Personal injury claims may arise when a person, business, or another party causes harm through negligence or wrongful conduct. These cases can involve motor vehicle collisions, unsafe property conditions, medical negligence, and other preventable incidents. Because traffic crashes are a frequent source of serious injuries, our Phoenix car accident lawyers can investigate a collision and identify every potentially responsible party.
The Mercaldo Law Firm has represented injured people throughout Arizona for more than 40 years. Call (480) 227-8081 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with a Phoenix personal injury lawyer.
Why Choose Us as Your Phoenix Personal Injury Law Firm?
Since 1978, the Mercaldo Law Firm has been working tirelessly for injury victims. Our commitment to personalized legal strategies has achieved exceptional results in over 25,000 settlements and court awards. With our firm representing you, your case has the following:
- An attorney dedicated to your claim with the knowledge and resources of an entire legal team and staff behind you
- A commitment to hands-on legal representation, so we take the time to witness the full impacts of your injury, enabling us to make a more compelling claim for your compensation
- Access to medical experts and accident reconstruction specialists to support your case
After a free consultation, we work at no cost to you, only getting paid if and when we first recover compensation for you.
What Types of Personal Injury Cases Does The Mercaldo Law Firm Handle?
When someone else causes you to suffer a serious injury, you don’t have to be left responsible for the damages. Instead, a successful personal injury claim recovers compensation and a voice for justice. At the Mercaldo Law Firm, we represent clients in the following types of personal injury cases:
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Catastrophic injury cases, including traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord damage
- Dog bites
- Premises liability cases, such as slips, trips, and falls, or swimming pool injuries
- Fires and explosions
- Wrongful death
You have the right to seek compensation from the party responsible for your injury. Typically, compensation in Phoenix personal injury cases comes from the at-fault party’s insurance, such as property liability coverage after a swimming pool accident or auto insurance after car accident injuries.
What Types of Phoenix Personal Injury Cases Do We Handle?
Only when an injury is painful and dangerous enough to require medical treatment and results in missed time from work does it qualify for a personal injury claim. Common injuries cited in Phoenix personal injury cases include the following:
- Neck and back injuries
- Soft-tissue injuries, such as sprains, tendon damage, and torn ligaments
- Lacerations, contusions, and abrasions
- Fractures
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
- Burns
- Internal organ injuries or internal bleeding
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic amputations
- Facial and dental trauma
- Near-drownings
- Wrongful death
A successful claim requires the injury victim to prove the responsible party’s liability through a preponderance of the evidence.
Under Arizona 12-2505, an injury victim may pursue compensation from any party who caused or contributed to their injury.
Proving Liability In a Phoenix Personal Injury Claim
An injury victim is the claimant or plaintiff in a personal injury case and must present compelling evidence of the responsible party’s liability. Proving liability requires evidence that shows the following:
- The at-fault party owed a duty of reasonable care to the injury victim, such as a driver’s duty to avoid distractions
- They breached this duty through careless, reckless, or wrongful actions—all examples of legal negligence
- The breach of duty directly caused the injury
- The injury victim sustained damages from the injury
Damages fall into two categories: tangible economic damages, which are relatively easy to total, and non-economic damages, which are intangible and require careful consideration. A Phoenix personal injury lawyer uses a formula based on the injury victim’s medical expenses and other factors to determine compensation for pain, suffering, and other losses.
Recovering Damages In a Phoenix Personal Injury Claim
Injury damages add up quickly when medical bills begin accumulating at the same time that a painful injury, scheduled medical procedures, and recovery time require time away from work. Common damages recovered in Phoenix personal injury claims include the following:
- Reimbursement for medical expenses
- Anticipated costs of future medical expenses, including physical therapy, scheduled procedures, or treatment recommended by your doctor
- Out-of-pocket injury-related costs
- Lost wages
- Future income loss or reduced future earning ability due to disability
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury compensation for permanent effects, such as loss of limb, disfigurement, loss of an organ, loss of one of the senses, disability, or permanent scarring
If an accident resulted in the loss of a loved one, our Phoenix wrongful death lawyers can explain which family members may pursue a claim under Arizona’s wrongful death law.
What Should I Do After Suffering a Personal Injury in Phoenix?
Some injuries are life-threatening at the time of the emergency, or leave you incapacitated and incapable of taking any action. Still, sometimes an injury victim can begin taking action at the scene to protect themselves physically and financially. If you or an uninjured companion can use a cell phone, you can take the following steps:
- First, apply first aid and call 911 to request an ambulance or arrange transportation to a hospital or urgent care center from the scene
- Then, use the phone’s camera to take photos of the accident or incident scene, capturing anything relevant to the cause of injury
- Photograph any visible injuries
- Add the contact information of the responsible party
- Add the contact information of eyewitnesses
- Ask for an accident report or incident report if the injury happened in a traffic accident or on commercial property
Always go directly to a hospital from the scene of the injury. This documents evidence that your injury occurred at the scene and not elsewhere. Ask for a complete medical assessment and a detailed medical report. Then, carefully follow your doctor’s orders for treatment and hire a personal injury lawyer from the Mercaldo Law Firm before communicating with the at-fault party or their insurance company.
Contact The Mercaldo Law Firm to Speak to a Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
You have the right to seek compensation when someone else causes you harm; however, it’s often a challenging legal process with no guarantee of success. Instead of leaving your claim to chance, or worse, in the insurance company’s hands, call (480) 227-8081 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with a Phoenix personal injury lawyer.