3 Ways You Can Help Strengthen Your Personal Injury Claim

Personal injury claims allow injured victims to receive compensation and justice for injuries they suffer because of another party’s negligence. When these preventable incidents occur, victims already suffer unfairly from the physical and emotional consequences. They should not also pay the financial costs.

Compensation from a personal injury claim can cover expenses incurred from the accident, give victims financial acknowledgment for their pain, and offer a measure of justice by demanding accountability from the negligent party. The Minnesota and Wisconsin personal injury lawyers from Tyroler Leonard Injury Law can help victims secure that compensation.

Why Choose Us?

Tyroler Leonard Injury Law stands out from other firms by putting its clients – real people – first. Of course, we want to win cases, but we want to win for our clients. While we treat our clients with compassion, we fight aggressively to hold negligent parties accountable. We put our experience, sharp legal insight, and resources into every case so our clients can recover their losses, restore their financial stability, and face a more hopeful future. Our results history shows how our clients’ lives have been changed for the better through our efforts.

Types of Personal Injury Claims

Anytime someone’s negligence causes another person injury, the injured party may have grounds to file an injury claim. However, some accident scenarios are more common than others.

Motor Vehicle Accidents: You could be hurt by a careless, reckless, or intoxicated driver of any vehicle – a car, truck, motorcycle, or boat. For example, a distracted driver may fail to stop in time to avoid rear-ending your vehicle, and you end up with back and neck injuries.
Slip-and-Fall Accidents: While shopping in a grocery store, you slip on an unmarked, wet floor created by a smashed jar of pickles and left unattended by store management. You break your wrist and sustain lacerations from landing on broken glass. Property owners or managers – whether the property is private or used for business – must keep their premises free of obvious hazards or warn guests of potential hazards.
Defective Product Accidents: You cook dinner using your new pressure cooker. However, the product is defective, and when you open the lid, you are severely burned when the contents spray onto your face. The occurrence happened because the cooker came without proper instructions, warning users to take measures to ensure the cooker is “depressurized” before opening the lid. Defective products, poorly designed products, and products that come without adequate instructions can all lead to injuries and personal injury claims, along with toxic food or medicine and malfunctioning devices.

Whether you are hurt by these types of accidents or others – an animal attack or work injury, for example – you may be entitled to significant compensation under Minnesota law and Wisconsin law. Your injuries might leave you with chronic pain and disfigurement, limit your mobility and capacity for working and earning, and prevent you from carrying out responsibilities in your personal life. They can also cause severe emotional distress and affect your overall quality of life.

Put yourself in the best position to collect the compensation you need for recovery and that you deserve for your suffering. There are three ways you can help strengthen your personal injury claim.

1. Take Steps Immediately Following the Accident

First, protect yourself or help other injured parties. If you are too injured to move safely, stay still until emergency care arrives. If you can move without hurting yourself, there are steps you can take immediately following the accident to strengthen your case.

Gather Evidence

Take pictures and video at the accident scene. If you are in a motor vehicle accident, take photos of the vehicles involved, the roadway, and the surroundings overall. For other accidents, do the same. Snap pictures of the product involved or the wet floor or broken step that caused your fall. Then, collect the witnesses’ contact information. If these witnesses also have video or pictures of the incident, ask them to share them with you.

Make a Report

Report the accident to the relevant authority. For motor vehicle crashes, call the police to the scene so they can make an official report. If you are injured on a business property, alert the manager or supervisor to the incident. If you are hurt at work, tell your boss and file an accident report.

Watch Your Words

Though reactions can be hard to contain in the immediate aftermath of an accident, do your best to watch your words. Say nothing that could be interpreted as an admission of fault. Simply saying “I’m sorry this whole thing happened” to the at-fault driver could be used against you later.

Do not downplay your injuries when speaking to authorities or when reporting your accident to an insurance company. Keep your comments short and factual, avoid speculating, and inform those you are speaking to that you will be seeking medical care.

