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If someone injured you through their actions (or failure to take appropriate action) in Yukon, Canadian County, you can seek to hold them financially liable for your injuries through a personal injury lawsuit. Injuries can leave victims with significant medical bills, lost wages, and other tangible and intangible losses for which they need compensation. Fortunately, the legal system provides a path by which victims can seek to be made whole.
Contact Farha Law, PLLC, for a free consultation with a skilled Oklahoma personal injury lawyer about your case. We’ll review the details of the incident that injured you, help you receive the medical treatment you need, and explain the next steps toward seeking compensation for your injuries.
At Farha Law, PLLC, we believe a close attorney-client relationship is key to the outcome of your case. This is why we’re available to answer your questions anytime and always provide an honest assessment so you know exactly where your case stands.
Attorney Nicholas Farha has been practicing law in Oklahoma since 2006 and has recovered millions of dollars for injured clients. When you work with Farha Law, PLLC, you can rest assured that your case is in good hands. Our team will handle all aspects of your personal injury case while you focus on your recovery.
Personal injuries can occur in a wide variety of ways, from car crashes to slip-and-falls to defective products. We understand that every personal injury case is unique, which is why we don’t use cookie-cutter solutions. Our team will investigate the incident that harmed you and craft a unique legal strategy considering your case’s strengths and weaknesses.
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Car, truck, motorcycle, and bus accidents frequently leave victims with severe injuries. While the first option for seeking compensation after a motor vehicle accident is to file an auto insurance claim, victims can seek additional compensation through personal injury lawsuits against the at-fault parties. These parties may include other motorists, vehicle manufacturers, maintenance providers, or government entities.
Premises Liability
If you slipped and fell on someone else’s property, were bitten by a dog, or were harmed by another dangerous property condition, you may have a premises liability case. Premises liability holds property owners and managers liable for property hazards they knew or should have known about and failed to take steps to remedy.
Product Liability
Defective products can seriously injure consumers who use them. Products can be defective in several ways, including defective designs, defects introduced during manufacturing, and defective warning or instruction labels. Defective product cases typically use strict liability, in which victims don’t need to prove manufacturer negligence as long as they can prove a defect exists.
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice cases are particularly troubling because you don’t expect to be harmed by a medical professional when you go in for treatment. In these cases, expert testimony from other healthcare providers is often vital for proving that medical negligence occurred.
Wrongful Death
If your loved one passed away as a result of your injuries, you can seek compensation for your loss through a wrongful death lawsuit. These lawsuits compensate victims’ families for funeral and burial expenses, the loss of their loved one’s income, and the emotional impact of the loss.
The executor of your loved one’s estate can also file a personal injury lawsuit through a survival action. Survival actions are lawsuits that survive the death of the person who would have had the right to bring them. Through one of these lawsuits, the estate can recover the same types of compensation that a personal injury victim can.
Yukon, Canadian County, personal injury victims can sustain various types of injuries that range in severity. Some of the most common and severe injuries our firm handles include:
Most personal injury cases result in victims seeking compensation for their economic and non-economic losses. This compensation is referred to as damages, and losses fall into one category or the other based on whether they have tangible value. A personal injury lawyer can help maximize your compensation by accurately assessing the value of your case.
Economic Damages
Economic damages are the compensation sought for losses with tangible value, including past and future medical bills, lost wages, and loss of future earning capacity caused by your injuries. For example, if you sought medical treatment at INTEGRIS Health Canadian Valley Hospital after the incident, the bills received from the hospital would count toward your economic damages. Often, when you have a personal injury case, medical providers will wait for payment until after the resolution of your case.
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages are the compensation sought for losses without tangible value, including pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of consortium, and the impact your injury has on your life. Since these losses don’t have explicit costs that your lawyer can add up, they may use one of two methods for estimating the value.
The first method is the multiplier method, by which your lawyer will multiply your economic damages by a number between one and five, depending on the severity of your injuries. The second method is the per diem method, by which your lawyer will assign a daily value and multiply it by the number of days you were impacted by your injuries.
Your time limit for filing your personal injury lawsuit depends on how your injury occurred. For most personal injury cases, you have two years to file a lawsuit under Oklahoma law. However, if your injury resulted from an intentional act, such as an assault or domestic violence, the law only gives you one year to file a lawsuit against the at-fault party.
Failure to file your lawsuit within the time limit will result in the courts preventing you from seeking the compensation you need for your injuries. For this reason, it’s vital that you consult a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible so they can begin gathering evidence and preparing to file your lawsuit on time.
If you suffered injuries due to someone else’s actions in Yukon, Canadian County, contact Farha Law, PLLC, for a free consultation with an experienced Oklahoma personal injury lawyer. During your initial consultation, we’ll review your case, explain your legal options, and walk you through the personal injury process so you know what to expect going forward. We’re committed to providing injury victims with comprehensive legal support, and that includes helping you understand your rights.
