Recreational Injuries
If you or someone you know has been involved in a recreational injury case in Connecticut, we can assist you with your claim. Put our decades of legal experience to work for you. We will advance all fees and expenses for your case including hiring experts to strengthen your case. Once the case is concluded, we will be reimbursed for costs out of the recovery. If no recovery is attained, you do not owe anything for the costs and expenses, which will be absorbed by us. All cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means you do not pay us until we recover money for you.
1. How Common Are Recreational Injuries?
Recreational injuries can be simply defined as injuries that occur to athletes participating in sporting events. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to overuse of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity To put it in perspective, every year, roughly one in every 25 people seek medical help at least once for a sports caused injury. People who participate in any sport are significantly more likely to pull a muscle, have muscle or tendon injuries, and bone fractures when compared to other people of the same age. There are countless causes of sports injuries, but the few most common ones are:
- Poor Training Methods
- Structural abnormalities
- Lack of development
- Unsafe environments
- Failure To Inspect or Warn of Dangerous Conditions
- General negligence
2. If I Have A Recreational Injury Accident Case What Should I Do?
It is extremely important that you contact us as soon as possible. It is critical not to do anything that might have a negative effect upon your case. We might advise you not to give any statements or sign any authorizations, so it is important to speak with us before you do something that could have a negative impact on your case.
3. How Do I Get About Getting Experts To Help Me With My Sports Injury Accident Case?
We will be able to hire a team of experts that can assist in the development of your case which, depending on the case, can range from a private investigator, to doctors, to economists.
4. Who Will Pay The Expenses of Hiring All Of These Experts?
Our firm will advance all costs and expenses of your case as they are incurred. Once the case is concluded, we would be reimbursed for our costs out of the recovery. If there is no recovery, you will owe nothing for the costs and expenses, which will be absorbed by us. Additionally, you only pay us once you receive a settlement or award.
5. How is Liability Determined?
The critical issue in many recreational injury cases is just how a "reasonable person" would be expected to act in the situation that caused the injury. A person is negligent when he or she fails to act like a "reasonable person". Whether a given person has met the "reasonable person standard" is often a matter that is decided by a jury after the presentation of evidence and argument at trial. This is one of the many reasons why you should contact us as soon as possible so we can start to investigate and develop your case.
6. What Compensation Might I Receive If My Case is Successful?
Usually, a person who is liable for an injury-which generally means his or her liability insurance company-must pay an injured person for
- Past and future medical care and related expenses
- Past and future income lost because of the accident
- Permanent physical disability or disfigurement
- Loss of family, social, and educational experiences
- Emotional damages, such as stress, embarrassment, depression, or strains on family relationships
- Punitive Damages (In Extraordinary Cases)
- Damaged Property
You will be awarded "damages," or compensation, which is money intended to restore you to the position you were in before your injury. This money is not considered income (excluding monies paid for loss of income) and is not taxable as income by the federal or state government.
7. Do Any of Your Attorneys Have Any Specialized Training or Awards?
One of our attorneys has received Advanced Negotiation Training at the Harvard Law School and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum which is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the U.S. For additional information please see our attorney biographies.
8. Why Should I Hire Hastings, Cohan and Walsh, LLP to Represent Me?
Because we are passionate about what we do and have decades of experience in representing Connecticut accident victims. Before you hire a lawyer, speak to an insurance adjuster, or sign any paperwork, order a copy of our free book "The Crash Course on Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut."
If you or someone you know has been injured due to a recreational injury in Connecticut, you should contact us as soon as possible. Don't delay in consulting us so we can get to work for you right away.
Please call us at 1-888-842-8466 or complete our online form on the right hand side of this web page and tell us about your case.
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