Seeking compensation for psychological injuries caused by a car accident? We can help. Contact The Hoffmann Law Firm today.
When most people think of car accident injuries, they often imagine broken bones, whiplash, or other physical injuries. However, the emotional and psychological toll of a car accident can be just as significant—sometimes even more so. Conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression can profoundly affect a victim’s life. But can you seek compensation for these psychological injuries?
Contact us today for a free consultation. Let us handle the legal complexities so you can focus on healing and moving forward with your life.
Psychological injuries are emotional or mental health conditions caused or exacerbated by a traumatic event, such as a car accident. Common psychological injuries resulting from car accidents include:
Developing specific fears related to driving, highways, or vehicles.
Insomnia or Sleep Disorders:
Trouble falling or staying asleep, often related to stress or nightmares.
How Psychological Injuries Affect Victims
Psychological injuries can significantly impact a victim’s personal, social, and professional life. For example:
A once-independent person may avoid driving entirely, limiting their freedom.
Victims may struggle to maintain employment due to difficulty concentrating or managing stress.
Relationships may be strained as victims deal with irritability, withdrawal, or mood swings.
These effects are often long-lasting and require ongoing therapy, medication, or lifestyle changes.
Proving Psychological Injuries in a Car Accident Claim
Unlike physical injuries, psychological injuries are not always immediately visible, making them more challenging to prove. However, with the right evidence, you can successfully demonstrate the impact of these injuries. Here’s how:
Document Medical Evidence:
Seek treatment from a licensed therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist.
Obtain a formal diagnosis of conditions like PTSD, anxiety, or depression.
Keep a Journal:
Record your emotional and psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, fear, or sleeplessness, and how they affect your daily life.
Expert Testimony:
Mental health professionals can provide expert opinions linking your psychological injuries to the car accident.
Witness Testimony:
Friends, family, or colleagues can testify about changes in your behavior or personality since the accident.
Physical Evidence:
Include documentation of the accident, such as police reports or photos, to establish the traumatic event that triggered your injuries.
Compensation for Psychological Injuries
Victims of psychological injuries caused by car accidents may be entitled to several types of compensation:
Economic Damages
Medical Expenses:Coverage for therapy, counseling, medications, or psychiatric treatment.
Lost Wages:Compensation for time missed at work due to mental health struggles.
Future Expenses:Anticipated costs for long-term therapy or mental health care.
Loss of Consortium: If psychological injuries negatively impact your relationships, particularly with a spouse or family members.
Challenges in Seeking Compensation for Psychological Injuries
While it’s possible to seek compensation for psychological injuries, there are challenges to overcome:
Skepticism from Insurance Companies:
Insurers may downplay or question the legitimacy of psychological injuries.
They may argue that pre-existing mental health conditions, not the accident, caused your current struggles.
Difficulty Quantifying Damages:
Unlike medical bills for physical injuries, it can be harder to assign a dollar value to emotional distress or therapy.
Statute of Limitations:
Psychological injuries might not manifest immediately, but you must act within the legal timeframe for filing a claim.
Steps to Strengthen Your Claim
If you’re pursuing compensation for psychological injuries, here are steps you can take to strengthen your case:
Seek Medical Attention:
Get professional help as soon as symptoms appear. Delaying treatment can weaken your claim.
Gather Evidence:
Collect police reports, medical records, and witness statements to support your case.
Hire an Experienced Attorney:
An attorney with experience in psychological injury claims can help you navigate the complexities of your case and deal with insurance companies.
Stay Consistent:
Be consistent in your statements to medical professionals, insurers, and legal representatives about the nature and impact of your injuries.
Contact Us for Help with Your Claim
At The Hoffmann Law Firm, L.L.C., we understand that psychological injuries are just as real and debilitating as physical ones. If you’re struggling with anxiety, PTSD, or other mental health challenges after a car accident, we’re here to help.
Our team has extensive experience helping car accident victims seek compensation for all types of injuries—physical and psychological alike. We’ll work with you to gather the necessary evidence, negotiate with insurance companies, and fight for the compensation you deserve.
Contact us today for a free consultation. Let us handle the legal complexities so you can focus on healing and moving forward with your life.
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Love my car accident lawyer. This law firm is a step above.
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Response from the owner: This is a sad reality for car accident lawyers. The #1 passenger in an auto accident is a relative. Helping a family make it through this and putting the family back together is one of the most rewarding things I do as an automobile accident attorney.
