It can be difficult to press charges or go after a friend for money, but if you were severely injured by a friend's dog you need legal help. The physical injuries, mental pain, and burdens on your life should not go without compensation after a dog attack.
If you have tried to ask the friend to pay for your medical bills, and they know that their dog was in the wrong, you want to go over your case with a personal injury lawyer. The lawyer will need to know the following details at your consultation.
Extent of Your Injuries
The details of your injuries are some of the most important details of the case. Here is some information you'll want to provide:
- Severity of injuries
- Photographs
- Emergency room reports
- Recovery time
- X-rays, MRIs, or other images
- Long-term or permanent injuries
If you had to get a dozen stitches, had a bad infection, or couldn't use a limb for weeks, these are the types of things that your legal team will need. The more pictures and details on medical reports the better. You also may want to ask your doctor for an in-depth analysis of your injuries.
Disturbances in Your Life
If this caused a lot of strife and disturbance in your everyday life, you deserve to be reimbursed. This could mean any of these things:
- Loss of wages from time away from work
- Appearance disfiguration
- Time spent at home recovering missing out on life
- Medical bills
- Hours of therapy and treatment
- Mental anguish
This could have caused you to fall behind on your bills because you were unable to work or give you anxiety and stress. Your lawyer will go over all the issues from this dog attack to come up with the right compensation amount.
Getting attacked by a friend's dog can not only cause you physical and mental pain, but if you have thousands in medical debt and your friend isn't willing to help pay for a thing, it's time to find a legal professional that can look over your case. You don't want to end up sinking into debt while trying to recover from your injuries.
If this happened at the friend's home the lawyer may be able to get the money that is owed to you from the homeowner's insurance policy, if the friend doesn't have any money to pay. Get an injury lawyer and get the case moving today.
Contact a personal injury law firm like Siben & Siben LLP to learn more.
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