You may be physically and emotionally suffering in the wake of your personal injury accident. But in a similar sense, you may be financially suffering from all the unexpected medical bills you had to take on. Continue reading to learn which medical expenses you may seek recovery from and how one of the experienced Panama City personal injury attorneys at Manuel & Thompson, PA can help you file your claim on time.
What medical expenses can I seek recovery for in a personal injury claim?
When seeking recovery via a personal injury claim, you may only account for the medical expenses you have incurred thus far. However, you may regret it if you neglect to consider the long-term medical expenses you expect to incur in the future, given your treating medical team’s expressed, professional opinion. Without further ado, you must calculate the following initial and future medical expenses before bringing your personal injury claim forward:
- Initial medical expenses due to your personal injury accident:
- The cost of your ambulance trip from your accident scene to the emergency room.
- The cost of your overnight stay in the emergency room for required monitoring or testing.
- The cost of your emergency surgical procedures as ordered by an emergency room doctor.
- Long-term medical expenses due to your personal injury accident:
- The cost of transportation to and from your ongoing doctor’s appointments.
- The cost of installing handicap-accessible features throughout your residence.
- The cost of hiring third-party domestic services or at-home healthcare services.
What is the deadline for recovering my medical damages?
While we encourage you to take your time in accurately calculating your total incurred medical expenses, we believe it equally important that you remain mindful of Florida’s statute of limitations. That is, you may only have two years from your personal injury accident date to bring your claim forward. Even if you miss this deadline by a day, you may be irrevocably barred from recovering financial compensation for your medical expenses and any other incurred damages.
For this reason alone, we recommend that you retain the services of a competent financial and medical expert. These experts may work on your behalf to efficiently and accurately crunch these numbers before this deadline approaches. What’s more, they may be able to predict the medical expenses you may incur in the long term. They may better accomplish this given the cost of medical care in your area, the factor of inflation, and the severity of your diagnosis, among other things.
Then, we urge you to seek legal advice from a talented lawyer. This legal representative may work on your behalf to track down the relevant documents your financial and medical experts need to make these calculations in a timely manner. In conclusion, there is no better time than now to act. So please reach out to one of the skilled Panama City personal injury attorneys from Manuel & Thompson, PA at your earliest possible convenience.
