Washington Personal Injury Lawyer Helps Des Moines Injury Victims
If you have suffered any type of serious injury or loss because of someone else’s negligence in Des Moines, reach out to Seattle personal injury lawyer Matthew Hale for help obtaining compensation.
Accidents and injuries have a way of throwing our lives off course suddenly and dramatically. One day, you are commuting along Kent or 216th on your way to work in Des Moines, the next, you are coming home from the hospital. Still in pain, you might be left wondering how on earth you will cover the hospital bills, much less the needs of your family, when unable to work.
Some of the incidents that derail our lives happen in a matter of moments or even seconds, while others creep up on us over the years or even go undetected until the problem gets even worse. But rarely do we see them coming, and they will always come with a hefty direct and indirect price tag. Bills, lost income, and the emotional burden pile on top of one another, until you might feel like walking into the Puget Sound.
But for many victims of accidents and other serious injuries, those costs will not have to be endured alone. The law may allow you to file a personal injury claim to recover those costs and losses in financial compensation. With the help of an experienced personal injury lawyer like Matthey Hale in Burien, you can make sure your life gets back on track after your injury.
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Who Is Eligible For Personal Injury Compensation In Des Moines, WA?
The basic principle of personal injury law is rather straightforward: only those responsible for an injury should bear the cost for it. In practice, though, as always in law, things are a bit more complicated and nuanced. To be eligible for personal injury compensation in Washington, your injury must
- Have been caused, at least primarily, by someone else.
- That person must have been acting negligently or criminally.
- Their negligence must have caused your injury.
Even this is a simplification of the process of determining eligibility, which can sometimes be a hot topic of debate between you and the insurance company of the person responsible. Which brings up a second, though not law-based criterion:
- The person, company, or institution responsible for your injury must be able to pay.
It is a pragmatic reality that there is no point pursuing compensation from someone who cannot pay it, though in the vast majority of cases, those responsible will have insurance, or the state will have other options for collecting compensation.
If you are unsure whether you qualify for personal injury compensation after an injury in Des Moines, personal injury attorney Matthew Hale can help you figure out if you have a valid claim and who to bring it against.
What Types Of Personal Injury Claims Do We Handle?
Seattle is a big city, and attorney Matthey Hale has been working in the insurance and personal injury field for years now. He has seen nearly every type of injury imaginable and helped victims of all kinds get compensation for their claims, including a few that had to be fought over in court to make the insurance companies pay.
Every injury is, of course, unique, which is part of why you will need a good lawyer to help with yours, but within our personal injury practice, most of them fall into one of the following categories.
Vehicle Accident Injuries
Like our example from the start, when a motorist is injured in an accident caused by another driver or even a road defect, they can often file for personal injury compensation. These can be car, truck, motorcycle, or even bicycle accidents. Even pedestrians who have been hit by cars or other motor vehicles can file, and often need to, considering the injuries a collision can cause even at slower speeds.
Premises Liability/Hazardous Environments
Other injuries happen when unsafe conditions or hazards are left unattended by negligent owners, landlords, or contractors. If you slip on machine oil that's been left unattended in a store aisle and split your head, or get life-threatening and disfiguring burns after an electrical fire caused by a landlord’s cost-cutting wiring, you deserve to make them pay for your injury.
Medical Malpractice (Including Birth Injuries)
Some injuries are even caused by those who are supposed to heal and treat us. When medical professionals are negligent and fail to live up to their basic standards of care, people get hurt. These injuries lead to medical malpractice claims, a specific type of personal injury claim that attorney Matthey Hale has extensively worked on.
Examples include:
- Injuries or unexpected deaths of loved ones after nursing home neglect.
- Birth injuries endured because of a doctor’s carelessness or ignorance.
- Diagnostic errors by doctors who did not listen to their patients and let serious conditions get much worse.
Doctors, nurses, dentists, physical therapists, hospital staff, and other medical professionals all need to be held accountable when their negligence causes you or a loved one harm. And in Des Moines, Seattle, and throughout Washington, attorney Matthey Hale will help you do it.
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Each and every example above was once a life like yours, suddenly pushed off course by someone else’s negligence or carelessness. Their injuries, like yours, cost them and their families deeply, financially and emotionally, but personal injury law allowed them to recover financial compensation to keep going and put their lives back on track.
As your personal injury lawyer, Matthew Hale will help you do the same.
To get a free consultation and begin the personal injury claim process, call (206) 206-0213 or reach out online if you have been injured or lost a loved one in Des Moines or anywhere near Seattle, Washington.
