Proving your back injury is from a specific accident requires strong evidence, which our lawyers can help you obtain. Do not underestimate the importance of preserving evidence, and initiate your claim with us right away.
The sooner you do, the sooner we can record eyewitness statements, secure video footage, and organize your medical records. We can also have expert witnesses testify about your back injury and its cause, such as a motor vehicle accident or fall. We must also prove your damages from a back injury to recover them, which we can do with bills, income documentation, and testimony.
Get a free case evaluation from The Carrion Law Firm’s New York personal injury lawyers by calling us today at (718) 841-0083.
What Evidence Proves Your Back Injury is from an Accident in New York?
Rely on our attorneys to get the evidence necessary to prove that the defendant in your lawsuit caused your back injury, and is thus liable for covering all your damages in New York.
Eyewitness Statements
Eyewitness statements are great evidence of the cause of your back injury. Our New York personal injury lawyers can quickly interview eyewitnesses after an accident. Preserving their statements is crucial, as they might forget important details with time.
While eyewitnesses may not know the specifics of your injury after an accident, they can testify about what they saw firsthand. That may include lacerations or other visible injuries like compound fractures. Eyewitnesses can testify about seeing paramedics treat you and carefully move you so as not to worsen a probable back or spine injury.
Eyewitnesses can also testify about a defendant’s negligent conduct, helping us prove they are liable for the accident that injured you.
Video Footage
Video footage also helps prove your back injury is from a specific accident in New York, such as a slip and fall or a car crash. Stores, restaurants, and residential buildings may have security cameras that capture falls, collisions, or other accidents due to negligence. We can quickly get footage, as this evidence may not exist forever.
Video footage can confirm who or what caused your injury, and may even depict paramedics arriving and taking you to the hospital.
Medical Records
Back injuries are among the most serious injuries you could suffer in an accident. Always go to the hospital to get assessed for spine and back injuries, especially neck injuries. If you go to the hospital directly from the scene, your records will align with the accident’s date and time.
Medical records establishing back injuries include MRIs, X-rays, and other imaging tests, which enable doctors to diagnose back injuries. Depending on how severe yours is, you may have to see a doctor who specializes in spinal cord or neck injuries for further treatment.
All of this helps us prove when you were injured, and that it happened during the specific accident involving the defendant.
Never pause your medical care for a back injury, especially if you’re still seeking compensation. Doing so leaves gaps in medical records, which might make it harder to prove you sustained your injury in a specific accident or that you need compensation for it.
Expert Testimony
Expert testimony also helps us prove that your back injury is from the accident with the defendant. Doctors who have treated you can explain your specific injury and how it is typically sustained, such as during a fall, car crash, pedestrian accident, construction accident, or other incident.
Not only can expert testimony support our arguments for how you were injured, but their testimony can also help us recover future damages. Back injuries can be debilitating, and the doctors who have treated you can explain how the back injury will continue to limit you and whether a full physical recovery is ever possible.
Future compensation for medical damages, lost wages, and even non-economic damages may be on the line, and expert testimony can help you recover it.
How Do You Prove Damages from a Back Injury in an Accident Lawsuit?
To get compensation for a back injury, we not only have to prove you were injured during a specific accident and because of the defendant, but also the exact damages you have incurred and deserve to recover.
Bills
Give us copies of any bills you get that are related to the accident. Most of your bills may come from medical treatment, but tell us about any property damage costs you’ve incurred as well. You may have had to hire transportation accommodations, child care services, or even modify your home, such as by adding a wheelchair ramp. You may recoup all these costs in a lawsuit, so tell us about them in detail.
We keep bills organized for victims so we know the value of their economic damages before seeking compensation for them.
Wage Documentation
Wage documentation helps us prove the income you’ve missed out on because of a back injury caused by negligence. Tax returns and paychecks establish your wages before the injury for the jury. A back injury might permanently lower your earning capacity, and we can use medical expert statements to prove that.
Never try to return to your job prematurely and against medical advice. Doing so might worsen a back injury, complicating your New York compensation claim.
Testimony
Testimony is also crucial to proving damages from a back injury in a lawsuit. When a victim testifies during a trial, the jury has a chance to hear from them directly. The plaintiff can speak in-depth about the pain and suffering they’ve endured, helping the jury appreciate their non-economic damages.
You can also testify that the defendant was the negligent party who injured you, and explain their conduct during the incident.
Reach Out Today for Help with Your New York Injury Case
Get a free case analysis from The Carrion Law Firm’s Brooklyn, NY personal injury lawyers when you call (718) 841-0083.