Personal Injury Attorney

Serving West Virginia and Ohio

If you have suffered an injury to your person or property and that injury was someone else's fault, then you have a personal injury case. It is important to note that a personal injury does not always have to be a physical injury. Some personal injury claims may be based on a variety of nonphysical losses and harms.

You may also be entitled to damages if someone has attacked your reputation, invaded your privacy, subjected you to extreme emotional distress, or verbal abuse. In the case of an assault, for example, you do not need to show that a person's action caused you actual physical harm, but only that you expected some harm to come to you. In order to seek damages for the injury or injuries, you must first be able to prove that the other person is liable, or responsible, for them.

Even if your personal injury case involves only minor injuries, you may still be entitled to substantial monetary damages. Medical expenses including hospital bills, medications, and personal therapy can be recovered. In cases of extreme negligence, punitive damages can be recovered to ensure that the conduct is not repeated in the future. In the case of a death within a family, surviving family members can recover damages through wrongful death lawsuits.

Many personal injury claims can be resolved through mediation rather than a jury trial. Mediation has become one of the most popular methods of arriving at a reasonable compromise settlement, especially in claims that would be very expensive and difficult to litigate. When mediation is successful, the claim or litigation ends without any further costs to the client. When mediation fails, the injured individual proceeds to use the standard procedures of litigation and jury trial without any penalties. A successful mediation is an extremely cost-effective procedure that can save the injured person an enormous amount of money in litigation expenses.

If you live in West Virginia or the Southern Ohio area, and think you or a loved one may have a personal injury case, or have any further questions regarding personal injury law, please contact our personal injury attorney at the law offices of Jan Dils & Jim Leech today to arrange a consultation.