When you have been injured due to the negligence of another person, a company, or some other entity, it can be extremely difficult to get back on your feet. Medical bills and other unexpected expenses can quickly add up, coupled with the added hardship of being out of work for weeks, months, or even years. You may find yourself unsure of your rights and where to turn to get the help you need in your recovery.
At Bretz Injury Law, we understand how overwhelmed you must feel after suffering an injury or losing a loved one, and we truly want to help. Our job is to help individuals get compensation and closure for their losses—and we have a successful history of doing just that. We have obtained well over $300 million in verdicts and settlements for injury victims and their families, including many cases involving eight-figure results.
Money matters when it comes to personal injury cases, but that’s not what drives us to work tirelessly for injury victims. It’s about holding negligent people and parties responsible for their actions. It’s about making the community a safer and better place to live. We strive to be a voice for the voiceless, allowing injured individuals and their families the ability to heal and move forward with their lives. Recovering from an injury or grieving a loss can be extremely difficult, but getting justice shouldn’t be.
We handle a variety of personal injury cases on behalf of clients in Hutchinson, Salina, Wichita, Garden City, Dodge City, Liberal, Hays, and throughout the entire state.
Contact us online or call today to set up a free consultation with an experienced and award-winning Kansas personal injury lawyer.
Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle
Our firm handles a variety of personal injury claims, including but not limited to the following:
We also assist clients in filing Social Security disability (SSD) claims, as well as in a variety of related matters, such as appealing denied claims or early termination of benefits. Regardless of how complex your case may be, our attorneys are here to walk you through your options and fight for the best possible outcome on your behalf.
How Do You Know If You Have a Personal Injury Case?
While some personal injury cases can be brought on grounds of strict liability, most are brought on the basis of negligence or wrongful conduct. In other words, to have a case, you usually have to prove that someone else—whether it’s another person, a manufacturer, a business owner, or some other entity—acted negligently, unlawfully, or intentionally, causing you injury.
Specifically, to have grounds for a personal injury case, you must typically prove:
- Another person or party owed you a duty of care. This means they had a legal responsibility to act reasonably and/or take certain measures to prevent you from being injured or harmed.
- The other person or party breached the duty of care. Acting negligently, wrongfully, or intentionally typically constitutes a breach of the duty of care.
- You were injured and suffered damages. Even if someone was blatantly negligent, you do not have a case if you were not injured.
- The other person or party’s conduct was the cause of your injuries. You must prove that their negligence was the proximate or direct cause of your damages.
At Bretz Injury Law, we take a strategic, evidence-based approach to building our clients’ cases. Our careful attention to detail and emphasis on personalized representation has helped us recover hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. We can sit down with you to discuss the specific details of your case and determine whether you have grounds for a lawsuit. If you have a case that we believe we can win, we will immediately begin gathering evidence and working with various experts to strengthen your claim.
What Kind of Compensation Is Available in a Personal Injury Case?
While the exact value of your claim depends on numerous factors—such as the severity of your injuries, the degree of fault (if any) you may have had, the extent of your damages, and more—there are certain types of damages most personal injury claimants can recover.
At Bretz Injury Law, we fight for maximum compensation for our clients’ damages, including but not limited to:
- Medical bills and related expenses
- Rehabilitation and other treatments
- Medications
- Medical equipment
- Future medical care costs
- Lost income, wages, and other employment benefits
- Lost future earnings
- Diminished earning capacity
- Disability
- Pain and suffering
- Lost enjoyment of life
- Emotional trauma and distress
- Counseling and/or therapy
In some cases, we may be able to pursue punitive (or “exemplary”) damages in addition to the compensatory damages listed above. Punitive damages are meant to punish at-fault parties for egregious negligence or acts of willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
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How Long Do You Have to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Kansas?
Like many other states, Kansas has a set deadline for filing personal injury lawsuits. Known as the “statute of limitations,” this deadline limits your time to sue an at-fault party to just two years.
Typically, the two years begins on the date of the accident or injury, but certain circumstances can defer the deadline. For example, if a person goes in for surgery and the surgeon leaves an instrument in the patient’s body, the patient may not discover that this occurred for several weeks. In such cases, the two-year statute of limitations would not begin until the date the injury was discovered (or reasonably could have/should have been discovered).
Other exceptions may shorten the amount of time you have to bring a claim. One common example is lawsuits involving government agencies. In addition to having shorter statutes of limitations, such suits also generally require the injured party (known as the “plaintiff”) to follow strict procedures. We strongly encourage you to contact an experienced Kansas personal injury lawyer, like those at Bretz Injury Law, for help with your claim.
Choose a Team That Will Fight for You
At Bretz Injury Law, we believe in securing justice on behalf of victims of negligence, as well as the families of those wrongfully killed. We are not only committed to maximizing our clients’ recoveries but also to holding negligent parties accountable and improving our community as a whole.
If you have suffered severe injuries, or if your loved one was tragically killed due to the careless or reckless conduct of another, reach out to Bretz Injury Law now so we can begin creating a sound legal strategy. If you wait too long, you could jeopardize your case. The more time that passes after your accident, the harder it can be to gather the facts and evidence you need to win your case.
We have years of experience protecting the rights of injury victims throughout Kansas. We know what questions to ask, how to carefully analyze accident reports and other important documents, and how to transform that information into a successful legal case. You can rely on us.
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