This lawyer handles really big accident cases in St Louis. He is a lawyer, accountant and has his masters in tax so he gets the injury cases for individuals that can never go back to work or individuals own a business and cannot run it due to injury. He specializes in valuations of massive loss. Thank goodness a firm like this exists.
Response from the owner: Thank you. When accident are severe and you lose the ability to work or to continue a business, having an accounting and tax background is key. Valuing large losses are second nature for us.
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Few lawyers in St. Louis can handle the biggest injury cases! This is one of them!
Response from the owner: Our law firm has made great efforts in terms of training to handle life changing injury cases. Whether in depth knowledge of the medical, loss of income and earning capacity, or lifetime medical care plans, our clients feel confident and know their case is in good hands. Thank you for the compliment.
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Response from the owner: Thanks Ash! Our biggest source of cases is our clients. Our second biggest referral source is defense lawyers telling their relatives to call us. Few lawyers can handle the largest cases. Our law firm welcomes and has trained for this. We don’t do mass production settlement like the lawyers on TV. Our clients can never go back to work. Their cases need massive focus and effort and often long fought litigation.
So glad I called attorney Hoffmann. This time I got it right! So glad I hired the Hoffmann Law Firm - professional, reliable and available.
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Great lawyer. Cares about his clients, knows his stuff and goes the extra mile. I recommend this lawyer for car wreck injury claim. Every other lawyer on TV would not even help with my property claim. This attorney did.
Response from the owner: Thank you for the kind words. Every case starts with a great client. You are correct the car accident lawyers on TV are mass production settlement mills. When injury clients fire them, we get their files and the cases are not worked up at all. Appreciate your confidence in us!
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Response from the owner: This is such a great compliment. Most of our cases come from prior client or lawyers that also do car accidents cases but the particular case is too large or too difficult. Being a lawyer and an accountant, we specialize in cases with total lost of income, earning capacity and/or often the inability to continue a family business. Evaluations such as these are second nature for our lawyers. Thanks.
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Response from the owner: So kind of you to leave this review. Whether our lawyers are going after big insurance or their lawyers, skill and experience are essential and win the day for our auto accident clients. Thanks!
This attorney is very smart, very experienced, returns phone calls and knows the answers when asked. One call and I knew this was a great law firm for auto accidents.
Response from the owner: Our law firm appreciates this. This is a comment we get from so many people who call…”none of the lawyers we called told me all the things that you did.” Whether we take a car accident case or not, helping people is a good thing.
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Response from the owner: Thanks for the 5 Star Rating. Reviews like this are great. Injury victims quickly figure out the TV advertisers are not good. We work hard at being the best we can be and it reflects in our representation of car accident victims.
Watch this lawyer in action. Was way better than all the others. Get this lawyer for an automobile accident for sure.
Response from the owner: Thanks for the recommendation. Besides doing cases, our attorneys train for this. Hard work, case knowledge and technique is key to success in car accident litigation.
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Several lawyers said to call this lawyer because he is the best. You will appreciate this law firm. Helped with the injury and property claims. Attentive and knowledgeable. Great reputation in St Louis.
Response from the owner: Thanks Lexi. Our #1 source of cases is other lawyers referring us cases that are too big for them to handle.
Would use this accident law firm. Best in Saint Louis. Highly rated and it shows. After one phone call, you just know this attorney is better. 5 Stars!!
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Quality lawyer. Best law firm for a car accident. Advice was way better than other lawyers I called in St. Louis. Helped with property and injury.
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Response from the owner: Very nice of you to say. Our lawyers work hard on auto accident cases.
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Response from the owner: Taking calls, going over the car accident injury and property process is important. Clients that call always say we are the only lawyers that explained everything. Much appreciated.
Tried the lawyers on TV. They were not good. Hired this car accident lawyer instead because he had great reviews. The reviews are correct. This attorney is as good as they get. He does big injury cases that need to be litigated.
Response from the owner: Car accident lawyers on TV do not litigate cases. It is mass production. They have quotas. Local attorneys are best on auto accidents.
Used this attorney for an auto accident. Highly recommend this lawyer in St. Louis. Communicates well.
Response from the owner: Communicating with clients is essential. Taking the client though the car accident claims process is important otherwise major mistakes can occur. It is an effort that we make. Thanks!
Fantastic law firm, I would recommend! Received free consultation related to an auto accident when my parked car was damaged by a baseball. Very supportive advice, these guys are good!
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Response from the owner: Each step is important in a car accident. Thanks for recommending us for car accidents injury claims.
