Helping Kentucky Accident Victims With Serious Injuries Recover Compensation

Last updated on February 20, 2025

If you or a loved one has suffered serious injuries due to the negligence of another party, you deserve compensation for your pain and suffering. Our lawyer at the personal injury law firm of Shumate, Flaherty & Eubanks, PSC, can carefully examine the details of your injury case, answer your questions and fight for the compensation you need.

How Are Serious Injuries Defined?

There are numerous types of serious injuries, but injuries to the neck, back and spine are some of the most common serious injuries people suffer in accidents. Harm to these vulnerable areas of the body can limit mobility, including the ability to walk, reach or lift objects. In some cases, these injuries are permanent. Serious injuries often result from:

• Car/passenger vehicle accidents
• Truck and commercial vehicle crashes
• Collisions involving motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians

Other motor functions and cognitive abilities may be temporarily or permanently damaged in an accident. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often one of the most difficult injuries to recover from due to the long-term or permanent impact it can have on the victim. Even a mild TBI or concussion can have lasting effects. A severe TBI can result in a coma or death.

What Are The Consequences?

In addition to affecting your family relationships and basic mobility, a serious injury can have a long-term impact on your ability to work. In some cases, a debilitating injury can end a career, especially for someone who previously worked in a profession that required a great deal of physical exertion, such as carpentry, welding, truck driving or landscaping.

Gauging the amount of lost income will play a major role in the amount of money that can be recovered in any possible settlement. Having spent decades representing victims, our attorney has honed his skills and can make rational calculations to determine the maximum sum our clients deserve for pain and suffering, medical bills and lost income. He also handles workers’ compensation claims for those who were seriously injured in on-the-job accidents.

How Is Fault Determined In Car Accidents In Kentucky?

Kentucky follows a “pure comparative fault” system, which means that each party may be assigned a percentage of fault based on their contribution to the accident. Generally speaking, fault will be determined based on evidence, such as the responding officer’s report, eyewitness testimony, videos, photographs and accident reconstruction experts.

How Can You Cover Your Immediate Medical Expenses After A Car Accident?

In Kentucky, you will first turn to your “no-fault” personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. This is true regardless of who is at fault for the wreck. Once that PIP coverage has been tapped out, which usually happens fairly quickly, you can look to the at-fault driver’s insurance for compensation. Since it can take a while to settle the issue of liability for a wreck, your health insurance can continue to cover your medical expenses during that time.

How Are Future Earning Potential And Career Prospects Factored In?

When a car accident leaves you with serious, permanent injuries, your future earning potential may be deeply affected. Your career may never fully recover – if you ever work again. An experienced car accident lawyer can use vocational and financial experts to estimate your future lost earnings and ask for that as part of the compensation in your claim.

How Is Pain And Suffering Calculated?

Unlike many other states, Kentucky law does not cap the amount available for a car accident victim’s pain and suffering. Broadly speaking, pain and suffering damages are tied to your total economic losses and the severity of your injuries. While there is no set formula for calculating these, higher economic losses indicate more severe injuries, which warrants a higher amount of compensation for pain and suffering.

What Are The Potential Costs Associated With Hiring A Personal Injury Lawyer?

Typically, a car accident attorney works on a contingency fee. This means that they only get paid if they recover compensation on behalf of their clients.

There’s No Time To Waste – Call A Richmond Attorney

You need to ensure that you recover compensation for all of the losses from your injury, so it’s best to get started today. Our attorney has the experience necessary to help you through this process and seek the compensation you deserve for your serious injuries.

If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury, send us an email or call us at 859-353-0878. Your consultation is free.