cases, juries often award that money to attempt to make up for their physical and emotional pain, as well as disfigurement, a loss of future employment opportunities and other factors.

There are two types of damages: compensatory and punitive.

Compensatory and Punitive Damages

Compensatory damages are designed to help with expenses. They may cover the medical treatment that you received immediately after your accident, and they may extend to cover future medical treatments, prosthetic limbs and other medical expenses. You could also be compensated for your already-lost wages and a reduction in your ability to earn in the future.

Punitive damages are different. Punitive damages are still a sum of money paid to a victim, but they’re designed to punish the person who acted irresponsibly and caused your car accident. In some cases, juries want to make an example out of negligent people or companies so that others don’t make the same mistakes.

Settling Lawsuits Out of Court

You don’t have to go to court in order to win money (even a million dollars) from the person or company that caused your car accident.

When an insurance company feels that they’ll be ordered to pay more in court, they may make an offer to settle. They’ll present your Brooklyn Personal Injury Attorney with a dollar amount, and he or she can accept or refuse it.

In some cases, insurance companies want to keep you out of court because they’re afraid the jury will have enough empathy for you to cost them huge amounts of money; ultimately, it’s up to you and your attorney to determine what a fair settlement may be.

The bottom line of a lawsuit is that someone else is at fault for what you’ve experienced. They could have prevented this, through actions or inaction, but they failed to do what a reasonable person would have done to protect you.

If you think you may have a case, call us at 1-877-3D-JUSTICE.

We’ll be happy to give you a free case evaluation during a phone interview.

You could be eligible for a million dollars or more based on the specifics of your case and the circumstances you’re in right now.

*Past performance (settlement amounts) do not guarantee future results.  In other words, everyone’s case is different and unique.  To better know if you have a case, you will need to speak with one of our attorneys first.  Call today – 1-877-3D-JUSTICE.