Any time you sustain an injury caused by someone else, you can seek compensation from them through a personal injury lawsuit. Personal injury lawsuits are a way to recover the money you need for your medical bills, lost wages, and other losses related to your injury.
If someone else caused your injuries in Wausau, Marathon County, contact Warshafsky Law Firm for a free consultation with a highly qualified member of our legal team. We’ll explain the compensation you could recover and the steps involved in building a strong case.
At Warshafsky Law Firm, we’ve been representing victims and their families in Wausau, Wisconsin, for over 60 years. During that time, we’ve secured some of the biggest settlements and verdicts in Wisconsin history and made a name for ourselves as dedicated personal injury lawyers who won’t back down from a fight for our clients’ best interests. Our team doesn’t settle for less because you deserve more.
Our lawyers always handle each case as if it’s going to trial. This gives us leverage in settlement negotiations and means we’re fully prepared to take your case to court if the insurance company refuses to offer a fair settlement.
No matter what type of personal injury case you have, our lawyers own the skill and experience to handle it with the utmost care.
Through your personal injury lawsuit, you can recover economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages are the compensation sought for losses with objective value, while non-economic damages are sought for losses with subjective value.
It’s crucial that you work with an experienced and compassionate attorney who can accurately assess your losses and assign a fair value to them. This is particularly important if you have long-term or permanent injuries, as your lawyer will also have to estimate your future losses.
Examples of economic damages you can seek through your personal injury lawsuit include money for:
Examples of non-economic damages you can seek through your personal injury lawsuit include compensation for:
When you hire our personal injury lawyers for your Wausau case, we’ll handle it from start to finish, beginning with a meeting with you to hear your side of the story and get an understanding of the basic facts of your case.
We’ll then thoroughly investigate the incident to identify the at-fault party or parties. Depending on the circumstances of the incident, several parties could share fault. This investigation also involves gathering various types of evidence needed to hold the at-fault parties financially liable for your injuries.
Evidence we collect in your case may include accident scene photographs, traffic or surveillance camera footage, expert witness testimony, eyewitness statements, and more.
After collecting the necessary evidence, we’ll use it to build a strong case and attempt to negotiate a settlement with the at-fault party’s insurance company. Most personal injury cases end with a settlement. However, if the insurance company refuses to offer a fair amount for your injuries, our team is prepared to file a lawsuit and take your case to trial.
Our firm also works on a contingency fee basis, meaning we only get paid if we secure compensation for you, so you never have to worry about being unable to afford legal support.
Under Wisconsin’s statute of limitations for personal injury, victims have three years to file lawsuits against the parties responsible for harming them. This deadline also applies to wrongful death cases. However, in a wrongful death case, the three-year time limit begins on the date of death rather than the date of injury.
If your case is against a government defendant, you must meet an additional deadline before you can file your lawsuit. You have 120 days to file a notice of claim against the relevant government agency or department.
Missing either the deadline for filing your notice of claim or the deadline for filing your lawsuit will result in the courts preventing you from recovering compensation. The best way to make sure you don’t miss these deadlines is to hire a personal injury attorney and have them handle all aspects of your case.
If you were injured by someone else in Wausau, Marathon County, contact Warshafsky Law Firm for a free consultation with a knowledgeable and experienced personal injury lawyer. We’ll review the details of your case, explain your options for seeking compensation, and walk you through what to expect from the legal system.
