Home Improvements After an Injury
People that have suffered life-changing injuries may need to alter their homes. Many people that suffer these injuries underestimate just how expensive home improvements after an injury can be. The personal injury lawyers at Patterson Legal Group have extensive experience getting clients full compensation for home alterations after a catastrophic injury. In this blog, our team explains different types of home alterations you may have to make to accommodate an injury.
Are Home Improvements After an Injury Necessary?
Depending on the nature and severity of your injuries, home improvements may be required to maintain an acceptable quality of life. Some accidents may result in leg injuries or back injuries, which can affect balance and mobility for a significant amount of time or, in some cases, permanently. Other injuries may cause full or partial paralysis, which can make everyday tasks difficult.
Life-altering injuries can make getting around the house and performing simple chores extremely difficult. Making home improvements throughout your home can make things much more manageable.
Type of Home Improvements to Compensate for Life-Altering Injuries
The personal injury lawyers at Patterson Legal Group have helped many clients receive compensation to pay for home improvements after an injury. Accident injuries can damage many different parts of the body, so home alterations come in all shapes and sizes. Over the years, our trial attorneys have helped clients receive settlement money for:
- Grab Bars and Support Rails: many injury victims have their legs weakened, which can make balance or supporting their full bodyweight difficult. Installing support rails and grab bars throughout a home can make getting around the house much easier.
- Ramps: some injury victims are confined to wheelchairs, which makes ramps necessary.
- Wheelchair Lifts: people that are wheelchair-bound and live in multilevel homes may need electric lifts to move from floor to floor.
- Electrical Work: some outlets may be too low or too high for people with catastrophic injuries to access. Making electrical outlets and fire alarms more accessible is one of the most common home improvements after an injury.
- Widening Doorways: some homes, particularly old ones, were not built with wheelchairs in mind. Injury victims may need to spend money to widen doorways in order to accommodate wheelchairs.
Those are just some of the home improvements our injury lawyers have dealt with. Similar to how no two injuries are the same, the needs of injury victims vary from person to person. Our attorneys work with the top medical specialists in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma in order to determine your home alteration needs and factor that cost into your settlement.
Our Injury Lawyers Can Help Get You Money for Home Improvements
Most injury victims are concerned with their health in the days after an accident. Their focus is, understandably, on recovery and rest. They are not thinking about the money necessary for home improvements to compensate for their injuries. Insurance companies know this and will often try to pressure you into accepting a quick settlement that seems like a reasonable offer, but in reality only covers a fraction of your damages.
The trial lawyers at Patterson Legal Group understand the true value of your injury claim. Additionally, we understand how expensive home alterations to accommodate life-altering injuries can be. We factor those expenses into the settlement negotiations with the insurance company and do everything possible to get you fair compensation. If you’re worried about the insurance company cheating you out of money that’s rightfully yours then look at our history of successful case results and give us a call today.
Contact Patterson Legal Group
Patterson Legal Group has been representing injury victims in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma for more than 25 years. Our knowledgeable and effective attorneys have helped thousands of injury victims and have recovered more than $250-million on their behalf. Our team is proud of the results we’ve achieved for our clients and just as proud to receive glowing reviews for our firm’s commitment to customer service. To get the money that you deserve for your injuries combined with the treatment that you deserve, reach out to Patterson Legal Group today.
You can reach Patterson Legal Group 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at (888) 687-2400. You can also submit your claim information through this encrypted contact form or connect with one of our LiveChat representatives. Our lawyers work on a “no win, no fee” basis, so you won’t pay any legal fees unless money has been recovered on your behalf. For a winning combination of high-level legal services and incredible customer service, Patterson Legal Group is the personal injury firm for you.
