Whiplash is one of the most common injuries that occur in a car accident or a slip and fall event.
The rapid back and forth motion on the neck can damage the soft tissue and impact your spine and your nerves. The side effects of whiplash can cause lasting physical and emotional pain.
If you have been diagnosed with whiplash as part of a personal injury, you may be entitled to receive a whiplash injury settlement.
What Is Average Settlement Payout For Whiplash Injury?
Whiplash injury settlement payouts will differ with each person. Your settlement is based on the severity of your injuries and the financial losses you have received as a result of those injuries. Since all injuries are as unique as the person they happen to, it is impossible to place a direct dollar figure on a whiplash injury settlement.
What Is Included In The Average Settlement For Whiplash Injury?
When your attorney is putting together a compensation package for your whiplash injury, they will consider the following factors to determine the value of the settlement:
- Medical costs to treat the injury currently and in the future
- Lost wages and benefits that were a result of the injury
- Additional expenses associated with the injury such as medical supplies, and mileage to doctor visits
- Pain and Suffering
Pain and suffering is a unique type of compensation because it is based on the injury victim’s experience and not a financial loss. The amount of the pain and suffering compensation will be based on your case’s facts and the financial losses that you have endured.
Your attorney will explain to you in detail how this form of compensation is derived. The general way that this amount is determined is that the attorney will add up all of your financial losses from the accident for a total amount. Then they will multiply this amount by a number between 1.5 and 4. This will give them the amount to use for pain and suffering compensation. The number used is determined by your injuries’ extent, with the higher numbers being used for more severe accidents. Average payouts for whiplash will always depend on the extent of the injury.
Average Settlement For Car Accident Whiplash
It is very rare that a person involved in a serious car accident only suffers from whiplash. Other injuries and extensive financial losses are often associated with these types of events. Because of this, the average settlement for whiplash becomes a part of the entire settlement for the accident.
Symptoms Of Whiplash Injury
Many people believe that a whiplash injury is just a sore neck from your head snapping back and forth during the impact of an accident. While a sore neck is part of the pain you will experience with whiplash, there are other common symptoms from whiplash injuries.
- Stiffness in the neck area that limits the motion of the neck
- Limited motion in shoulders
- Pain in shoulders or neck when trying to lift arms overhead
- Headaches in the base of the neck or back of the head
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) from violent motion that caused whiplash
- Dizziness
- Nausea
- Inability to sleep
- Emotional stress from all of these related conditions
All of these symptoms of whiplash can negatively impact your life. You may not be able to return to work until the pain is managed. You may have to delay or change personal plans due to the pain, causing a loss of enjoyment of life. The whiplash’s stress and pain can cause how you interact with your family to change, causing even more emotional stress. All of these things are taken into account when calculating whiplash injuries settlements.
Your Attorney Will Have The Best Information Regarding Your Settlement
Your injury attorney is the best source for information on what to expect from a whiplash settlement. Their experience and knowledge of the whiplash payout scale in the USA will help them give you a close estimate of what you should expect as a settlement for your case.
Your attorney will be able to evaluate your injury and losses and be able to provide you with a typical payout for whiplash injury based on the facts of your case. If you have suffered additional injuries or losses from your accident, your attorney will add these figures into your settlement total.
Your attorney cannot guarantee you a specific amount for your case because each case is different. However, they will be able to give you a general idea of what you should expect.
Whiplash is a very serious injury, and it is only right that the person responsible for causing the injury is held accountable for the losses that you suffered.
If you have been injured in an accident and diagnosed with whiplash, speak to a personal injury attorney about your rights to seek compensation for your injuries. Call the personal injury attorneys at Landau Law for a free consultation today at (866) 703-4878.
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