2. Get Medical Care

See a doctor promptly following your accident – within hours or a day at most. This step is critical for your own health and for the strength of your personal injury claim.

The symptoms of some injuries may not show themselves immediately. Typically, accidents produce a rush of adrenaline, and this rush can cover the pain that appears in full force in the hours following the event. Even worse, some serious brain injuries may not be immediately apparent, and failure to seek fast care can put your life at risk. Do not let a delay in care cause you additional injury.

The at-fault party can also use your decision to postpone care against you, claiming your delay shows your injuries could not have been that bad and you are inflating your symptoms just to get a payout. They could argue that putting off care worsened your condition, that if you had sought care right away you would have recovered more quickly, so they (the at-fault party) are not responsible for your worsened condition.

3. Partner with a Skilled Personal Injury Attorney

Connecting with the experienced attorneys at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law as soon as possible following your accident is critical to strengthening your personal injury claim.

With fast access to your case, we can start investigating the accident and gathering evidence while it is still available and while the witnesses’ memories are still fresh. We will explore every possible source of evidence to support your claim and put all our resources into building a solid, convincing case. Prompt access to your case also allows us to file your personal injury claim with the court within the Minnesota or Wisconsin legal deadline or statute of limitations.

Victims do not always recognize the extent and value of their losses. As a result, they unfortunately often accept settlements far lower than their losses warrant, finding themselves in financial distress and without true justice. Our team will value your case with precision, accounting for every detail. We will consider the following:

Medical expenses, both current and future
Income lost during recovery, and permanent wage and benefits loss if you cannot work again
Property loss, if your property sustained damage in the accident
Additional accident-related expenses
Physical pain and possible disfigurement
Emotional suffering
Reduced enjoyment of life.

After valuing your losses, your personal injury lawyers will send a demand letter setting forth your settlement amount to the at-fault party’s insurance representatives. Your lawyers will handle all negotiations with the representatives, so you do not have to worry about defending your claim, saying the “wrong thing,” or being intimidated into accepting a low offer. Your attorneys will keep you updated on all negotiations and give you sound legal advice throughout the process.

Most personal injury cases settle out of court, and the team at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law will work toward that outcome. However, we will not “settle” for that outcome if the other side refuses to make a fair offer. We are ready to take your case to the courtroom if that is needed to get you the substantial compensation you deserve.

Keep Your Case Strong: What Not to Do

Taking the right steps after the accident, seeking medical care, and partnering with Tyroler Leonard Injury Law are three ways to strengthen your personal injury claim. But there are also things to avoid doing to keep your case in good shape.

Do not endanger your case with social media posts: The “other side” will be watching and looking for opportunities to undermine your claim. Avoid posting about your accident, and avoid posting pictures of yourself.
Do not speak to the at-fault party’s representatives: Let your attorneys speak on your behalf.
Do not retain inferior legal representation: Some personal injury attorneys treat you like a case number rather than a person. Others will encourage you to take a settlement, even if they know it is low, just to avoid a lengthy trial. The team at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law fosters attorney-client relationships and will fight as long as it takes to get you the most favorable outcome possible.

Powerful, Trustworthy Representation

After an injury, your only job should be to recover. When you secure representation from the personal injury attorneys from Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, you can focus on that job while we take care of your claim. You can trust us for sound advice and powerful advocacy as we work to deliver a case outcome that meets your needs and gives you justice. Get your free case consultation by calling 651-259-1113 or sending a message. We are ready to fight for you.

Attorney Isaac Tyroler

Attorney Isaac Tyroler has been a strong advocate for injured people his entire legal career. He has a passion for righting wrongs, and he deeply cares about representing injured clients who may feel overwhelmed or uncertain about how to navigate the legal system. He is compassionate toward clients and aggressive with insurance companies and defendants. He is on the elected Board of Governors of the Minnesota Association of Justice (MAJ), the top personal injury lawyers’ group in Minnesota. And is currently the chair of MAJ’s legislative committee. [ Attorney Bio ]