Can You Recover Lost Wages Through a Personal Injury Claim?

If you’ve been injured because of someone else’s negligence, your personal injury claim can recover more than just reimbursement for medical bills. If you’ve had to lose out on salary or wages because you couldn’t go to work or couldn’t work at your normal job while you recovered, you should also recover compensation for all of this. A personal injury lawyer in Long Island can help you bring a claim for everything that you are owed.

The simple answer here is: yes. If you had to miss out on work, you can claim this in your personal injury claim or lawsuit. Here are some specifics that you should know, however:

You’re More Likely to Get It With the Help of a Personal Injury Lawyer in Long Island

There are a couple reasons this is true. First, your lawyer will make sure that you have all the evidence you need to show exactly what you’ve lost. Without a lawyer’s help, it’s easy to forget crucial pieces of evidence or even miss out on something that you should be claiming. A lawyer will keep you from making any mistakes in this area.

Second, your lawyer is a negotiator by trade, and you’ll need this kind of negotiating skill to go up against an insurance company that is motivated to do everything possible to minimize your claim. Finally, having a lawyer indicates to the insurance company that you’re serious about being properly compensated. This means the insurance company knows you’re willing to even take the case to court, if that becomes necessary. This usually causes them to negotiate in better faith.

“Lost Wages” Is More Than Just Wages

The next thing to know is that you can claim for more than just the base wages that you missed out on. You can also claim other things you may have lost that are related to work, such as lost paid vacation days, or if you can show that you lost out on a promotion that you were going to receive until the accident set you back.

You can claim for overtime that you may have lost, too, if you can show that you regularly claimed overtime hours and that there were overtime hours available that you could’ve taken during the time that you were injured. If you missed vacation days, or if you were accruing a bonus that is now lost to you, all of that should be figured into your claim. And, if you have been injured so badly that you’re no longer able to work the same job and have to take something lower-paying or retrain to another job entirely, there should be compensation for that.

After a personal injury, you are entitled to recover compensation for everything that you’ve lost. For help to maximize your compensation and get everything you’re owed, contact Miller, Montiel & Strano in Garden City, NY today for help in Long Island or anywhere in the NYC area.

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