There’s no pre-set minimum payout for whiplash, as the impact whiplash has on a person’s life can vary from accident to accident. Medical expenses, pain and suffering, and similar losses can all determine how much of a financial impact whiplash has on a person’s life. In other words, if you want to fight for whiplash compensation, you need to track your unique losses.
Working with a Milwaukee car accident lawyer makes it easier to evaluate your losses when the time comes to ask for a whiplash payout. Our legal team can work with you to assess your circumstances and determine what Wisconsin laws may affect your claim.
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Recognizing Whiplash
The stress and adrenaline that come with car accidents can make it difficult to accurately assess your health, especially in the immediate aftermath of a crash.
If you want to determine whether or not you have whiplash, thus supporting a claim for compensation, you’ll need to work with medical professionals.
Some of the most common symptoms of whiplash include:
- Neck pain and stiffness
- Inability to move your neck with ease
- Headaches
- Shoulder pain or tenderness
- Worsening neck pain or range of motion
- Dizziness
- Tiredness
- Difficulty sleeping
- Changes in mood or attitude
- Numbness in the arms
- Difficulty focusing
If emergency responders don’t diagnose you with whiplash, but you find yourself experiencing these symptoms, schedule an appointment with your doctor right away. Documentation and diagnoses make it easier to ask for more than the minimum whiplash payout.
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What Factors Impact the Value of Your Whiplash Payout?
Once you’ve received your whiplash diagnosis, it’s time to start arguing for compensation. Our Milwaukee personal injury lawyers can help you make a case for support with insurers and liable parties, depending on how you choose to proceed with your recovery.
However, there is no minimum payout for whiplash that we can universally apply to client cases. Instead, we have to individually assess your losses and determine how your whiplash has impacted your quality of life.
The factors that can have the greatest impact on a whiplash payout may include:
- The severity of your injuries
- The cost of your essential medical care and the length of your treatments
- How whiplash impacts your ability to do your job or meet your everyday needs
- Your pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other non-economic losses
We can also account for how the limits of a liable party’s insurance coverage may impact your right to a fair payout. Fortunately, we understand how insurers evaluate claims to misrepresent or minimize whiplash losses.
We’re prepared to aggressively negotiate with providers, all while preserving your right to take a whiplash case to civil court.
Demand Payouts From the Right Parties
If you want to demand more than the minimum payout for whiplash, you need to have the evidence necessary to name the right parties responsible for your recovery. That evidence should prove that a specific party:
- Owed you a duty of care at the time of your accident.
- Violated that duty through avoidable negligence, including distraction behind the wheel or a flagrant violation of roadway laws.
- Caused you economic harm.
The evidence we use to make these points can include witness statements, electronic data, photos, video footage, and reports from police officers. When asking for a whiplash payout, we can specifically call on medical professionals and emergency responders to secure expert witness statements. We can also use medical records to prove the severity of your injury.
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Don’t Hesitate to Work With a Milwaukee Car Accident Lawyer
We understand that you may be nervous to reach out to a car accident lawyer in Milwaukee after an accident. After all, if you have whiplash injuries to deal with, how are you meant to pay for a lawyer? Fortunately, our legal team won’t add to your financial stress.
You can book a free case consultation with our legal staff immediately after an accident. We can then take your case, bringing together the evidence needed to name the right people financially responsible for your losses. We can negotiate with insurers on your behalf and keep adjusters at bay if they try to pressure you into accepting an insufficient settlement.
We can also prepare you to navigate Wisconsin’s civil circuit should you decide that you want to take a liable party to court. If you choose to file a whiplash claim, we can keep you ahead of the state’s statute of limitations, Wis. Stat. § 893.54(1m), and represent you throughout continued negotiations, even as we prepare you to present your case to a judge.
No Fees Until We Win Your Case
You don’t want to pay additional fees while you’re waiting for a whiplash payout. When you work with our team, you won’t have to. Our car accident lawyers in Milwaukee work on a contingency fee basis and offer free case consultations. You can schedule an appointment with our staff immediately after a crash without putting any money down.
We don’t charge an hourly fee and won’t ask for a deposit before taking your case. This way, you can focus on your most pressing financial needs without forgoing your right to legal representation.
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Get the Justice You Deserve for Your Whiplash
You deserve more than the minimum payout for whiplash after a serious accident. If you want to fight for the compensation you need to make ends meet, contact the lawyers who want to advocate for you.
Our team has spent over 40 years as part of Wisconsin’s legal community. We understand the law and want to help you make your voice heard.
It’s time to make One Call…That’s All, and start discussing your right to whiplash compensation with an experienced legal professional. We’re ready to help you negotiate with insurance adjusters, hold liable parties at bay, and retake control of your financial future.
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