Slip and Fall Injuries Can Cause More Than Just Physical Harm
A slip and fall injury can cause some major physical damage. You could crack ribs, break other bones, and suffer lacerations in the face or other areas of the body. The physical pain and injuries you deal with are often enough to warrant a personal injury case, but those cases may include far more than just your physical injuries.
As a lawyer builds your case in a slip and fall injury, the emotional pain and suffering you go through can add to the trauma. Learn how the emotional harm done in the situation is a vital part of the case and how the emotional harm can manifest in a variety of ways.
Embarrassment and Harassment
If a slip and fall case occurred in a public area, then a person who had witnesses to their injury could feel a wide range of embarrassment for the situation. The person could be humiliated and relive the incident over and over again. Even if the accident was not their fault in any way, the embarrassment could still occur and impact a person.
If the incident occurred in a location where someone knows the witnesses, then the embarrassment could increase. For example, a person may slip and fall in front of a group of co-workers. The incident could have happened at a school in front of other parents.
The embarrassment that a person feels could also transition to harassment. For example, co-workers may tease a person for the incident. While some may claim they were just joking or the teasing was gentle fun, it could cut deep on the victim and create a lot of feelings of shame.
Through an interview process with an attorney, a victim will go over these feelings and the impact those feelings have had since the incident occurred.
Online Video Sharing
With cell phones, surveillance cameras, and technology, a victim's incident could end up getting recorded in some capacity. Emotional pain and suffering could occur if the video gets posted online. A victim could go through a wide range of emotions seeing their injury displayed on the internet.
Along with the video upload itself, an attorney may account for the views of the video and how many different websites the video was spread to. A victim may also have been exposed to hurtful video comments that cause emotional pain and trauma. An attorney will use screenshots and visual captures to showcase all of those issues.
In some cases, a victim may not be able to get the video taken down, which could increase stress and trauma for the foreseeable future. All of these elements could factor into a personal injury case and the pain and suffering a person has gone through.
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder can occur in victims of a slip and fall injury. The emotional stress could trigger in a variety of ways. For example, if a person must go back to the same area, then they may go through emotional trauma each time they have to recall the incident.
If they see others who slip and fall, those incidents could trigger an emotional response. As part of the emotional healing, a person may need to seek therapy to diagnose and get through the issues. The therapy costs could play a big part in the personal injury case and showcase the emotional journey a victim has gone through since the injury occurred.
If you have been involved in a slip and fall incident, then contact our professional lawyers at Schonberg Law Offices. We have years of experience with slip and fall cases and can represent your case to help you get the settlement you deserve.
