The term “soft tissue injury” refers to a family of related types of injuries that include whiplash. With this type of injury, it can be difficult to gather medical evidence of the extent of your pain. Additionally, your pain might not arise until some time has passed since the accident that caused it, making it tricky to trace your pain to the accident itself.
When the accident was someone else’s fault, however, justice demands a response. Problems like these are common for personal injury lawyers like us, and it is our job to solve them. In fact, solving such problems on behalf of injured victims is exactly what we do all day, every day. And we always represent victims, not defendants.
What Are Soft Tissue Injuries?There are many different types of soft tissue injuries, including:
Van Sant Law, sits at the top of the Georgia personal injury legal pyramid by just about any measure. Founder David Van Sant, for example, has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Georgia by The National Trial Lawyers and has been inducted as a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor he shares with the top one percent of U.S. lawyers.
Mr. Van Sant is one of the three lawyers among our five-lawyer firm to have been named a Georgia Super Lawyer by the national law firm rating organization Thomson Reuters. Only 2.5 percent of all lawyers receive this honor, but at our firm, the figure is 60 percent. An addition to that, the Better Business Bureau has assigned our firm its highest rating of A+. Let us put our expertise to work for you.
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Our Practice AreasWe take cases in the following personal injury sub-fields, among others:
Yes. Although most soft tissue injury claims are settled out of court, the best way to secure a generous settlement is to show the defendant that you are prepared to win in court if it comes to that. You might also have to file a lawsuit (and perhaps attend a deposition) to motivate the defendant to settle.
Pain and suffering damages are awarded to compensate you for the physical pain you suffered. As long as you can prove the full extent of your pain and suffering, your pain and suffering damages could far exceed your compensation for medical expenses. Other possible types of intangible damages include:
Yes, as long as the commercial driver was acting within the scope of his duties at the time of the accident, and as long as the driver really was an employee. Commercial truckers, for example, are usually considered independent contractors rather than employees.
At Van Sant Law, it is the value of your claim that matters, not the size of your bank account. We win so often (well over 90 percent of the time) that we can afford to wait until after your claim is resolved and you receive compensation to bill you for our legal services. In the unlikely event that we fail to secure compensation for you, our legal services bill will total precisely $0.00.
Have You Been Injured in a Georgia Accident?If you’ve been injured in an accident you should speak with an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible. Please contact us online or call our office directly at 855-GA-INJURY or 404-991-5950 to schedule your free consultation.