If you’ve suffered an injury on a vessel due to the negligence of a coworker or your employer, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit to recover a wide range of damages, including the following:
Medical bills – The more severe your injury, the higher your medical expenses will be – as a result, you may be eligible to pursue more significant compensation to cover your estimated future medical expenses. Keep all records associated with your medical care and provide them to your attorney including visit summaries, treatment bills, and diagnostic bills such as X-rays and scans.
Lost wages – Depending on your injury, you might be unable to work for quite a long time. Since you only have so many sick days and so much vacation time, you’ll probably lose wages soon after your accident while you recover. You might be so injured that you’ll never be able to return to your original job and you’ll have to take a lower-paying position as a result. Not only could a lawsuit compensate you for your lost wages, it could also provide compensation for your loss of future earning capacity, including money you would have made through bonuses, promotions, and more.
Pain and suffering - Reimbursement of medical bills does not make up for the suffering you go through while injured. The law allows you to seek compensation for that suffering, and is often permanent.
Mental trauma – Damages aren’t limited to the tangible losses mentioned above. You may be able to recover more subjective damages, including mental and emotional trauma. Courts recognize that a serious injury not only affects your physical wellbeing, but your mental and emotional health.