Emotional Distress: Did Your Auto Accident Leave You Unable To Have Children?
If a devastating auto accident caused irreparable damage to your reproductive system, contact a personal injury attorney for help. You may qualify for compensation based on the emotional distress, pain and suffering you experience from your accident. Emotional distress can leave you unable to work, function in society and cope with your family life. In most cases, emotional distress can cause a decline in your physical health, because you need to undergo extensive medical and psychiatric treatment to overcome it. Here are things you may expect a personal injury attorney to do in your case.
Obtain Medical Evidence of Your Reproductive Injuries
Before a personal injury attorney, such as those at Kornfeld Robert B Inc PS, moves forward with your case, they must obtain medical evidence of your inability to have kids. If your doctor examined you after your accident and found severe reproductive injuries that hinder your ability to produce or carry children, such as scars and internal bleeding, an attorney will need documented proof of those injuries.
In addition, the exam results must show that the reproductive damage occurred from the accident and not from past problems, such as infertility or cancer. You may expect the other driver's insurance company to have its own doctors examine you. The insurance company may want to pay the least amount of compensation for your personal injury claim.
Because the insurer's doctors may not act in your best interest, a personal injury lawyer will most likely send you to their doctors to obtain a third opinion about your injuries. You may undergo additional blood tests and sonograms to verify your injuries. The tests and sonograms may reveal that you require surgeries on your reproductive organs to remove damaged tissues.
Although the extensive exams may seem excessive, they can actually strengthen and help your case, because you have additional medical evidence to back up your injury claim. After an attorney obtains the documentation they need, they may order psychological evaluations to back up your claims of emotional distress.
Obtain Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations of Your Emotional Health
Comprehensive psychological evaluations examine the extent of your emotional distress and how it may affect your life now and in the future. You generally take a number of assessments that require you to answer questions about your auto accident and the problems it caused in your life afterward, including your inability to have children. The evaluations may reveal that you suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the most prevalent problems associated with auto accidents.
Post-traumatic stress disorder usually develops when you experience a terrifying ordeal, such as a devastating auto accident. However, the disorder can also emerge after your accident when the effects of the accident begin to surface. You develop a number of symptoms that affect your life, and the lives of your loved ones and friends. For example, you may blame yourself for your reproductive injuries. If you didn't drive that fateful day, you would still be able to have children.
Your family and friends may try to support you, but you may become angry and withdrawn. If you continue to lash out at your loved ones, they may think it's better to avoid you than deal with your anger. Your emotional distress may carry over to your job once you return to work. If you can't think clearly or perform your duties well, you may lose your job.
Your evaluations may show that you won't improve emotionally and cope with your inability to have kids without medications and ongoing therapy. An attorney can submit the psychological evaluations to the other driver's insurance company for inspection. If the insurance company denies your claim of emotional distress, a lawyer can take your case to personal injury court. The court may award you compensation for your emotional and physical injuries. However, every case is different. It's a good idea that you consult with an attorney about the expected outcome of your unique case.
For more information about emotional distress and your personal injury case, schedule an appointment with a lawyer today.
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